9-letter words containing g, u, n
- foundling — an infant or small child found abandoned; a child without a known parent or guardian.
- frouncing — Present participle of frounce.
- fucking a — an emphatic exclamation of approval
- fugginess — the state or condition of being fuggy
- fulgently — In a fulgent manner; so as to dazzle or glitter.
- fulgurant — flashing like lightning.
- fullering — a half-round hammer used for grooving and spreading iron.
- fumblings — Plural form of fumbling.
- fumigants — Plural form of fumigant.
- fungibles — Plural form of fungible.
- fungicide — a substance or preparation, as a spray or dust, used for destroying fungi.
- fungiform — having the form of a fungus or mushroom.
- fungistat — a fungistatic substance or preparation.
- fungizone — Amphotericin B.
- fungoidal — of, relating to, or caused by a fungus or fungi; resembling a fungus or fungi; fungoid
- fungosity — the condition of being fungous.
- funloving — Alternative spelling of fun-loving.
- funneling — a cone-shaped utensil with a tube at the apex for conducting liquid or other substance through a small opening, as into a bottle, jug, or the like.
- furnacing — Present participle of furnace.
- furrowing — Present participle of furrow.
- futtering — Present participle of futter.
- gainfully — In a gainful manner; profitably.
- gallienus — (Publius Licinius Egnatius) died a.d. 268, emperor of Rome 253–268 (son of Valerian).
- gallinule — any aquatic bird of the family Rallidae, having elongated, webless toes.
- gambrinus — a mythical Flemish king, the reputed inventor of beer.
- gangpunch — to duplicate (a punch card's data) onto subsequent cards.
- gardenful — An amount sufficient to fill a garden.
- garfunkel — Arthur ("Art") born 1942, U.S. singer.
- gargantua — an amiable giant and king, noted for his enormous capacity for food and drink, in Rabelais' Gargantua and Pantagruel.
- garniture — something that garnishes; decoration; adornment.
- gaudiness — brilliantly or excessively showy: gaudy plumage.
- 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.
- 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.
- genicular — of or relating to the knee
- genuflect — to bend the knee or touch one knee to the floor in reverence or worship.
- genuinely — possessing the claimed or attributed character, quality, or origin; not counterfeit; authentic; real: genuine sympathy; a genuine antique.
- geraniums — Plural form of geranium.
- 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).
- gerundive — (in Latin) a verbal adjective similar to the gerund in form and noting the obligation, necessity, or worthiness of the action to be done, as legendus in Liber legendus est, “The book is worth reading.”. See also gerund (def 1).
- gesturing — Present participle of gesture.
- get round — cajole
- gin rummy — gin4 (def 1).
- ginger up — a reedlike plant, Zingiber officinale, native to the East Indies but now cultivated in most tropical countries, having a pungent, spicy rhizome used in cookery and medicine. Compare ginger family.