8-letter words containing n, a, u, g
- bungalow — A bungalow is a house which has only one level, and no stairs.
- bungwall — an Australian fern, Blechnum indicum, having an edible rhizome
- burn bag — a special bag into which discarded secret or sensitive documents are placed for burning.
- canegrub — any of various grubs that are a pest of sugar cane, esp, in Australia, the greyback canegrub, Dermolepida albohirtum
- caudling — Present participle of caudle.
- caulking — to fill or close seams or crevices of (a tank, window, etc.) in order to make watertight, airtight, etc.
- changeup — Alternative form of change-up.
- changhua — city in W Taiwan: pop. 186,000
- churinga — a sacred amulet of the native Australians
- cingular — ring-shaped; girdle-like
- clangour — a loud resonant often-repeated noise
- clausing — (shipping) present participle of clause.
- cognatus — (legal) A person connected through cognation.
- conjugal — Conjugal means relating to marriage or a married couple's relationship , especially their sexual relationship.
- curating — Chiefly British. a member of the clergy employed to assist a rector or vicar.
- cygnus a — a strong radio source in the constellation Cygnus associated with a distant peculiar galaxy.
- daubigny — Charles François (ʃarl frɑ̃swa). 1817–78, French landscape painter associated with the Barbizon School
- daunting — Something that is daunting makes you feel slightly afraid or worried about dealing with it.
- dunaburg — German name of Daugavpils.
- dungaree — dungarees. work clothes, overalls, etc., of blue denim. blue jeans.
- dungheap — pile of dung
- duo-tang — a type of folder with flexible metal fasteners
- equaling — Present participle of equal.
- equating — Present participle of equate.
- euglenas — Plural form of euglena.
- faulting — a defect or imperfection; flaw; failing: a fault in the brakes; a fault in one's character.
- figurant — a ballet dancer who does not perform solo.
- flashgun — a device that simultaneously discharges a flashbulb and operates a camera shutter.
- fugleman — (formerly) a soldier placed in front of a military company as a good model during training drills.
- fumigant — any volatile or volatilizable chemical compound used as a disinfectant or pesticide.
- furigana — (human language, Japanese) (Or "rubi") Small hiragana, written above kanji (and these days sometimes above Latin characters) as a phonetic comment and reading aid. The singular and plural are both "furigana".
- gainfull — Archaic form of gainful.
- galbanum — a gum resin with a peculiar, strong odor, obtained from certain Asian plants of the genus Ferula, used in incense and formerly in medicine.
- gallnuts — Plural form of gallnut.
- gatineau — a city in S Quebec, in E Canada, near Hull.
- gauntest — Superlative form of gaunt.
- gauntlet — a former punishment, chiefly military, in which the offender was made to run between two rows of men who struck at him with switches or weapons as he passed.
- gaussian — Karl Friedrich [kahrl free-drikh] /kɑrl ˈfri drɪx/ (Show IPA), 1777–1855, German mathematician and astronomer.
- gazunder — (of a buyer) lower the amount of an offer made on a property and accepted by (a seller) at the time of final negotiations.
- geranium — any of numerous plants of the genus Geranium, which comprises the crane's-bills.
- glandule — (anatomy) A small gland or secreting vessel.
- glazunov — Alexander Konstantinovitch [al-ig-zan-der,, -zahn-,, kon-stuh n-tee-nuh-vich;; Russian uh-lyi-ksahndr kuh n-stuhn-tyee-nuh-vyich] /ˌæl ɪgˈzæn dər,, -ˈzɑn-,, ˌkɒn stənˈti nə vɪtʃ;; Russian ʌ lyɪˈksɑndr kən stʌnˈtyi nə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1865–1936, Russian composer.
- glucagon — a hormone secreted by the pancreas that acts in opposition to insulin in the regulation of blood glucose levels.
- glucosan — any of a number of polysaccharides that yield glucose upon hydrolysis.
- gourmand — a person who is fond of good eating, often indiscriminatingly and to excess.
- graduand — a student who is about to graduate or receive a degree.
- grandeur — the quality or state of being impressive or awesome: the grandeur of the Rocky Mountains.
- granicus — a river in NW Turkey, flowing N to the Sea of Marmara: battle 334 b.c. 45 miles (70 km) long.
- granular — of the nature of granules; grainy.
- granules — Plural form of granule.