9-letter words containing u, g, a, r, i
- glamourie — Alternative spelling of glamoury.
- granulite — a metamorphic rock composed of granular minerals of uniform size, as quartz, feldspar, or pyroxene, and showing a definite banding.
- grassquit — any of several tiny finches, especially of the genus Tiaris, of tropical America and the West Indies.
- graticule — Navigation. a network of parallels and meridians on a map or chart.
- gratitude — the quality or feeling of being grateful or thankful: He expressed his gratitude to everyone on the staff.
- grudziadz — a city in N Poland, on the Vistula River.
- guard pin — (in a lever escapement) a pin on the lever, meeting the safety roller in such a way as to prevent the lever from overbanking.
- guardafui — Cape, a cape at the E extremity of Africa.
- guardians — Plural form of guardian.
- guardrail — Also, guardrailing. a protective railing, as along a road or stairway.
- guardship — a warship responsible for the safety of other ships in its company
- guberniya — (in the Soviet Union) an administrative division of the volosts, smaller than a district.
- guerillas — Plural form of guerilla.
- 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.
- guevarist — a supporter of the revolutionary theories and tactics of Ernesto Guevara.
- 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.
- guitarist — a performer on the guitar.
- hachuring — Present participle of hachure.
- haughtier — Comparative form of haughty.
- hungarian — of, relating to, or characteristic of Hungary, its people, or their language.
- hurrahing — to shout “hurrah.”.
- ignoramus — an extremely ignorant person.
- inaugural — of or relating to an inauguration: Harding's inaugural address.
- incourage — Archaic form of encourage.
- indraught — an inward flow or current, as of air or water.
- irregular — without symmetry, even shape, formal arrangement, etc.: an irregular pattern.
- kauri gum — a hard resin obtained from the bark of the kauri or found, sometimes in masses of as much as 100 pounds (45 kg), in the soil where the tree has grown: used chiefly in making varnish.
- khouribga — a city in W central Morocco.
- la guaira — a seaport in N Venezuela: the port of Caracas.
- labouring — (British, Canada) present participle of labour.
- larruping — very; exceedingly: That was a larruping good meal.
- lautering — The step or process in brewing beer which separates the mash into clear liquid wort and grain.
- lifeguard — an expert swimmer employed, as at a beach or pool, to protect bathers from drowning or other accidents and dangers.
- ligatures — Plural form of ligature.
- maiduguri — a city in NE Nigeria.
- māori bug — a large shining black wingless cockroach of New Zealand, Platyzosteria novae-zelandiae
- marauding — engaged in raiding for plunder, especially roaming about and ravaging an area: marauding bands of outlaws.
- margulies — Donald. born 1955, US playwright; plays include The Loman Family Picnic (1989) and the Pulitzer Prize-winning Dinner with Friends (1999)
- mastigure — Any of the spiny-tailed lizards of the genus Uromastyx.
- matagouri — a thorny bush of New Zealand, Discaria toumatou, that forms thickets in open country
- measuring — Ascertain the size, amount, or degree of (something) by using an instrument or device marked in standard units or by comparing it with an object of known size.
- megacurie — a unit of radioactivity equal to one million curies
- mugearite — an igneous rock containing oligoclase, olivine, orthoclase, and apatite
- mullingar — a town in N central Republic of Ireland, the county town of Co Westmeath; site of cathedral; cattle raised. Pop: 15 621 (2002)
- multigram — Of more than one gram.
- narguileh — hookah
- naughtier — disobedient; mischievous (used especially in speaking to or about children): Weren't we naughty not to eat our spinach?
- neuralgia — sharp and paroxysmal pain along the course of a nerve.
- neuralgic — sharp and paroxysmal pain along the course of a nerve.
- neuroglia — a class of cells in the brain and spinal cord that form a supporting structure for the neurons and provide them with insulation.