11-letter words containing r, u, n, i, g
- ground pine — any of several species of club moss, especially Lycopodium obscurum or L. complanatum.
- ground pink — a plant, Linanthus dianthiflorus, of southern California, having pink or white flowers.
- ground wire — a lead from an electric apparatus to the earth or to a ground connection.
- ground-fish — bottom-fish.
- groundlings — Plural form of groundling.
- groundsills — Plural form of groundsill.
- gruellingly — In a gruelling manner.
- grumblingly — While or as if grumbling.
- grunting ox — the yak.
- guaniferous — yielding guano
- guarantying — a warrant, pledge, or formal assurance given as security that another's debt or obligation will be fulfilled.
- gubernation — the act of governing or ruling
- guiltridden — Alternative spelling of guilt-ridden.
- guinea corn — durra.
- guinea worm — a long, slender roundworm, Dracunculus medinensis, parasitic under the skin of humans and animals, common in parts of India and Africa.
- gun-running — Gun-running is the activity of taking or sending guns into a country secretly and illegally.
- gunslingers — Plural form of gunslinger.
- gurgitation — a surging rise and fall; ebullient motion, as of water.
- guttersnipe — a person belonging to or characteristic of the lowest social group in a city.
- hacking run — (jargon) (Analogy with "bombing run" or "speed run") A hack session extended long outside normal working times, especially one longer than 12 hours. May cause you to "change phase the hard way".
- haircutting — an act or instance of cutting the hair.
- harrumphing — Present participle of harrumph.
- high ground — a position of moral or ethical superiority: The candidate has claimed the moral high ground.
- high-strung — at great tension; highly excitable or nervous; edgy: high-strung nerves; a high-strung person.
- hormogonium — a portion of filament in blue-green algae that becomes detached and reproduces by cell division.
- huckstering — Present participle of huckster.
- hummingbird — a very small nectar-sipping New World bird of the family Trochilidae, characterized by the brilliant, iridescent plumage of the male, a slender bill, and narrow wings, the extremely rapid beating of which produces a humming sound: noted for their ability to hover and to fly upward, downward, and backward in a horizontal position.
- icing sugar — Icing sugar is very fine white sugar that is used for making icing and sweets.
- ignoramuses — Plural form of ignoramus.
- imino group — the bivalent group =NH not linked to any acid group.
- importuning — to press or beset with solicitations; demand with urgency or persistence.
- in mourning — grieving
- inaugurated — to make a formal beginning of; initiate; commence; begin: The end of World War II inaugurated the era of nuclear power.
- inaugurates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of inaugurate.
- inaugurator — Agent noun of inaugurate; one who inaugurates.
- incongruent — not congruent.
- incongruity — the quality or condition of being incongruous.
- incongruous — out of keeping or place; inappropriate; unbecoming: an incongruous effect; incongruous behavior.
- incouraging — Present participle of incourage.
- incurvating — Present participle of incurvate.
- indenturing — Present participle of indenture.
- infuriating — Archaic. infuriated.
- ingratitude — the state of being ungrateful; unthankfulness.
- ingurgitate — to swallow greedily or in great quantity, as food.
- inquiringly — seeking facts, information, or knowledge: an inquiring mind.
- instructing — to furnish with knowledge, especially by a systematic method; teach; train; educate.
- insurgently — In an insurgent manner.
- interleague — (sports) Between leagues; often specifically between the two major leagues of American baseball.
- interlingua — an interlanguage.
- interregnum — an interval of time between the close of a sovereign's reign and the accession of his or her normal or legitimate successor.