10-letter words containing n, o, g, u
- gun-toting — carrying a gun, especially a pistol.
- gunpersons — Plural form of gunperson.
- gynandrous — having stamens and pistils united in a column, as in orchids.
- halogenous — (chemistry)describes a compound containing a halogen as part of the molecule.
- hang about — to fasten or attach (a thing) so that it is supported only from above or at a point near its own top; suspend.
- hang tough — to fasten or attach (a thing) so that it is supported only from above or at a point near its own top; suspend.
- harbouring — a part of a body of water along the shore deep enough for anchoring a ship and so situated with respect to coastal features, whether natural or artificial, as to provide protection from winds, waves, and currents.
- haubergeon — a short, sleeveless coat of mail.
- hexagynous — (of a plant) having six pistils
- high-count — (of a woven fabric) having a relatively high number of warp and filling threads per square inch.
- hog peanut — a twining plant, Amphicarpaea bracteata, of the legume family, bearing pods that ripen in or on the ground.
- homogenous — Biology. corresponding in structure because of a common origin.
- homogonous — pertaining to monoclinous flowers that do not differ in the relative length of stamens and pistils (opposed to heterogonous).
- honeyguide — any of a family (Indicatoridae) of small, heavily built, drab-colored piciform birds of Africa, Asia, and the East Indies: they are said to lead people or animals to bees' nests in order to eat the grubs and wax discarded by the people, etc. when they take the honeycombs
- hothousing — Present participle of hothouse.
- hour angle — the angle, measured westward through 360°, between the celestial meridian of an observer and the hour circle of a celestial body.
- houselling — administration of the Eucharist
- hu yaobang — 1915–89, Chinese Communist leader: general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party 1981–87.
- humdudgeon — an imaginary illness
- hung up on — simple past tense and past participle of hang.
- huntiegowk — a fool's errand or a person sent on an April fool's errand
- huntingdon — a former county in E England, now part of Cambridgeshire.
- huntington — Collis Potter, 1821–1900, U.S. railroad developer.
- hypogenous — growing beneath, or on the undersurface, as fungi on leaves.
- hypogynous — situated on the receptacle beneath the pistil and free of the ovary, as stamens, petals, or sepals.
- ice tongue — a section of ice projecting from the base of a glacier.
- igniferous — (rare) Producing fire.
- ignivomous — (archaic) Throwing out fire, as a volcano does.
- ignominous — Misspelling of ignominious.
- iguanodons — Plural form of iguanodon.
- immunogens — Plural form of immunogen.
- immunology — the branch of science dealing with the components of the immune system, immunity from disease, the immune response, and immunologic techniques of analysis.
- impounding — to shut up in a pound or other enclosure, as a stray animal.
- incognitum — (informal) An American mammoth whose fossilized skeleton was discovered in 1801.
- incouraged — Simple past tense and past participle of incourage.
- indigenous — originating in and characteristic of a particular region or country; native (often followed by to): the plants indigenous to Canada; the indigenous peoples of southern Africa.
- ingenhousz — Jan (jɑn). 1730–99, Dutch plant physiologist and physician, who discovered photosynthesis
- inglorious — shameful; disgraceful: inglorious retreat.
- inpourings — Plural form of inpouring.
- insourcing — The practice of using an organization’s own personnel or other resources to accomplish a task.
- integrious — (rare) Marked by integrity.
- intergroup — taking place or being between groups: intergroup relationships.
- intragroup — Taking place within a group, especially within a social group.
- iron guard — a Romanian fascist party that was extremely nationalistic and anti-Semitic, eliminated after World War II.
- jaguarondi — Alternative spelling of jaguarundi.
- jormungand — Midgard serpent.
- journaling — The activity of keeping a diary, also known as journal.
- journeying — a traveling from one place to another, usually taking a rather long time; trip: a six-day journey across the desert.
- jugal bone — (in humans) cheekbone (def 1).
- jungle rot — any cutaneous disease or condition caused or induced by a tropical climate.