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10-letter words containing g, o, n, i, u

  • figuration — the act of shaping into a particular figure.
  • flavouring — taste, especially the distinctive taste of something as it is experienced in the mouth.
  • flummoxing — to bewilder; confound; confuse.
  • foundering — (of a ship, boat, etc.) to fill with water and sink.
  • foundlings — Plural form of foundling.
  • fugitation — a sentence given to an accused person who does not appear for trial, declaring them to be an outlaw and fugitive
  • fuliginous — sooty; smoky: the fuliginous air hanging over an industrial city.
  • fumigation — to expose to smoke or fumes, as in disinfecting or exterminating roaches, ants, etc.
  • fun-loving — enjoying life in a lively, lighthearted way; spirited; playful: fun-loving friends.
  • fungitoxic — toxic to fungi.
  • gadolinium — a rare-earth metallic element. Symbol: Gd; atomic weight: 157.25; atomic number: 64.
  • gelatinous — having the nature of or resembling jelly, especially in consistency; jellylike.
  • give up on — abandon: sb
  • glamouring — Present participle of glamour.
  • glauconite — a greenish micaceous mineral consisting essentially of a hydrous silicate of potassium, aluminum, and iron and occurring in greensand, clays, etc.
  • glucogenic — the production of glucose by the decomposition of glycogen or from any nonglucose precursor.
  • gluttoning — Present participle of glutton.
  • gluttonise — Alternative form of gluttonize.
  • gluttonize — to eat like a glutton.
  • gobi burin — a wedge-shaped engraving tool made by Pleistocene hunters on both the Asian and American sides of the Bering Strait.
  • gonopodium — the modified anal fin of a male poeciliid fish, serving as an organ of copulation.
  • gourdiness — the state of being gourdy
  • graduation — an act of graduating; the state of being graduated.
  • gramineous — grasslike.
  • granulosis — a disease that predominantly affects larval Lepidoptera and which causes loss of appetite and sluggishness
  • grindhouse — a burlesque house, especially one providing continuous entertainment at reduced prices.
  • ground fir — ground pine
  • ground ice — anchor ice.
  • ground ivy — a creeping, aromatic plant, Glechoma hederacea, of the mint family, having rounded leaves and whorling clusters of small blue flowers.
  • groundbait — chum2 (def 1).
  • groundfire — small arms fire directed against aircraft from the ground.
  • groundfish — (fishing) Fish that swim near the seafloor.
  • groundling — a plant or animal that lives on or close to the ground.
  • groundside — the part of an airport not used for aircraft takeoffs and landings.
  • groundsill — the lowermost sill of a framed structure, especially one lying close to the ground.
  • groupthink — the practice of approaching problems or issues as matters that are best dealt with by consensus of a group rather than by individuals acting independently; conformity.
  • guillotine — a device for beheading a person by means of a heavy blade that is dropped between two posts serving as guides: widely used during the French Revolution.
  • guineafowl — Alternative spelling of guinea fowl.
  • gumshoeing — Present participle of gumshoe.
  • gun-toting — carrying a gun, especially a pistol.
  • harbouring — a part of a body of water along the shore deep enough for anchoring a ship and so situated with respect to coastal features, whether natural or artificial, as to provide protection from winds, waves, and currents.
  • high-count — (of a woven fabric) having a relatively high number of warp and filling threads per square inch.
  • honeyguide — any of a family (Indicatoridae) of small, heavily built, drab-colored piciform birds of Africa, Asia, and the East Indies: they are said to lead people or animals to bees' nests in order to eat the grubs and wax discarded by the people, etc. when they take the honeycombs
  • hothousing — Present participle of hothouse.
  • houselling — administration of the Eucharist
  • huntiegowk — a fool's errand or a person sent on an April fool's errand
  • huntingdon — a former county in E England, now part of Cambridgeshire.
  • huntingtonCollis Potter, 1821–1900, U.S. railroad developer.
  • ice tongue — a section of ice projecting from the base of a glacier.
  • igniferous — (rare) Producing fire.
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