9-letter words containing g, u, r, a
- kurrajong — an Australian bottle tree, Brachychiton populneus, having showy yellowish-white, bell-shaped flowers, grown as an ornamental.
- la guaira — a seaport in N Venezuela: the port of Caracas.
- labouring — (British, Canada) present participle of labour.
- langrenus — a walled plain in the fourth quadrant of the face of the moon: about 85 miles (135 km) in diameter.
- larruping — very; exceedingly: That was a larruping good meal.
- lauenburg — a region in Schleswig-Holstein, in NW Germany: duchy under German rulers 1260–1689; later part of Prussia.
- laughters — the action or sound of laughing.
- lautering — The step or process in brewing beer which separates the mash into clear liquid wort and grain.
- leaguered — to besiege.
- lifeguard — an expert swimmer employed, as at a beach or pool, to protect bathers from drowning or other accidents and dangers.
- ligatures — Plural form of ligature.
- magdeburg — a state in central Germany. 9515 sq. mi. (24,644 sq. km). Capital: Magdeburg.
- maiduguri — a city in NE Nigeria.
- mangaluru — a city and port in SW Karnataka state, in SW India.
- māori bug — a large shining black wingless cockroach of New Zealand, Platyzosteria novae-zelandiae
- marauding — engaged in raiding for plunder, especially roaming about and ravaging an area: marauding bands of outlaws.
- margulies — Donald. born 1955, US playwright; plays include The Loman Family Picnic (1989) and the Pulitzer Prize-winning Dinner with Friends (1999)
- mastigure — Any of the spiny-tailed lizards of the genus Uromastyx.
- matagouri — a thorny bush of New Zealand, Discaria toumatou, that forms thickets in open country
- measuring — Ascertain the size, amount, or degree of (something) by using an instrument or device marked in standard units or by comparing it with an object of known size.
- megacurie — a unit of radioactivity equal to one million curies
- megahurts — Plural form of megahurt.
- mudguards — Plural form of mudguard.
- mugearite — an igneous rock containing oligoclase, olivine, orthoclase, and apatite
- mullingar — a town in N central Republic of Ireland, the county town of Co Westmeath; site of cathedral; cattle raised. Pop: 15 621 (2002)
- multigram — Of more than one gram.
- mustanger — a person who engages in mustanging.
- nagarjuna — c. 150–c. 250 ad, Indian Buddhist monk, founder of the Madhyamika (Middle Path) school of Mahayana Buddhism: noted for his philosophical writings
- narguileh — hookah
- naughtier — disobedient; mischievous (used especially in speaking to or about children): Weren't we naughty not to eat our spinach?
- neuralgia — sharp and paroxysmal pain along the course of a nerve.
- neuralgic — sharp and paroxysmal pain along the course of a nerve.
- neuroglia — a class of cells in the brain and spinal cord that form a supporting structure for the neurons and provide them with insulation.
- nicaragua — a republic in Central America. 57,143 sq. mi. (148,000 sq. km). Capital: Managua.
- noseguard — middle guard.
- nut grass — either of two sedges, Cyperus rotundus or C. esculentus, that have small, nutlike tubers and are often troublesome weeds.
- objurgate — to reproach or denounce vehemently; upbraid harshly; berate sharply.
- oenogarum — Garum diluted with wine.
- off guard — to keep safe from harm or danger; protect; watch over: to guard the ruler.
- off-guard — to keep safe from harm or danger; protect; watch over: to guard the ruler.
- old guard — the imperial guard created in 1804 by Napoleon: it made the last French charge at Waterloo.
- orangutan — a large, long-armed anthropoid ape, Pongo pygmaeus, of arboreal habits, inhabiting Borneo and Sumatra: an endangered species.
- outcharge — to charge more than
- outraging — Present participle of outrage.
- outranged — Simple past tense and past participle of outrange.
- paragould — a city in NE Arkansas.
- paralogue — either of a pair of genes derived from the same ancestral gene
- paranagua — a seaport in S Brazil.
- pasturage — pasture.
- pasturing — Also called pastureland [pas-cher-land, pahs-] /ˈpæs tʃərˌlænd, ˈpɑs-/ (Show IPA). an area covered with grass or other plants used or suitable for the grazing of livestock; grassland.