9-letter words containing l, u, g, r
- guardrail — Also, guardrailing. a protective railing, as along a road or stairway.
- guarulhos — a city in SE Brazil, NE of São Paulo.
- guerillas — Plural form of guerilla.
- guerrilla — a member of a band of irregular soldiers that uses guerrilla warfare, harassing the enemy by surprise raids, sabotaging communication and supply lines, etc.
- guildford — a city in S England, in Surrey: cathedral (1936–68); seat of the University of Surrey (1966). Pop: 69 400 (2001)
- guiltware — /gilt'weir/ 1. A piece of freeware decorated with a message telling one how long and hard the author worked on it and intimating that one is a no-good freeloader if one does not immediately send the poor suffering martyr gobs of money. 2. Shareware that works.
- gütersloh — a town in NW Germany, in North Rhine-Westphalia. Pop: 95 928 (2003 est)
- gutturals — Plural form of guttural.
- hourglass — an instrument for measuring time, consisting of two bulbs of glass joined by a narrow passage through which a quantity of sand or mercury runs in just an hour.
- housegirl — A young woman employed to do housework.
- hungerful — hungry
- inaugural — of or relating to an inauguration: Harding's inaugural address.
- iron lung — a chamberlike respirator, formerly used in the treatment of poliomyelitis, that encloses the whole body except the head and in which alternate pulsations of high and low pressure induce normal breathing movements or force air into and out of the lungs.
- irregular — without symmetry, even shape, formal arrangement, etc.: an irregular pattern.
- jongleurs — Plural form of jongleur.
- kerguelen — an archipelago in the S Indian Ocean: a possession of France. 2394 sq. mi. (6200 sq. km).
- la guaira — a seaport in N Venezuela: the port of Caracas.
- labouring — (British, Canada) present participle of labour.
- langrenus — a walled plain in the fourth quadrant of the face of the moon: about 85 miles (135 km) in diameter.
- larruping — very; exceedingly: That was a larruping good meal.
- lauenburg — a region in Schleswig-Holstein, in NW Germany: duchy under German rulers 1260–1689; later part of Prussia.
- laughters — the action or sound of laughing.
- lautering — The step or process in brewing beer which separates the mash into clear liquid wort and grain.
- leaguered — to besiege.
- lecturing — Present participle of lecture.
- lie group — a topological group that is a manifold.
- lifeguard — an expert swimmer employed, as at a beach or pool, to protect bathers from drowning or other accidents and dangers.
- ligatures — Plural form of ligature.
- ligustrum — any of various shrubs or trees belonging to the genus Ligustrum, of the olive family, comprising the privets.
- limburger — a variety of soft white cheese of strong odor and flavor.
- liquoring — Present participle of liquor.
- litterbug — a person who litters public places with items of refuse: Litterbugs had thrown beer cans on the picnic grounds.
- liturgics — the science or art of conducting public worship.
- liturgies — Plural form of liturgy.
- liturgist — an authority on liturgies.
- longspurs — Plural form of longspur.
- longueurs — Plural form of longueur.
- louisburg — a seaport on SE Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, in SE Canada: French fortress captured by British 1745, 1758.
- lug screw — a small screw without a head
- lumbering — timber sawed or split into planks, boards, etc.
- lungworms — Plural form of lungworm.
- lungworts — Plural form of lungwort.
- lurkingly — So as to lurk; in sinister concealment.
- lustering — the state or quality of shining by reflecting light; glitter, sparkle, sheen, or gloss: the luster of satin.
- luxemburg — Rosa [roh-zuh;; German roh-zah] /ˈroʊ zə;; German ˈroʊ zɑ/ (Show IPA), ("Red Rosa") 1870–1919, German socialist agitator, born in Poland.
- lynchburg — a city in central Virginia.
- mangaluru — a city and port in SW Karnataka state, in SW India.
- margulies — Donald. born 1955, US playwright; plays include The Loman Family Picnic (1989) and the Pulitzer Prize-winning Dinner with Friends (1999)
- misruling — Present participle of misrule.
- moro gulf — a gulf of the Celebes Sea on the SW side of Mindanao, in the Philippines.