9-letter words containing g, u, a
- gas gauge — an instrument used to indicate the level of petrol contained in a fuel tank, esp in a motor vehicle
- gaspergou — freshwater drum.
- gastraeum — the underside of the body, especially of a bird
- gastrique — A syrupy reduction of vinegar (or wine) and sugar.
- gastropub — a bar that serves good food and high-quality alcoholic beverages.
- gastrular — Of or pertaining to a gastrula.
- gastrulas — Plural form of gastrula.
- gatehouse — a house at or over a gate, used as a gatekeeper's quarters, fortification, etc.
- gather up — collect
- gaucherie — lack of social grace, sensitivity, or acuteness; awkwardness; crudeness; tactlessness.
- gauchesco — of or relating to gauchos
- gaudeamus — a university students' gathering or merry-making
- gaudiness — brilliantly or excessively showy: gaudy plumage.
- gaugamela — an ancient village in Assyria, E of Nineveh: Alexander the Great defeated Darius III here in 331 b.c. The battle is often mistakenly called “battle of Arbela.”.
- gaugeable — Capable of being gauged.
- gauleiter — the leader or chief official of a political district under Nazi control.
- gauntlets — Plural form of gauntlet.
- gauntness — extremely thin and bony; haggard and drawn, as from great hunger, weariness, or torture; emaciated.
- gaurantee — Misspelling of guarantee.
- gauss law — the principle that the total electric flux of a closed surface in an electric field is equal to 4π times the electric charge inside the surface.
- gauzelike — Like or resembling gauze.
- gauziness — The quality of being gauzy.
- gazankulu — (formerly) a Bantu homeland in South Africa; abolished in 1993. Capital: Giyani
- gazehound — one of any of several breeds of hounds, as the Afghan, borzoi, greyhound, Saluki, or whippet, that hunts by sighting the game rather than by scent.
- gazumping — Present participle of gazump.
- gear pump — lobular pump.
- genicular — of or relating to the knee
- geraniums — Plural form of geranium.
- gericault — (Jean Louis André) Théodore [zhahn lwee ahn-drey tey-aw-dawr] /ʒɑ̃ lwi ɑ̃ˈdreɪ teɪ ɔˈdɔr/ (Show IPA), 1791–1824, French painter.
- germanium — a scarce, metallic, grayish-white element, normally tetravalent, used chiefly in transistors. Symbol: Ge; atomic weight: 72.59; atomic number: 32; specific gravity: 5.36 at 20°C.
- germanous — containing bivalent germanium.
- gerundial — (in certain languages, as Latin) a form regularly derived from a verb and functioning as a noun, having in Latin all case forms but the nominative, as Latin dicendī gen., dicendō, dat., abl., etc., “saying.”. See also gerundive (def 1).
- get about — to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.
- giraudoux — Jean [zhahn] /ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1882–1944, French novelist, playwright, and diplomat.
- glabellum — glabella.
- gladiolus — any plant of the genus Gladiolus, of the iris family, native especially to Africa, having erect, sword-shaped leaves and spikes of flowers in a variety of colors.
- glamorous — full of glamour; charmingly or fascinatingly attractive, especially in a mysterious or magical way.
- glamoured — Simple past tense and past participle of glamour.
- glamourie — Alternative spelling of glamoury.
- glandular — consisting of, containing, or bearing glands.
- glandules — Plural form of glandule.
- glassfuls — Plural form of glassful.
- glaucodot — a mineral, iron and cobalt sulfarsenide, (Co,Fe)AsS, occurring in grayish-white crystals.
- gluconate — a salt of gluconic acid
- gluemaker — A manufacturer of glue.
- gluggable — (of wine) easy and pleasant to drink
- glutamate — a salt or ester of glutamic acid.
- glutamine — a crystalline amino acid, HOOCCH(NH 2)CH 2 CH 2 CONH 2 , related to glutamic acid. Symbol: Q. Abbreviation: Gln;
- glutinant — a nematocyst that discharges a thread covered with a sticky secretion.
- gnu emacs — Emacs