10-letter words containing g, u, r
- lifeguards — Plural form of lifeguard.
- lignotuber — (botany) A starchy enlargement (caudex), usually of a root, of a woody plant, serving to store water.
- limburgite — a glassy, dark-coloured volcanic rock containing olivine and augite but little or no feldspar
- linguiform — having the shape of a tongue; tongue-shaped.
- linguister — an interpreter
- linguistry — the study of language
- litterbugs — Plural form of litterbug.
- liturgical — of or relating to formal public worship or liturgies.
- liturgists — Plural form of liturgist.
- loaf sugar — a large conical mass of hard refined sugar; sugar loaf
- long purse — wealth; riches
- louisbourg — a fortress in Canada, in Nova Scotia on SE Cape Breton Island: founded in 1713 by the French and strongly fortified (1720–40); captured by the British (1758) and demolished; reconstructed as a historic site
- loundering — a beating
- lounge bar — more elegant bar
- lounge car — club car.
- loungewear — articles of clothing suitable for wear during leisure time, especially in the home.
- loup-garou — a werewolf; lycanthrope.
- low ground — Often, low grounds. Southern U.S. bottom (def 4).
- lug wrench — a wrench for loosening or tightening lug nuts.
- lug-rigged — rigged with a lugsail or lugsails.
- lugubrious — mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially in an affected, exaggerated, or unrelieved manner: lugubrious songs of lost love.
- luluabourg — former name of Kananga.
- lump sugar — sugar in small blocks
- lustrating — Present participle of lustrate.
- lutestring — a silk fabric of high sheen, formerly used in the manufacture of dresses.
- luxembourg — a grand duchy surrounded by Germany, France, and Belgium. 999 sq. mi. (2585 sq. km).
- malgré lui — in spite of himself
- malt sugar — maltose
- malt-sugar — a white, crystalline, water-soluble sugar, C 1 2 H 2 2 O 1 1 ⋅H 2 O, formed by the action of diastase, especially from malt, on starch: used chiefly as a nutrient, as a sweetener, and in culture media.
- manicuring — Present participle of manicure.
- mapinguari — Alternative form of mapinguary.
- mapinguary — A legendary red-furred ground-dwelling sloth-like creature said to live in the Amazon rainforests of Brazil and Bolivia.
- marguerite — a female given name, French form of Margaret.
- maringouin — a mosquito, especially a large swamp mosquito.
- marouflage — a method of attaching a canvas to a wall through adhesion, accomplished by coating the surface with white lead mixed with oil.
- mastigures — Plural form of mastigure.
- maundering — A rambling or pointless discourse.
- megachurch — an independent church with a very large membership in regular attendance, focusing on an evangelical or conservative Christian theology and offering a variety of educational and social activities.
- megalosaur — any gigantic carnivorous dinosaur of the genus Megalosaurus, of the Jurassic and early Cretaceous periods.
- megathrust — (geology) A sudden slip along a fault between a subducting and an overriding plate; results in a major earthquake.
- metallurgy — the technique or science of working or heating metals so as to give them certain desired shapes or properties.
- miamisburg — a town in W Ohio.
- microfungi — Plural form of microfungus.
- microgauss — (physics) A unit of magnetic field strength equal to one millionth of a gauss.
- middelburg — a province in the SW Netherlands, consisting largely of islands. 1041 sq. mi. (2695 sq. km). Capital: Middelburg.
- migraineur — Someone who suffers from migraine headaches.
- migrainous — Of, relating to, or afflicted with migraine.
- milk sugar — lactose.
- morgenthau — Henry, 1856–1946, U.S. financier and diplomat, born in Germany.
- morigerous — acquiescent, obedient, servile