9-letter words containing n, o, u, g
- kurrajong — an Australian bottle tree, Brachychiton populneus, having showy yellowish-white, bell-shaped flowers, grown as an ornamental.
- labouring — (British, Canada) present participle of labour.
- langouste — spiny lobster.
- languedoc — a former province in S France. Capital: Toulouse.
- liquoring — Present participle of liquor.
- lobengula — ?1836–94, last Matabele king (1870–93); his kingdom was destroyed by the British
- long haul — journey: long-distance
- long jump — athletics: competition to jump the furthest
- long suit — Cards. the suit in which the most cards are held in a hand. (in bridge) a suit in which four or more cards are held in a hand.
- long-haul — line-haul.
- long-jump — Track and Field. to execute a long jump.
- longevous — long-lived; living to a great age.
- longhouse — a communal dwelling, especially of the Iroquois and various other North American Indian peoples, consisting of a wooden, bark-covered framework often as much as 100 feet (30.5 meters) in length.
- longitude — Geography. angular distance east or west on the earth's surface, measured by the angle contained between the meridian of a particular place and some prime meridian, as that of Greenwich, England, and expressed either in degrees or by some corresponding difference in time.
- longspurs — Plural form of longspur.
- longueuil — a city in S Quebec, in E Canada, across from Montreal, on the St. Lawrence.
- longueurs — Plural form of longueur.
- loudening — Present participle of louden.
- low-slung — trousers: hipster style
- lung book — book lung.
- lungworms — Plural form of lungworm.
- lungworts — Plural form of lungwort.
- manganous — containing bivalent manganese.
- mangetout — A vegetable pea eaten when immature.
- melungeon — a member of a people of mixed white, black, and American Indian ancestry living in the southern Appalachians.
- midground — The point between foreground and background in an image.
- monologue — a form of dramatic entertainment, comedic solo, or the like by a single speaker: a comedian's monologue.
- mouldings — Plural form of moulding.
- mountings — Plural form of mounting.
- mournings — Plural form of mourning.
- mouthings — Plural form of mouthing.
- mucinogen — any of a group of substances from which mucins are derived
- muskogean — a family of American Indian languages of the southeastern U.S., including Choctaw, Chickasaw, Creek, and several less well-known languages.
- negotious — Engaged in negotiation; Occupied with a conversation.
- neighbour — a person who lives near another.
- neuroglia — a class of cells in the brain and spinal cord that form a supporting structure for the neurons and provide them with insulation.
- neurology — the science of the nerves and the nervous system, especially of the diseases affecting them.
- newground — a tract of land recently cleared for cultivation.
- newsgroup — a place on a computer network, especially within Usenet, that maintains an online discussion group on a specific topic: newsgroups for movies.
- night out — evening or nighttime social outing
- non-usage — a customary way of doing something; a custom or practice: the usages of the last 50 years.
- nonbuying — not buying or purchasing
- nonjuring — Describing the bishops, clergy and congregations that refused to swear allegiance to William III of England.
- nonlegume — not a vegetable of the family Fabaceae
- nonruling — Not ruling; not in power.
- nonurgent — Not urgent.
- noseguard — middle guard.
- nougatine — a chocolate-coated nougat.
- noughties — The decade from 2000 to 2009.
- nu-prolog — L. Naish, U Melbourne. A Prolog with 'when' declarations, the successor to MU-Prolog. Type-checked. "NU-Prolog Reference Manual - Version 1.3", J.A. Thom et al eds, TR 86/10, U Melbourne (1988). Available (but not free). (See PNU-Prolog). E-mail: <[email protected]>.