10-letter words containing o, n, g, u, a
- conjugates — Plural form of conjugate.
- contagious — A disease that is contagious can be caught by touching people or things that are infected with it. Compare infectious.
- copulating — Present participle of copulate.
- corn sugar — a dextrose made from cornstarch
- currawongs — Plural form of currawong.
- dialoguing — conversation between two or more persons.
- dig around — If you dig around in a place or container, you search for something in every part of it.
- doug lenat — (person) One of the world's leading computer scientists specialising in Artificial Intelligence. He is currently (1999) head of the Cyc Project at MCC, and President of Cycorp. He has been a Professor of Computer Science at Carnegie-Mellon University and Stanford University. See also microLenat.
- drug baron — the head of an organization that deals in illegal drugs
- duodecagon — dodecagon.
- emenagogue — Alternative form of emmenagogue.
- enamouring — Present participle of enamour.
- encouraged — Simple past tense and past participle of encourage.
- encourager — One who gives encouragement.
- encourages — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of encourage.
- endogamous — (of a marriage) Within a social group. The practice of endogamy.
- entourages — Plural form of entourage.
- fairground — Often, fairgrounds. a place where fairs, horse races, etc., are held; in the U.S. usually an area set aside by a city, county, or state for an annual fair and often containing exhibition buildings.
- falun gong — a Chinese system of meditation, martial-arts exercises, and spiritual teachings.
- fearnought — a stout woolen cloth for overcoats.
- figuration — the act of shaping into a particular figure.
- flavouring — taste, especially the distinctive taste of something as it is experienced in the mouth.
- fugitation — a sentence given to an accused person who does not appear for trial, declaring them to be an outlaw and fugitive
- fumigation — to expose to smoke or fumes, as in disinfecting or exterminating roaches, ants, etc.
- gadolinium — a rare-earth metallic element. Symbol: Gd; atomic weight: 157.25; atomic number: 64.
- gang up on — a group or band: A gang of boys gathered around the winning pitcher.
- gangrenous — necrosis or death of soft tissue due to obstructed circulation, usually followed by decomposition and putrefaction.
- gazehounds — Plural form of gazehound.
- gelatinous — having the nature of or resembling jelly, especially in consistency; jellylike.
- get around — to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.
- glamouring — Present participle of glamour.
- glanderous — Characteristic of, pertaining to, or afflicted by glanders.
- glandulose — Alternative form of glandulous.
- glandulous — glandular.
- glauconite — a greenish micaceous mineral consisting essentially of a hydrous silicate of potassium, aluminum, and iron and occurring in greensand, clays, etc.
- gonkulator — /gon'kyoo-lay-tr/ (From "Hogan's Heroes", the TV series) A pretentious piece of equipment that actually serves no useful purpose. Usually used to describe one's least favourite piece of computer hardware. See gonk.
- goon squad — a group of hired thugs used to perform ruthless or violent acts.
- graduation — an act of graduating; the state of being graduated.
- gramineous — grasslike.
- grand coup — the trumping of a trick that could have been taken by the winner's partner.
- grand tour — an extended tour of Europe, formerly regarded as a necessary part of the education of young British gentlemen.
- granulator — A machine that forms material into granules.
- granulomas — Plural form of granuloma.
- granulosis — a disease that predominantly affects larval Lepidoptera and which causes loss of appetite and sluggishness
- ground pea — peanut.
- ground war — the part of a political campaign that is conducted door-to-door by party workers in individual constituencies
- groundbait — chum2 (def 1).
- groundball — Alternative form of ground ball.
- groundmass — the crystalline, granular, or glassy base or matrix of a porphyritic or other igneous rock, in which the more prominent crystals are embedded.
- groundsman — A male groundskeeper.