9-letter words containing o, u, a, g
- gustatory — of or relating to taste or tasting.
- guttation — a process in which water in liquid form is given off by plants.
- gyrovague — a vagrant monk who wandered from one monastery to another.
- hourglass — an instrument for measuring time, consisting of two bulbs of glass joined by a narrow passage through which a quantity of sand or mercury runs in just an hour.
- idealogue — One given to fanciful ideas or theories, someone who theorizes.
- ignoramus — an extremely ignorant person.
- iguanodon — a plant-eating dinosaur of the genus Iguanodon that lived in Europe early in the Cretaceous Period and grew to a length of from 15 to 30 feet (4.5 to 9 meters) and walked erect on its hind feet.
- incourage — Archaic form of encourage.
- isogamous — having two similar gametes in which no differentiation can be distinguished, or reproducing by the union of such gametes (opposed to heterogamous).
- jargonaut — Someone who uses jargon excessively.
- kaohsiung — a seaport on SW Taiwan.
- khouribga — a city in W central Morocco.
- kilogauss — a unit of magnetic induction, equal to 1000 gauss. Abbreviation: kG.
- kowabunga — Alternative form of cowabunga.
- kuangchou — Wade-Giles. Canton.
- 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.
- laugh off — to express mirth, pleasure, derision, or nervousness with an audible, vocal expulsion of air from the lungs that can range from a loud burst of sound to a series of quiet chuckles and is usually accompanied by characteristic facial and bodily movements.
- laughsome — (rare) Exciting laughter; also, addicted to laughter; merry.
- lobengula — ?1836–94, last Matabele king (1870–93); his kingdom was destroyed by the British
- long haul — journey: long-distance
- long-haul — line-haul.
- magalogue — a combination of a magazine and a catalogue
- manganous — containing bivalent manganese.
- mangetout — A vegetable pea eaten when immature.
- māori bug — a large shining black wingless cockroach of New Zealand, Platyzosteria novae-zelandiae
- matagouri — a thorny bush of New Zealand, Discaria toumatou, that forms thickets in open country
- mcdougall — William, 1871–1938, U.S. psychologist and writer, born in England.
- megajoule — a unit of work or energy, equal to one million joules.
- megamouth — The megamouth shark.
- mogadishu — an independent republic on the E coast of Africa, formed from the former British Somaliland and the former Italian Somaliland. 246,198 sq. mi. (637,653 sq. km). Capital: Mogadishu.
- mummachog — Alternative form of mummichog.
- muskogean — a family of American Indian languages of the southeastern U.S., including Choctaw, Chickasaw, Creek, and several less well-known languages.
- neuroglia — a class of cells in the brain and spinal cord that form a supporting structure for the neurons and provide them with insulation.
- non-usage — a customary way of doing something; a custom or practice: the usages of the last 50 years.
- noseguard — middle guard.
- nougatine — a chocolate-coated nougat.
- nugacious — trivial; unimportant or insignificant; nugatory.
- objurgate — to reproach or denounce vehemently; upbraid harshly; berate sharply.
- oenogarum — Garum diluted with wine.
- off guard — to keep safe from harm or danger; protect; watch over: to guard the ruler.
- off-guard — to keep safe from harm or danger; protect; watch over: to guard the ruler.
- oil gauge — a device which indicates whether levels of lubricant in a vehicle or machine are high or low
- old guard — the imperial guard created in 1804 by Napoleon: it made the last French charge at Waterloo.
- onslaught — an onset, assault, or attack, especially a vigorous one.
- oppugnant — opposing; antagonistic; contrary.
- orangutan — a large, long-armed anthropoid ape, Pongo pygmaeus, of arboreal habits, inhabiting Borneo and Sumatra: an endangered species.
- outcharge — to charge more than