9-letter words containing g, y, u
- muscology — the scientific study of mosses
- museology — the systematic study of the organization, management, and function of a museum.
- mutinying — revolt or rebellion against constituted authority, especially by sailors against their officers.
- muybridge — Eadweard [ed-werd] /ˈɛd wərd/ (Show IPA), (Edward James Muggeridge) 1830–1904, U.S. photographer, born in England: pioneered in photographic studies of animals and humans in motion.
- naugahyde — a brand of synthetic leather made from vinyl-coated fabric
- naughtily — disobedient; mischievous (used especially in speaking to or about children): Weren't we naughty not to eat our spinach?
- navy plug — a strong, dark tobacco in plug form.
- neurology — the science of the nerves and the nervous system, especially of the diseases affecting them.
- nonbuying — not buying or purchasing
- 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
- nystagmus — a congenital or acquired persistent, rapid, involuntary, and oscillatory movement of the eyeball, usually from side to side.
- occupying — to take or fill up (space, time, etc.): I occupied my evenings reading novels.
- outcrying — Present participle of outcry.
- outflying — Present participle of outfly.
- outlaying — an expending or spending, as of money.
- pausingly — with a pause or pauses
- playdough — children's modelling clay
- playgroup — a group of small children, especially preschoolers, organized for play or play activities and supervised by adult volunteers.
- ploughboy — a boy who guides the animals drawing a plough
- plug away — keep working on sth
- plug-ugly — a ruffian; rowdy; tough.
- plutology — the study of wealth
- poly-drug — being or pertaining to several drug used simultaneously, especially narcotics or addictive drugs: a center for dealing with polydrug abuse.
- polygonum — any polygonaceous plant of the genus Polygonum, having stems with knotlike joints and spikes of small white, green, or pink flowers
- pouringly — in a pouring fashion
- poyang hu — lake in N Jiangxi province, SE China: c. 1,000 sq mi (2,590 sq km)
- pterygium — an abnormal triangular mass of thickened conjunctiva extending over the cornea and interfering with vision.
- puffingly — in a puffing manner
- pugnacity — inclined to quarrel or fight readily; quarrelsome; belligerent; combative.
- punningly — in a punning manner
- puppy dog — puppy (def 1).
- purgatory — (in the belief of Roman Catholics and others) a condition or place in which the souls of those dying penitent are purified from venial sins, or undergo the temporal punishment that, after the guilt of mortal sin has been remitted, still remains to be endured by the sinner.
- purringly — in a purring manner
- quakingly — In a quaking fashion, especially with fear.
- quarrying — an excavation or pit, usually open to the air, from which building stone, slate, or the like, is obtained by cutting, blasting, etc.
- quasi-gay — of, relating to, or exhibiting sexual desire or behavior directed toward a person or persons of one's own sex; homosexual: a gay couple. Antonyms: straight.
- quinology — The science of the cultivation of cinchona and its use in medicine as quinine.
- regularly — at regular times or intervals.
- ring buoy — a ring-shaped life preserver.
- roguishly — pertaining to, characteristic of, or acting like a rogue; knavish or rascally.
- rough-dry — to dry (laundry) after washing, without smoothing, ironing, etc.
- runningly — in a running manner; rapidly
- rushingly — to move, act, or progress with speed, impetuosity, or violence.
- scurrying — to go or move quickly or in haste.
- seigneury — the domain of a seigneur.
- singulary — (of an operator) monadic
- skylounge — a vehicle designed to be lifted by helicopter between an intown passenger terminal and an airport.
- slurrying — a thin mixture of an insoluble substance, as cement, clay, or coal, with a liquid, as water or oil.
- spray gun — a device consisting of a container from which paint or other liquid is sprayed through a nozzle by air pressure from a pump.