8-letter words containing n, a, g, u, i
- 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.
- langmuir — Irving, 1881–1957, U.S. chemist: Nobel Prize 1932.
- languish — to be or become weak or feeble; droop; fade.
- laughing — that laughs or is given to laughter: a laughing child.
- laughlin — James, IV, 1914–97, U.S. editor, publisher, and poet.
- 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.
- 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.
- mulligan — Gerald Joseph ("Gerry"; "Jeru") 1927–96, U.S. jazz saxophonist, bandleader, and composer.
- 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.
- origanum — An aromatic plant of a genus that includes marjoram and oregano.
- pagurian — a hermit crab, especially of the genus Pagurus.
- panurgic — (in Rabelais' Pantagruel) a rascal, the companion of Pantagruel.
- plaguing — an epidemic disease that causes high mortality; pestilence.
- qingyuan — former name of Baoding.
- quacking — Present participle of quack.
- quadding — Also called quadrat. a piece of type metal of less height than the lettered types, serving to cause a blank in printed matter, used for spacing.
- quaffing — to drink a beverage, especially an intoxicating one, copiously and with hearty enjoyment.
- quailing — to lose heart or courage in difficulty or danger; shrink with fear.
- qualming — the state of having a qualm
- quashing — Present participle of quash.
- rail gun — a weapon consisting of a pair of parallel conductive rails, using a magnetic field and electric current to launch projectiles at very high velocity.
- rheingau — a small wine-growing region in Hesse, in central Germany, on the Rhine.
- rigaudon — rigadoon.
- rugbeian — of or relating to Rugby School
- sanguify — to generate or turn into blood
- sanguine — cheerfully optimistic, hopeful, or confident: a sanguine disposition; sanguine expectations.
- sauteing — cooked or browned in a pan containing a small quantity of butter, oil, or other fat.
- shangqiu — a city in E Henan province, in E China.
- singular — extraordinary; remarkable; exceptional: a singular success.
- sugaring — a sweet, crystalline substance, C 1 2 H 2 2 O 1 1 , obtained chiefly from the juice of the sugarcane and the sugar beet, and present in sorghum, maple sap, etc.: used extensively as an ingredient and flavoring of certain foods and as a fermenting agent in the manufacture of certain alcoholic beverages; sucrose. Compare beet sugar, cane sugar.