9-letter words containing r, e, g, u
- groupwise — any collection or assemblage of persons or things; cluster; aggregation: a group of protesters; a remarkable group of paintings.
- grub beam — a curved, laminated wooden beam forming part of a rounded stern.
- grubstake — provisions, gear, etc., furnished to a prospector on condition of participating in the profits of any discoveries.
- grudgeful — Full of grudge; envious.
- gruelling — exhausting; very tiring; arduously severe: the grueling Boston marathon.
- gruenberg — Louis, 1884–1964, U.S. pianist and composer, born in Russia.
- gruffness — low and harsh; hoarse: a gruff voice.
- grummeted — grommeted, or having grommets
- grumpiest — surly or ill-tempered; discontentedly or sullenly irritable; grouchy.
- grunewald — Mathias [mah-tee-ahs] /mɑˈti ɑs/ (Show IPA), (Mathias Neithardt-Gothardt) c1470–1528, German painter and architect.
- gruppetto — a turn
- guanadrel — a substance, C 20 H 40 N 6 O 8 S, used as an antihypertensive.
- guarantee — a promise or assurance, especially one in writing, that something is of specified quality, content, benefit, etc., or that it will perform satisfactorily for a given length of time: a money-back guarantee.
- guardedly — cautious; careful; prudent: to be guarded in one's speech.
- guardless — Defenceless.
- guardsmen — Plural form of guardsman.
- guayabera — a sport shirt or lightweight jacket, often with several large front pockets, modeled upon a loose, smocklike shirt originally worn by men in Cuba.
- guberniya — (in the Soviet Union) an administrative division of the volosts, smaller than a district.
- guenevere — a female given name: from a Welsh word meaning “white, fair.”.
- guerillas — Plural form of guerilla.
- guernseys — Plural form of guernsey.
- guerrilla — a member of a band of irregular soldiers that uses guerrilla warfare, harassing the enemy by surprise raids, sabotaging communication and supply lines, etc.
- guesswork — work or procedure based on or consisting of the making of guesses or conjectures.
- guestroom — a room for the lodging of guests.
- guevarist — a supporter of the revolutionary theories and tactics of Ernesto Guevara.
- guideword — A watchword; a word or phrase that serves as one's guide.
- guiltware — /gilt'weir/ 1. A piece of freeware decorated with a message telling one how long and hard the author worked on it and intimating that one is a no-good freeloader if one does not immediately send the poor suffering martyr gobs of money. 2. Shareware that works.
- guinevere — Arthurian Romance. wife of King Arthur and mistress of Lancelot.
- gum resin — a plant exudation consisting of a mixture of gum and resin.
- gumsucker — a native-born Australian
- gun crime — offences involving firearms
- gunmakers — Plural form of gunmaker.
- gunperson — (rare) A gunman or gunwoman.
- gunpowder — an explosive mixture, as of potassium nitrate, sulfur, and charcoal, used in shells and cartridges, in fireworks, for blasting, etc.
- gunrunner — A person engaged in the illegal sale or importing of firearms.
- gurdjieff — George Ivanovich (George S. Georgiades) 1872–1949, Armenian-born spiritual leader and author.
- gurneyite — a supporter of Joseph John Gurney (1788–1847), an English Quaker, who, on a preaching tour of America, advocated Christian evangelical principles.
- gutenberg — Johannes [yoh-hahn-uh s] /yoʊˈhɑn əs/ (Show IPA), (Johann Gensfleisch) c1400–68, German printer: credited with invention of printing from movable type.
- gütersloh — a town in NW Germany, in North Rhine-Westphalia. Pop: 95 928 (2003 est)
- guttering — a channel at the side or in the middle of a road or street, for leading off surface water.
- gyrovague — a vagrant monk who wandered from one monastery to another.
- hamburger — a sandwich consisting of a cooked patty of ground or chopped beef, usually in a roll or bun, variously garnished.
- harangued — a scolding or a long or intense verbal attack; diatribe.
- haranguer — One who harangues.
- harangues — Plural form of harangue.
- haughtier — Comparative form of haughty.
- headguard — a padded helmet worn to protect the head in contact sports such as rugby and boxing
- hearthrug — A rug laid in front of a fireplace to protect the carpet or floor.
- heuneburg — an excavated prehistoric site in S Germany, near Ulm, consisting chiefly of a great early Iron Age fortification dating mostly to the second half of the first millennium b.c. and indicating that the inhabitants carried on an extensive trade with cities in the eastern Mediterranean.
- higher-up — a person in a position of higher authority in an organization; superior.