11-letter words containing l, u, g, r
- lumberingly — With heavy, clumsy movements.
- lung cancer — malignant disease affecting the lungs
- luxuriating — to enjoy oneself without stint; revel: to luxuriate in newly acquired wealth.
- mangalsutra — a necklace worn by a Hindu woman to signify that she is married
- maple sugar — a yellowish-brown sugar produced by boiling down maple syrup.
- marine glue — a tarlike composition for coating the seams of a planked deck after caulking.
- marlborough — John Churchill, 1st Duke of, Churchill, John, 1st Duke of Marlborough.
- mecklenburg — a former state in NE Germany, formed in 1934 from two states (Mecklenburg-Schwerin and Mecklenburg-Strelitz)
- megalosaurs — Plural form of megalosaur.
- metallurgic — the technique or science of working or heating metals so as to give them certain desired shapes or properties.
- misregulate — to control or direct by a rule, principle, method, etc.: to regulate household expenses.
- molly-guard — /mol'ee-gard/ [University of Illinois] A shield to prevent tripping of some Big Red Switch by clumsy or ignorant hands. Originally used of the plexiglass covers improvised for the BRS on an IBM 4341 after a programmer's toddler daughter (named Molly) frobbed it twice in one day. Later generalised to covers over stop/reset switches on disk drives and networking equipment.
- multangular — having many angles; polyangular.
- multi-grain — a small, hard seed, especially the seed of a food plant such as wheat, corn, rye, oats, rice, or millet.
- natural gas — a combustible mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons that accumulates in porous sedimentary rocks, especially those yielding petroleum, consisting usually of over 80 percent methane together with minor amounts of ethane, propane, butane, nitrogen, and, sometimes, helium: used as a fuel and to make carbon black, acetylene, and synthesis gas.
- neighbourly — (British, Canada) Showing the qualities of a friendly and helpful neighbour.
- neuroglobin — (protein) Any of a class of vertebrate globins involved in cellular oxygen homeostasis.
- neurologist — a physician specializing in neurology.
- nongranular — not consisting of granules
- nonsingular — not singular. Compare singular (def 7).
- nonsurgical — pertaining to or involving surgery or surgeons.
- oil-burning — that uses paraffin, esp as a domestic fuel
- oligomerous — having a small number of component parts
- onslaughter — An onslaught.
- outgenerals — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outgeneral.
- overindulge — eat, do to excess
- pelargonium — any plant of the genus Pelargonium, the cultivated species of which are usually called geranium. Compare geranium (def 2).
- pentangular — having five angles and five sides; pentagonal.
- plattsburgh — a city in NE New York, on Lake Champlain: battle, 1814.
- ploughshare — the horizontal pointed cutting blade of a mouldboard plough
- plumigerous — wearing or possessing feathers
- polyangular — multangular; multiangular.
- presumingly — presumptuous.
- promulgated — to make known by open declaration; publish; proclaim formally or put into operation (a law, decree of a court, etc.).
- promulgator — to make known by open declaration; publish; proclaim formally or put into operation (a law, decree of a court, etc.).
- purgatorial — removing or purging sin; expiatory: purgatorial rites.
- purple sage — a plant, Salvia leucophylla, of the mint family, native to California, having silvery leaves and purple spikes of flowers.
- quadrangles — Plural form of quadrangle.
- quadrupling — Present participle of quadruple.
- quarrelling — an angry dispute or altercation; a disagreement marked by a temporary or permanent break in friendly relations.
- quaveringly — In a quavering manner; tremulously.
- quiveringly — While quivering, or as if quivering.
- recatalogue — to catalogue (something, such as a book or collection of books) again
- rectangular — shaped like a rectangle.
- recurringly — occurring or appearing again.
- regular lay — a right-handed lay, as of a plain-laid rope.
- relaunching — an act or instance of launching something again.
- religiously — of, relating to, or concerned with religion: a religious holiday.
- repugnantly — distasteful, objectionable, or offensive: a repugnant smell.
- resultingly — as a result.