6-letter words containing g, u, n
- nutmeg — the hard, aromatic seed of the fruit of an East Indian tree, Myristica fragrans, used in grated form as a spice.
- ogburn — William Fielding, 1886–1959, U.S. sociologist and educator.
- oppugn — to assail by criticism, argument, or action.
- outgun — to exceed in firepower.
- outing — a means of escape or excuse, as from a place, punishment, retribution, responsibility, etc.: He always left himself an out.
- pan gu — P'an Ku.
- penghu — a group of small islands off the coast of SE China, in the Taiwan Strait: controlled by Taiwan. About 50 sq. mi. (130 sq. km).
- pengpu — Bengbu.
- pignus — property held as security for a debt.
- pignut — the nut of the brown hickory, Carya glabra, of North America.
- plugin — 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.
- plunge — to cast or thrust forcibly or suddenly into something, as a liquid, a penetrable substance, a place, etc.; immerse; submerge: to plunge a dagger into one's heart.
- popgun — a child's toy gun from which a pellet is shot by compressed air, producing a loud pop.
- potgun — a pot-shaped gun or mortar, a gun with a large bore
- progun — in favour of the public owning firearms
- puling — whining; whimpering: a puling child.
- pungle — to make a payment or contribution of (money)
- quango — (especially in Great Britain) a semi-public advisory and administrative body supported by the government and having most of its members appointed by the government.
- regnum — a reign or rule
- rehung — to fasten or attach (a thing) so that it is supported only from above or at a point near its own top; suspend.
- repugn — to oppose or refute.
- ruling — a principle or regulation governing conduct, action, procedure, arrangement, etc.: the rules of chess.
- scunge — to borrow
- scungy — miserable; sordid; dirty
- seguin — a city in SE Texas.
- shogun — the title applied to the chief military commanders from about the 8th century a.d. to the end of the 12th century, then applied to the hereditary officials who governed Japan, with the emperor as nominal ruler, until 1868, when the shogunate was terminated and the ruling power was returned to the emperor.
- signup — a token; indication.
- snudge — to be miserly or stingy
- snugly — warmly comfortable or cozy, as a place, accommodations, etc.: a snug little house.
- sprung — a simple past tense and past participle of spring.
- spuing — to discharge the contents of the stomach through the mouth; vomit.
- strung — simple past tense and past participle of string.
- sundog — parhelion.
- sung's — a dynasty in China, a.d. 960–1279, characterized by a high level of achievement in painting, ceramics, and philosophy: overthrown by the Mongols.
- taguan — a large nocturnal flying squirrel, Petaurista petaurista, of high forests in the East Indies that uses its long tail as a rudder
- tangun — a small and sturdy pony native to Tibet and Bhutan
- tanguy — Yves [eev] /iv/ (Show IPA), 1900–55, French painter, in the U.S. after 1939.
- tatung — Datong.
- tongue — Anatomy. the usually movable organ in the floor of the mouth in humans and most vertebrates, functioning in eating, in tasting, and, in humans, in speaking.
- truing — being in accordance with the actual state or conditions; conforming to reality or fact; not false: a true story.
- tubing — a hollow, usually cylindrical body of metal, glass, rubber, or other material, used especially for conveying or containing liquids or gases.
- tungus — Evenki.
- tunguz — Tungus.
- tuning — a succession of musical sounds forming an air or melody, with or without the harmony accompanying it.
- turing — Alan Mathison [math-uh-suh n] /ˈmæθ ə sən/ (Show IPA), 1912–54, English mathematician, logician, and pioneer in computer theory.
- ubangi — French Oubangi. a river in W central Africa, forming part of the boundary between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Central African Republic, flowing W and S into the Congo (Zaire) River. 700 miles (1125 km) long.
- uganda — an independent state in E Africa, between the NE Democratic Republic of the Congo and Kenya: member of the Commonwealth of Nations; formerly a British protectorate. 91,065 sq. mi. (241,068 sq. km). Capital: Kampala.
- ugrian — denoting or pertaining to an ethnological group including the Magyars and related peoples of western Siberia.
- ulling — the process of completely filling a container or vessel
- unaged — having lived or existed long; of advanced age; old: an aged man; an aged tree.