8-letter words containing g, u, n, r
- inground — sunk into the ground; built into the ground
- injuring — to do or cause harm of any kind to; damage; hurt; impair: to injure one's hand.
- insuring — Present participle of insure.
- intrigue — to arouse the curiosity or interest of by unusual, new, or otherwise fascinating or compelling qualities; appeal strongly to; captivate: The plan intrigues me, but I wonder if it will work.
- inurning — Present participle of inurn.
- jongleur — (in medieval France and Norman England) an itinerant minstrel or entertainer who sang songs, often of his own composition, and told stories.
- jungfrau — a mountain in S Switzerland, in the Bernese Alps. 13,668 feet (4166 meters).
- knurling — a small ridge or bead, especially one of a series, as on a button for decoration or on the edge of a thumbscrew to assist in obtaining a firm grip.
- krumping — a type of dancing in which participants, often wearing face paint, dance with one another in a fast and aggressive style mimicking a fight but without any physical contact
- 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.
- long run — happening or presented over a long period of time or having a long course of performances: a long-run hit play.
- long-run — happening or presented over a long period of time or having a long course of performances: a long-run hit play.
- longspur — any of several fringillid birds of the genus Calcarius of tundra or prairie regions of North America, characterized by a long spurlike hind claw on each foot.
- longueur — a long and boring passage in a literary work, drama, musical composition, or the like: The longueurs in this book make it almost unreadable.
- loungers — Plural form of lounger.
- louvring — to make a louver in; add louvers to: to louver a door.
- lundberg — George A(ndrew) 1895–1966, U.S. sociologist and author.
- lüneburg — a city in N Germany, in Lower Saxony: capital of the duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg from 1235 to 1369; prominent Hanse town; saline springs. Pop: 70 614 (2003 est)
- lungworm — any nematode worm of the superfamily Metastrongylidae, parasitic in the lungs of various mammals.
- lungwort — a European plant, Pulmonaria officinalis, of the borage family, having blue flowers.
- lurching — Archaic. the act of lurking or state of watchfulness.
- luringly — in a luring or inviting manner
- lustring — the state or quality of shining by reflecting light; glitter, sparkle, sheen, or gloss: the luster of satin.
- 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.
- merengue — a ballroom dance of Dominican and Haitian origin, characterized by a stiff-legged, limping step.
- meringue — merengue.
- mourning — The expression of deep sorrow for someone who has died, typically involving following certain conventions such as wearing black clothes.
- mungcorn — a mixture of grains, esp wheat and rye
- 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.
- newburgh — a city in SE New York, on the Hudson.
- ngultrum — a paper money, cupronickel coin, and monetary unit of Bhutan, equal to 100 chetrums.
- 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
- nurnberg — German name of Nuremberg.
- nursling — an infant, child, or young animal being nursed or being cared for by a nurse.
- nutgrass — A perennial sedge, Cyperus rotundus, that has small edible nutlike tubers.
- occuring — Misspelling of occurring, the present participle of occur.
- on guard — prepared, at the ready
- oppugner — Someone who oppugns; an opponent.
- orenburg — a city in the SW Russian Federation in Asia, on the Ural River.
- 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.
- outgrown — to grow too large for: to outgrow one's clothes.