9-letter words containing l, u, g, n
- scuttling — to run with quick, hasty steps; scurry.
- secluding — to place in or withdraw into solitude; remove from social contact and activity, etc.
- shuffling — moving in a dragging or clumsy manner.
- shuttling — a device in a loom for passing or shooting the weft thread through the shed from one side of the web to the other, usually consisting of a boat-shaped piece of wood containing a bobbin on which the weft thread is wound.
- singulary — (of an operator) monadic
- singultus — a hiccup.
- skylounge — a vehicle designed to be lifted by helicopter between an intown passenger terminal and an airport.
- slanguage — slang; a vocabulary of slang.
- slangular — relating to slang
- sleuthing — a detective. Synonyms: investigator, private investigator; private eye, gumshoe, shamus.
- sloughing — the outer layer of the skin of a snake, which is cast off periodically.
- slungshot — a weight attached to the end of a cord and used as a weapon
- slurrying — a thin mixture of an insoluble substance, as cement, clay, or coal, with a liquid, as water or oil.
- smuggling — to import or export (goods) secretly, in violation of the law, especially without payment of legal duty.
- squalling — the act or sound of squalling: The baby's squall was heard next door.
- stingbull — Trachinus draco, a species of fish with venomous spines on their dorsal fins that are capable of wounding humans
- stumbling — to strike the foot against something, as in walking or running, so as to stagger or fall; trip.
- subungual — of, pertaining to, bearing, or shaped like a nail, claw, or hoof.
- superlong — extremely long
- supplying — to furnish or provide (a person, establishment, place, etc.) with what is lacking or requisite: to supply someone clothing; to supply a community with electricity.
- surcingle — a belt or girth that passes around the belly of a horse and over the blanket, pack, saddle, etc., and is buckled on the horse's back.
- tangle up — become knotted or intertwined
- telegonus — a son of Odysseus and Circe who unknowingly killed his father and eventually married Penelope.
- throngful — crowded or packed with people
- thumbling — an extremely small person; a dwarf
- tonguelet — a small tongue
- traguline — like or characteristic of a tragule
- troubling — to disturb the mental calm and contentment of; worry; distress; agitate.
- tuggingly — with tugs or in a way that tugs
- tunneling — Physics. a quantum-mechanical process by which a particle can pass through a potential energy barrier that is higher than the energy of the particle: first postulated to explain the escape of alpha particles from atomic nuclei.
- uliginous — growing in swamps or muddy places.
- ululating — to howl, as a dog or a wolf; hoot, as an owl.
- unaligned — to arrange in a straight line; adjust according to a line.
- unalleged — declared or stated to be as described; asserted: The alleged murderer could not be located for questioning.
- unbeguile — to undeceive; to reveal the truth to someone formerly deceived
- unclogger — to free of an obstruction or impediment: to unclog a drain; to unclog rush-hour traffic.
- uncloying — not cloying or satiating
- uncongeal — to make liquid
- undelight — the absence of delight
- underling — a subordinate, especially one of slight importance.
- uneagerly — in an uneager manner
- unfailing — not failing; not giving way; not falling short of expectation; completely dependable: an unfailing friend.
- unfeeling — not feeling; devoid of feeling; insensible or insensate.
- unflanged — a projecting rim, collar, or ring on a shaft, pipe, machine housing, etc., cast or formed to give additional strength, stiffness, or supporting area, or to provide a place for the attachment of other objects.
- unfledged — not fledged; without sufficient feathers for flight, as a young bird.
- unfurling — to spread or shake out from a furled state, as a sail or a flag; unfold.
- ungainful — lacking gain
- ungallant — brave, spirited, noble-minded, or chivalrous: a gallant knight; a gallant rescue attempt.
- ungarbled — to confuse unintentionally or ignorantly; jumble: to garble instructions.
- ungenteel — not genteel