10-letter words containing i, g, u, a
- insulating — Present participle of insulate.
- intragroup — Taking place within a group, especially within a social group.
- intriguant — a person who engages in intrigue or intrigues.
- intubating — Present participle of intubate.
- inundating — Present participle of inundate.
- iron guard — a Romanian fascist party that was extremely nationalistic and anti-Semitic, eliminated after World War II.
- irregulars — Plural form of irregular.
- ivy league — a group of colleges and universities in the northeastern U.S., consisting of Yale, Harvard, Princeton, Columbia, Dartmouth, Cornell, the University of Pennsylvania, and Brown, having a reputation for high scholastic achievement and social prestige.
- jaguarondi — Alternative spelling of jaguarundi.
- jaguarundi — a long-bodied and long-tailed tropical wildcat, Felis yagouaroundi, having a brownish-gray coat and a second color phase of reddish-brown: now reduced in number and endangered in some areas.
- jaundicing — Present participle of jaundice.
- journaling — The activity of keeping a diary, also known as journal.
- jubilating — to show or feel great joy; rejoice; exult.
- jugoslavia — formerly, a federal republic in S Europe: since 1992 comprised of Serbia and Montenegro; disbanded into independent countries in 2006. 39,449 sq. mi. (102,173 sq. km). Capital: Belgrade.
- kalaburagi — a city in Karnataka state, in S central India.
- khidmutgar — a male servant, esp one who serves at table
- khitmutgar — (in India) a waiter.
- krita yuga — Satya Yuga.
- kuomintang — the dominant political party of China from 1928 to 1949, founded chiefly by Sun Yat-sen in 1912 and led from 1925 to 1975 by Chiang Kai-shek; the dominant party of the Republic of China (Taiwan) since 1949.
- la guardia — Fiorello H(enry) [fee-uh-rel-oh] /ˌfi əˈrɛl oʊ/ (Show IPA), 1882–1947, U.S. lawyer, political reformer, and government administrator: mayor of New York City 1933–45.
- lacquering — a protective coating consisting of a resin, cellulose ester, or both, dissolved in a volatile solvent, sometimes with pigment added.
- languished — Simple past tense and past participle of languish.
- languisher — One who languishes.
- languishes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of languish.
- lanuginose — covered with lanugo, or soft, downy hairs.
- lanuginous — covered with lanugo, or soft, downy hairs.
- laugh line — crow's-foot (def 1).
- laughingly — With amused ridicule or ludicrous inappropriateness.
- launchings — Plural form of launching.
- laundering — Present participle of launder.
- laurinburg — a town in S North Carolina.
- lay figure — a jointed model of the human body, usually of wood, from which artists work in the absence of a living model.
- lifeguards — Plural form of lifeguard.
- ligamentum — ligament.
- lin yutang — (Lin Yü-t'ang) 1895–1976, Chinese author and philologist.
- line gauge — a printer's ruler, usually marked off in points, picas, agates, and inches, and sometimes also in centimeters.
- liturgical — of or relating to formal public worship or liturgies.
- lullabying — Present participle of lullaby.
- lustrating — Present participle of lustrate.
- machinegun — Alternative spelling of machine gun.
- maculating — Present participle of maculate.
- magnitudes — Plural form of magnitude.
- making out — to bring into existence by shaping or changing material, combining parts, etc.: to make a dress; to make a channel; to make a work of art.
- malgré lui — in spite of himself
- manhunting — Organized searching for a criminal or enemy.
- 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.
- maquillage — makeup (defs 1, 2, 5).
- marguerite — a female given name, French form of Margaret.