9-letter words containing g, u, n
- nonruling — Not ruling; not in power.
- nonurgent — Not urgent.
- noseguard — middle guard.
- nougatine — a chocolate-coated nougat.
- noughties — The decade from 2000 to 2009.
- nu-prolog — L. Naish, U Melbourne. A Prolog with 'when' declarations, the successor to MU-Prolog. Type-checked. "NU-Prolog Reference Manual - Version 1.3", J.A. Thom et al eds, TR 86/10, U Melbourne (1988). Available (but not free). (See PNU-Prolog). E-mail: <[email protected]>.
- nugacious — trivial; unimportant or insignificant; nugatory.
- numbering — a numeral or group of numerals.
- numbingly — causing numbness or insensibility; stupefying: the numbing effects of grief; a story repeated with numbing regularity.
- nunny bag — a small sealskin haversack, used chiefly in Newfoundland
- nuremberg — a city in central Bavaria, in SE Germany: site of international trials (1945–46) of Nazis accused of war crimes.
- nurseling — an infant, child, or young animal being nursed or being cared for by a nurse.
- nurslings — Plural form of nursling.
- nurturing — to feed and protect: to nurture one's offspring.
- nut grass — either of two sedges, Cyperus rotundus or C. esculentus, that have small, nutlike tubers and are often troublesome weeds.
- nut sedge — nut grass.
- nutmegger — a native or inhabitant of Connecticut.
- nystagmus — a congenital or acquired persistent, rapid, involuntary, and oscillatory movement of the eyeball, usually from side to side.
- obscuring — (of meaning) not clear or plain; ambiguous, vague, or uncertain: an obscure sentence in the contract.
- obtruding — Present participle of obtrude.
- obtunding — Present participle of obtund.
- occluding — Present participle of occlude.
- occupying — to take or fill up (space, time, etc.): I occupied my evenings reading novels.
- occurring — to happen; take place; come to pass: When did the accident occur?
- octupling — Present participle of octuple.
- oenogarum — Garum diluted with wine.
- oldenburg — Claes (Thure) [klous too r-uh] /klaʊs ˈtʊər ə/ (Show IPA), born 1929, U.S. sculptor, born in Sweden.
- olinguito — a small omnivorous South American procyonid mammal, Bassaricyon neblina, inhabiting the mountain forests of Colombia and Ecuador: the most recent mammal to be discovered and the smallest member of family Procyonidae (the raccoons)
- onrushing — Rushing or flowing forward.
- onslaught — an onset, assault, or attack, especially a vigorous one.
- oppugnant — opposing; antagonistic; contrary.
- oppugners — Plural form of oppugner.
- oppugning — Present participle of oppugn.
- orangutan — a large, long-armed anthropoid ape, Pongo pygmaeus, of arboreal habits, inhabiting Borneo and Sumatra: an endangered species.
- oughtlins — in the least; to the least degree.
- oughtness — the state of being right
- out-going — going out; departing: outgoing trains.
- outcoming — That comes out.
- outcrying — Present participle of outcry.
- outdating — Present participle of outdate.
- outdesign — to exceed in designing
- outflying — Present participle of outfly.
- outfoxing — Present participle of outfox.
- outgiving — friendly or responsive; outgoing.
- outgoings — going out; departing: outgoing trains.
- outgunned — to exceed in firepower.
- outlawing — Present participle of outlaw.
- outlaying — an expending or spending, as of money.
- outlining — the line by which a figure or object is defined or bounded; contour.
- outliving — Present participle of outlive.