8-letter words containing g, r, a, n, u
- jungfrau — a mountain in S Switzerland, in the Bernese Alps. 13,668 feet (4166 meters).
- langmuir — Irving, 1881–1957, U.S. chemist: Nobel Prize 1932.
- languour — Alternative spelling of languor.
- ligurian — an apparently Indo-European language used in ancient times along the NW coast of the Ligurian Sea.
- lingular — a tongue-shaped organ, process, or tissue.
- manuring — excrement, especially of animals, or other refuse used as fertilizer.
- maturing — complete in natural growth or development, as plant and animal forms: a mature rose bush.
- nagurski — Bronislaw [bron-uh-slof] /ˈbrɒn əˌslɒf/ (Show IPA), ("Bronko") 1908–1990, U.S. football player, born in Canada.
- naturing — Present participle of nature.
- naufrage — (obsolete) shipwreck; ruin.
- nonsugar — a substance that is not a sugar
- nugatory — of no real value; trifling; worthless.
- nuraghic — relating to the Bronze Age Sardinian civilization that is distinguished by nuraghe
- nutgrass — A perennial sedge, Cyperus rotundus, that has small edible nutlike tubers.
- on guard — prepared, at the ready
- origanum — An aromatic plant of a genus that includes marjoram and oregano.
- osnaburg — a heavy, coarse cotton in a plain weave, for grain sacks and sportswear and also finished into cretonne.
- outrange — to have a longer or greater range than.
- pagurian — a hermit crab, especially of the genus Pagurus.
- panurgic — (in Rabelais' Pantagruel) a rascal, the companion of Pantagruel.
- rail gun — a weapon consisting of a pair of parallel conductive rails, using a magnetic field and electric current to launch projectiles at very high velocity.
- rancagua — a city in central Chile.
- regulant — a substance, as a chemical, used to control or regulate: herbicides and fungicides as regulants for plant growth.
- rheingau — a small wine-growing region in Hesse, in central Germany, on the Rhine.
- rigaudon — rigadoon.
- rugbeian — of or relating to Rugby School
- runagate — a fugitive or runaway.
- sandburg — Carl, 1878–1967, U.S. poet and biographer.
- singular — extraordinary; remarkable; exceptional: a singular success.
- speargun — a device for shooting spears underwater
- subrange — the extent to which or the limits between which variation is possible: the range of steel prices; a wide range of styles.
- sugaring — a sweet, crystalline substance, C 1 2 H 2 2 O 1 1 , obtained chiefly from the juice of the sugarcane and the sugar beet, and present in sorghum, maple sap, etc.: used extensively as an ingredient and flavoring of certain foods and as a fermenting agent in the manufacture of certain alcoholic beverages; sucrose. Compare beet sugar, cane sugar.
- sun gear — (in an epicyclic train) the central gear around which the planet gears revolve.
- tauranga — a city on the N coast of North Island, in N New Zealand.
- trap gun — a firearm designed for trapshooting.
- unagreed — arranged or set by common consent: They met at the agreed time.
- unargued — undisputed; not subject to argument or discussion: an unargued right.
- uncaring — a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern: He was never free from care.
- uncharge — to acquit.
- undaring — lacking a sense of adventure
- underage — lacking the required age, especially that of legal maturity.
- ungarbed — undressed; unclad
- ungerman — of or relating to Germany, its inhabitants, or their language.
- ungraced — deprived of something
- ungraded — a degree or step in a scale, as of rank, advancement, quality, value, or intensity: the best grade of paper.
- ungrazed — (of pasture, etc) not grazed
- unvulgar — not vulgar or common; refined; free from vulgarity
- vanbrugh — John, 1664–1726, English dramatist and architect.
- vanguard — the foremost division or the front part of an army; advance guard; van.
- vargueno — a fall-front desk of the 16th, 17th, and early 18th centuries, having the form of a chest upon a small table.