8-letter words containing n, a, u, g
- langlauf — the sport of cross-country skiing.
- langmuir — Irving, 1881–1957, U.S. chemist: Nobel Prize 1932.
- language — a body of words and the systems for their use common to a people who are of the same community or nation, the same geographical area, or the same cultural tradition: the two languages of Belgium; a Bantu language; the French language; the Yiddish language.
- languish — to be or become weak or feeble; droop; fade.
- languour — Alternative spelling of languor.
- laughing — that laughs or is given to laughter: a laughing child.
- laughlin — James, IV, 1914–97, U.S. editor, publisher, and poet.
- laughton — Charles, 1899–1962, U.S. actor, born in England.
- 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.
- magangue — a city in NW Colombia.
- mangbetu — a member of a people of the northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo.
- 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.
- montague — (in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet) the family name of Romeo. Compare Capulet.
- mulligan — Gerald Joseph ("Gerry"; "Jeru") 1927–96, U.S. jazz saxophonist, bandleader, and composer.
- mustangs — Plural form of mustang.
- mutagens — Plural form of mutagen.
- 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.
- naufrage — (obsolete) shipwreck; ruin.
- naughtly — (obsolete) naughtily; wrongly.
- nonsugar — a substance that is not a sugar
- nugacity — triviality; insignificance.
- nugatory — of no real value; trifling; worthless.
- nuraghic — relating to the Bronze Age Sardinian civilization that is distinguished by nuraghe
- nutating — Present participle of nutate.
- nutgalls — Plural form of nutgall.
- nutgrass — A perennial sedge, Cyperus rotundus, that has small edible nutlike tubers.
- on guard — prepared, at the ready
- origanum — An aromatic plant of a genus that includes marjoram and oregano.
- osnaburg — a heavy, coarse cotton in a plain weave, for grain sacks and sportswear and also finished into cretonne.
- outrange — to have a longer or greater range than.
- 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.
- poundage — confinement within an enclosure or within certain limits.
- punchbag — A punchbag is a heavy leather bag, filled with a firm material, that hangs on a rope. Punchbags are used by boxers and other sportsmen for exercise and training.
- 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.