8-letter words containing n, a, u, g
- qualming — the state of having a qualm
- quandong — an Australian tree, Fusanus acuminatus, bearing a fruit with an edible, nutlike seed.
- quantong — quandong.
- 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.
- rancagua — a city in central Chile.
- regulant — a substance, as a chemical, used to control or regulate: herbicides and fungicides as regulants for plant growth.
- rheingau — a small wine-growing region in Hesse, in central Germany, on the Rhine.
- rigaudon — rigadoon.
- rugbeian — of or relating to Rugby School
- runagate — a fugitive or runaway.
- saguenay — a river in SE Canada, in Quebec, flowing SE from Lake St. John to the St. Lawrence. 125 miles (200 km) long.
- sandburg — Carl, 1878–1967, U.S. poet and biographer.
- 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.
- shantung — Shandong.
- singular — extraordinary; remarkable; exceptional: a singular success.
- speargun — a device for shooting spears underwater
- sphagnum — any soft moss of the genus Sphagnum, occurring chiefly in bogs, used for potting and packing plants, for dressing wounds, etc.
- subagent — a person whose duties as an agent are delegated to him or her by another agent.
- subrange — the extent to which or the limits between which variation is possible: the range of steel prices; a wide range of styles.
- 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.
- sun gear — (in an epicyclic train) the central gear around which the planet gears revolve.
- sunglass — burning glass.
- t'unghua — Tonghua.
- taichung — a city in and the provincial capital of Taiwan, in the W part.
- tan-tung — Dandong
- taunting — to reproach in a sarcastic, insulting, or jeering manner; mock.
- tauranga — a city on the N coast of North Island, in N New Zealand.
- trap gun — a firearm designed for trapshooting.
- tungshan — Tongshan.
- tunguska — any of three tributaries of the Yenisei River in the central Russian Federation in Asia: the (Lower Tunguska) 2000 miles (3220 km) long; the (Upper Tunguska) or the lower course of the Angara, 1151 miles (1855 km) long; and the (Stony Tunguska) about 975 miles (1570 km) long.
- umangite — a copper selenide mineral, Cu3Se2, having a dark blue or red colour and metallic lustre
- unaching — not aching or painful
- unageing — not ageing or seeming not to age
- unagreed — arranged or set by common consent: They met at the agreed time.
- unargued — undisputed; not subject to argument or discussion: an unargued right.
- unbagged — not bagged or put in a bag
- uncaring — a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern: He was never free from care.
- uncaught — simple past tense and past participle of catch.
- uncharge — to acquit.
- undaring — lacking a sense of adventure
- underage — lacking the required age, especially that of legal maturity.
- unfading — not liable to fade in colour
- ungainly — not graceful; awkward; unwieldy; clumsy: an ungainly child; an ungainly prose style.
- ungalled — not irritated or abraded
- ungarbed — undressed; unclad
- ungauged — not measured