9-letter words containing m, u, n, g
- measuring — Ascertain the size, amount, or degree of (something) by using an instrument or device marked in standard units or by comparing it with an object of known size.
- megafauna — land animals of a given area that can be seen with the unaided eye.
- melungeon — a member of a people of mixed white, black, and American Indian ancestry living in the southern Appalachians.
- merengues — Plural form of merengue.
- meringues — Plural form of meringue.
- mesangium — (anatomy) A thin layer of the glomerulus, within the basement membrane surrounding the glomerular capillaries.
- meshugana — a crazy person.
- midground — The point between foreground and background in an image.
- minirugby — a version of rugby played with nine players per team on a pitch half the usual size
- misruling — Present participle of misrule.
- monologue — a form of dramatic entertainment, comedic solo, or the like by a single speaker: a comedian's monologue.
- mouldings — Plural form of moulding.
- mountings — Plural form of mounting.
- mournings — Plural form of mourning.
- mouthings — Plural form of mouthing.
- mucinogen — any of a group of substances from which mucins are derived
- mugginess — The characteristic of being muggy.
- mugginses — Plural form of muggins.
- mulligans — Plural form of mulligan.
- mullingar — a town in N central Republic of Ireland, the county town of Co Westmeath; site of cathedral; cattle raised. Pop: 15 621 (2002)
- mumblings — Plural form of mumbling.
- mundungus — malodorous tobacco.
- mung bean — small green legume
- murdering — Present participle of murder.
- murmuring — a low, continuous sound, as of a brook, the wind, or trees, or of low, indistinct voices.
- muskingum — a river in E Ohio, flowing S and SE to the Ohio River. 111 miles (179 km) long.
- muskogean — a family of American Indian languages of the southeastern U.S., including Choctaw, Chickasaw, Creek, and several less well-known languages.
- mustanger — a person who engages in mustanging.
- mustering — Present participle of muster.
- mutagenic — capable of inducing mutation or increasing its rate.
- mutinying — revolt or rebellion against constituted authority, especially by sailors against their officers.
- muttering — to utter words indistinctly or in a low tone, often as if talking to oneself; murmur.
- neimenggu — Inner Mongolia.
- ngerulmud — the capital of Palau (from 2006), in the state of Melekeok on the island of Babelthuap
- ngultrums — Plural form of ngultrum.
- nonlegume — not a vegetable of the family Fabaceae
- numbering — a numeral or group of numerals.
- numbingly — causing numbness or insensibility; stupefying: the numbing effects of grief; a story repeated with numbing regularity.
- nuremberg — a city in central Bavaria, in SE Germany: site of international trials (1945–46) of Nazis accused of war crimes.
- nutmegger — a native or inhabitant of Connecticut.
- nystagmus — a congenital or acquired persistent, rapid, involuntary, and oscillatory movement of the eyeball, usually from side to side.
- oenogarum — Garum diluted with wine.
- outcoming — That comes out.
- outmanage — (transitive) To surpass in management; to manage better than.
- ploughman — A ploughman is a man whose job it is to plough the land, especially with a plough pulled by horses or oxen.
- polygonum — any polygonaceous plant of the genus Polygonum, having stems with knotlike joints and spikes of small white, green, or pink flowers
- presuming — presumptuous.
- pummeling — to beat or thrash with or as if with the fists.
- rummaging — to search thoroughly or actively through (a place, receptacle, etc.), especially by moving around, turning over, or looking through contents.
- sagapenum — a resin formerly used as a drug