8-letter words containing i, g, u, a
- guerilla — a member of a band of irregular soldiers that uses guerrilla warfare, harassing the enemy by surprise raids, sabotaging communication and supply lines, etc.
- guernica — Basque town in northern Spain: bombed and destroyed in 1937 by German planes helping the insurgents in the Spanish Civil War.
- guianese — of or relating to the region of Guiana, its inhabitants, or their language.
- guidable — Capable of being guided; willing to be guided or counselled.
- guidance — the act or function of guiding; leadership; direction.
- guideway — a structure, usually made of concrete, that is used to support and guide trains or individual vehicles that ride over it.
- guisarme — a shafted weapon having as a head a curved, double-edged blade with a beak at the back.
- guiscard — Robert [French raw-ber] /French rɔˈbɛr/ (Show IPA), (Robert de Hauteville) c1015–85, Norman conqueror in Italy.
- gujarati — an Indic language of western India.
- gurkhali — the language of the Gurkhas, belonging to the Indic branch of the Indo-European family
- guttatim — (in prescriptions) drop by drop.
- haunting — remaining in the consciousness; not quickly forgotten: haunting music; haunting memories.
- huang ti — the legendary first emperor of China.
- huizinga — Johan, 1872–1945, Dutch historian.
- huzzaing — Present participle of huzza.
- ignatius — Saint (Ignatius Theophorus) a.d. c40–107? bishop of Antioch and Apostolic Father.
- infrugal — not frugal; wasteful
- inguinal — of, relating to, or situated in the groin.
- jaunting — a short journey, especially one taken for pleasure.
- kaliyuga — the fourth and present age of the world, full of conflict and sin.
- langmuir — Irving, 1881–1957, U.S. chemist: Nobel Prize 1932.
- languish — to be or become weak or feeble; droop; fade.
- lartigue — Jacques Henri [zhahk ahn-ree] /ʒɑk ɑ̃ˈri/ (Show IPA), 1894–1986, French photographer and painter.
- laughing — that laughs or is given to laughter: a laughing child.
- laughlin — James, IV, 1914–97, U.S. editor, publisher, and poet.
- ligature — the act of binding or tying up: The ligature of the artery was done with skill.
- ligulate — having or forming a ligula.
- ligurian — an apparently Indo-European language used in ancient times along the NW coast of the Ligurian Sea.
- linguica — a highly spiced Portuguese garlic sausage.
- lingular — a tongue-shaped organ, process, or tissue.
- liu pang — 247–195 b.c, Chinese emperor: founder of the Han dynasty 202 b.c.
- louganis — Gregory ("Greg") born 1960, U.S. diver.
- lugsails — Plural form of lugsail.
- luxating — Present participle of luxate.
- manuring — excrement, especially of animals, or other refuse used as fertilizer.
- maturing — complete in natural growth or development, as plant and animal forms: a mature rose bush.
- maudling — Present participle of maudle.
- miauling — Present participle of miaul.
- misgauge — To gauge (measure) incorrectly.
- misusage — wrong or improper usage, as of words.
- mucilage — any of various, usually liquid, preparations of gum, glue, or the like, used as an adhesive.
- mulligan — Gerald Joseph ("Gerry"; "Jeru") 1927–96, U.S. jazz saxophonist, bandleader, and composer.
- multiage — Concerning more than one age.
- mutating — to change; alter.
- nagurski — Bronislaw [bron-uh-slof] /ˈbrɒn əˌslɒf/ (Show IPA), ("Bronko") 1908–1990, U.S. football player, born in Canada.
- naturing — Present participle of nature.
- nugacity — triviality; insignificance.
- nuraghic — relating to the Bronze Age Sardinian civilization that is distinguished by nuraghe
- nutating — Present participle of nutate.
- oliguria — scantiness of urine due to diminished secretion.