9-letter words containing g, r, u
- draughted — a drawing, sketch, or design.
- draughter — a drawing, sketch, or design.
- dredge up — Also called dredging machine. any of various powerful machines for dredging up or removing earth, as from the bottom of a river, by means of a scoop, a series of buckets, a suction pipe, or the like.
- drubbings — Plural form of drubbing.
- drug czar — a senior public official charged with tackling the problem of drugs
- drug lord — the head of an organization or network involved in illegal drug trafficking.
- drug test — screening for traces of a substance
- drug tsar — a senior public official charged with tackling the problem of drugs
- druggists — Plural form of druggist.
- drugmaker — a person or company that manufactures pharmaceutical products.
- drugstore — the place of business of a druggist, usually also selling cosmetics, stationery, toothpaste, mouthwash, cigarettes, etc., and sometimes soft drinks and light meals.
- dry-gulch — to ambush with the intent of killing or severely mauling: The riders were dry-gulched by bandits.
- drying up — When you do the drying up, you dry things such as plates, pans, knives, and cups after they have been washed.
- dungareed — wearing dungarees
- dungarees — dungarees. work clothes, overalls, etc., of blue denim. blue jeans.
- dungeoner — a thing which or a jailer who confines in, or as if in, a dungeon
- dyersburg — a city in W Tennessee.
- dzungaria — a region in N Sinkiang, China: a Mongol kingdom during the 11th to 14th centuries.
- edinburgh — a division of the United Kingdom in the N part of Great Britain. 30,412 sq. mi. (78,772 sq. km). Capital: Edinburgh.
- egrecious — Misspelling of egregious.
- egregious — Outstandingly bad; shocking.
- ehrenburg — Ilya Grigorievich (iljˈja ɡriˈɡɔrjɪvitʃ). 1891–1967, Soviet novelist and journalist. His novel The Thaw (1954) was the first published in the Soviet Union to deal with repression under Stalin
- encourage — Give support, confidence, or hope to (someone).
- energumen — A person possessed by an evil ghost, spirit, or entity.
- engendure — the act of engendering
- enquering — Present participle of enquere.
- enquiring — Present participle of enquire.
- entourage — A group of people attending or surrounding an important person.
- enwrought — (archaic) Made from (a material).
- erogenous — (of a part of the body) Sensitive to sexual stimulation.
- eulogizer — A person who eulogizes.
- excursing — Present participle of excurse.
- expurgate — Remove matter thought to be objectionable or unsuitable from (a book or account).
- extruding — Present participle of extrude.
- far-flung — extending over a great distance.
- favouring — Present participle of favour.
- featuring — a prominent or conspicuous part or characteristic: Tall buildings were a new feature on the skyline.
- febrifuge — serving to dispel or reduce fever, as a medicine.
- fenugreek — a plant, Trigonella foenum-graecum, of the legume family, indigenous to western Asia, but extensively cultivated elsewhere, chiefly for forage and for its mucilaginous seeds, which are used in medicine.
- ferruling — a ring or cap, usually of metal, put around the end of a post, cane, or the like, to prevent splitting.
- figurable — Capable of being brought to a fixed form or shape.
- figurally — consisting of figures, especially human or animal figures: the figural representations contained in ancient wall paintings.
- figurante — a ballerina who does not perform solo.
- figurants — Plural form of figurant.
- figure in — a numerical symbol, especially an Arabic numeral.
- figure on — a numerical symbol, especially an Arabic numeral.
- figure up — a numerical symbol, especially an Arabic numeral.
- figuredly — in a figured manner
- figurines — Plural form of figurine.
- fireguard — a person trained in fire prevention and safety: We're looking for volunteer fireguards for Sunday's performance.