7-letter words containing g, u, i, n
- mushing — a trip or journey, especially across snow and ice with a dog team.
- musigny — a dry, red wine of the Burgundy region in France.
- musings — absorbed in thought; meditative.
- mussing — Present participle of muss.
- musting — to be obliged; be compelled: Do I have to go? I must, I suppose.
- muzzing — to study intensely; grind.
- noguchi — Hideyo [hee-de-yaw] /ˈhi dɛˌyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1928, Japanese physician and bacteriologist in the U.S.
- nubbing — the act of hanging (a criminal)
- nudging — to annoy with persistent complaints, criticisms, or pleas; nag: He was always nudging his son to move to a better neighborhood.
- nulling — Electronics. a point of minimum signal reception, as on a radio direction finder or other electronic meter.
- numbing — deprived of physical sensation or the ability to move: fingers numb with cold.
- nurling — to make knurls or ridges on.
- nursing — a person formally educated and trained in the care of the sick or infirm. Compare nurse-midwife, nurse-practitioner, physician's assistant, practical nurse, registered nurse.
- nutting — a dry fruit consisting of an edible kernel or meat enclosed in a woody or leathery shell.
- oubangi — French name of Ubangi.
- ounding — (obsolete) waving.
- ousting — to expel or remove from a place or position occupied: The bouncer ousted the drunk; to oust the prime minister in the next election.
- outgain — to gain more than
- outgrin — to exceed in grinning
- outings — Plural form of outing.
- outring — to outdo in ringing; ring louder than.
- outsing — to sing better than.
- outwing — to fly faster or more skilfully than
- pauling — Linus Carl [lahy-nuh s] /ˈlaɪ nəs/ (Show IPA), 1901–94, U.S. chemist: Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1954, Nobel Peace Prize 1962.
- penguin — any of several flightless, aquatic birds of the family Spheniscidae, of the Southern Hemisphere, having webbed feet and wings reduced to flippers.
- pinguid — fat; oily.
- piquing — to affect with sharp irritation and resentment, especially by some wound to pride: She was greatly piqued when they refused her invitation.
- plug in — capable of or designed for being connected to an electrical power source by plugging in or inserting: a plug-in hair dryer; a plug-in transistor.
- plug-in — capable of or designed for being connected to an electrical power source by plugging in or inserting: a plug-in hair dryer; a plug-in transistor.
- pluming — a feather.
- pouring — to send (a liquid, fluid, or anything in loose particles) flowing or falling, as from one container to another, or into, over, or on something: to pour a glass of milk; to pour water on a plant.
- pouting — having the lips sticking out, usually in order to show annoyance or to appear sexually attractive
- pruning — Archaic. to preen.
- pudding — a thick, soft dessert, typically containing flour or some other thickener, milk, eggs, a flavoring, and sweetener: tapioca pudding.
- pugging — Also called pugmark. a footprint, especially of a game animal.
- pulping — the soft, juicy, edible part of a fruit.
- pulsing — the regular throbbing of the arteries, caused by the successive contractions of the heart, especially as may be felt at an artery, as at the wrist.
- pumping — an apparatus or machine for raising, driving, exhausting, or compressing fluids or gases by means of a piston, plunger, or set of rotating vanes.
- punning — the humorous use of a word or phrase so as to emphasize or suggest its different meanings or applications, or the use of words that are alike or nearly alike in sound but different in meaning; a play on words.
- purging — to rid of whatever is impure or undesirable; cleanse; purify.
- purring — to utter a low, continuous, murmuring sound expressive of contentment or pleasure, as a cat does.
- pursing — a woman's handbag or pocketbook.
- pushing — that pushes.
- putting — to move or place (anything) so as to get it into or out of a specific location or position: to put a book on the shelf.
- quaking — (of persons) to shake or tremble from cold, weakness, fear, anger, or the like: He spoke boldly even though his legs were quaking.
- queuing — a braid of hair worn hanging down behind.
- quiring — Present participle of quire.
- quoting — to repeat (a passage, phrase, etc.) from a book, speech, or the like, as by way of authority, illustration, etc.
- ring up — to give forth a clear resonant sound, as a bell when struck: The doorbell rang twice.
- rouging — any of various red cosmetics for coloring the cheeks or lips.