10-letter words containing n, u, g, a, c
- encourages — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of encourage.
- evacuating — Present participle of evacuate.
- flaunching — The sloped mortar fillet around the base of a chimney pot, which serves to hold the pot in position and allow rainwater to run off.
- fracturing — Present participle of fracture.
- fungicidal — a substance or preparation, as a spray or dust, used for destroying fungi.
- gaucheness — The quality of being gauche.
- geniculate — having kneelike joints or bends.
- glauconite — a greenish micaceous mineral consisting essentially of a hydrous silicate of potassium, aluminum, and iron and occurring in greensand, clays, etc.
- glutaminic — derived from glutamine
- grand coup — the trumping of a trick that could have been taken by the winner's partner.
- granduncle — an uncle of one's father or mother; a great-uncle.
- guaguanche — a barracuda, Sphyraena guachanco, found chiefly off the coast of Florida.
- guardiance — (obsolete) guardianship.
- gun camera — an aircraft-mounted motion-picture camera recording the firing of all weapons on the gun-target line of the pilot.
- gun tackle — a tackle composed of a fall rove through two single blocks and secured to one of them so as to secure a mechanical advantage of two or three, neglecting friction, depending on the arrangement.
- gunnysacks — Plural form of gunnysack.
- incouraged — Simple past tense and past participle of incourage.
- incubating — Present participle of incubate.
- jaundicing — Present participle of jaundice.
- kuang-chou — Guangzhou
- lacquering — a protective coating consisting of a resin, cellulose ester, or both, dissolved in a volatile solvent, sometimes with pigment added.
- launchings — Plural form of launching.
- lounge car — club car.
- lunchwagon — a small bus, truck, or other vehicle outfitted for selling or for serving light meals and snacks to the public.
- macdonough — Thomas, 1783–1825, U.S. naval officer: defeated British on Lake Champlain 1814.
- machinegun — Alternative spelling of machine gun.
- maculating — Present participle of maculate.
- manicuring — Present participle of manicure.
- mclaughlin — John, born 1942, English jazz guitarist.
- mcnaughton — Andrew George Latta [lat-uh] /ˈlæt ə/ (Show IPA), 1887–1966, Canadian army officer, statesman, diplomat, and scientist.
- muckraking — to search for and expose real or alleged corruption, scandal, or the like, especially in politics.
- mudcapping — the process or act of blasting a rock surface with explosives
- nicaraguan — a republic in Central America. 57,143 sq. mi. (148,000 sq. km). Capital: Managua.
- nucleating — Present participle of nucleate.
- octangular — having eight angles.
- oppugnancy — opposing; antagonistic; contrary.
- osculating — Present participle of osculate.
- pugnacious — inclined to quarrel or fight readily; quarrelsome; belligerent; combative.
- purchasing — buying
- repugnance — the state of being repugnant.
- repugnancy — the state of being repugnant.
- sac fungus — ascomycete.
- scattergun — A scattergun is a gun that fires a lot of small metal balls at the same time.
- schongauer — Martin [mahr-tn;; German mahr-teen] /ˈmɑr tn;; German ˈmɑr tin/ (Show IPA), c1430–91, German engraver and painter.
- sugar cane — a tall grass, Saccharum officinarum, of tropical and warm regions, having a stout, jointed stalk, and constituting the chief source of sugar.
- sugar corn — sweet corn.
- sungchiang — Older Spelling. Songjiang.
- supragenic — beyond the limits or above the level of genes.
- truncating — the process of shortening a variable
- ulcerating — to form an ulcer; become ulcerous: His skin ulcerated after exposure to radioactive material.