8-letter words containing u, g, a
- balaguer — Joaquin (ˈjoːakɪn). 1907–2002, Dominican statesman; president of the Dominican Republic (1960–62, 1966–78, 1986–96)
- bang out — If a company bangs out a poor quality product, they produce large quantities of it in order to make money.
- baulking — to stop, as at an obstacle, and refuse to proceed or to do something specified (usually followed by at): He balked at making the speech.
- bear hug — A bear hug is a rather rough, tight, affectionate hug.
- bear-hug — to greet with or hold in a bear hug: eager fans bear-hugging the victorious team.
- bedeguar — a moss-like growth found on rosebushes, caused by a reaction by the bush to the egg-laying process of the gall wasp or gallfly
- benguela — a port in W Angola: founded in 1617; a terminus (with Lobito) of the railway that runs from Beira in Mozambique through the Copper Belt of Zambia and Zimbabwe. Pop: about 200 000 (1990 est)
- bigamous — A bigamous marriage is one in which one of the partners is already legally married to someone else.
- bijugate — (of compound leaves) having two pairs of leaflets
- blackgum — Nyssa sylvatica, a deciduous tree of the genus Nyssa native to North America
- blagueur — a person who engages in blague
- blue bag — a fabric bag for a barrister's robes
- blue gas — water gas.
- boat bug — water boatman.
- bogalusa — a city in SE Louisiana.
- brougham — a four-wheeled horse-drawn closed carriage having a raised open driver's seat in front
- brugmann — (Friedrich) Karl [free-drik kahrl;; German free-drikh kahrl] /ˈfri drɪk kɑrl;; German ˈfri drɪx kɑrl/ (Show IPA), 1849–1919, German philologist.
- bugzilla — (programming) The web-based bug tracking system used by the Mozilla project.
- bulgakov — Mikhail Afanaseyev (ʌfʌˈnasjef). 1891–1940, Soviet novelist, dramatist, and short-story writer; his novels include The Master and Margerita (1966–67)
- bulganin — Nikolai Aleksandrovich (nikaˈlaj alɪkˈsandrəvitʃ). 1895–1975, Soviet statesman and military leader; chairman of the council of ministers (1955–58)
- bulgaria — a republic in SE Europe, on the Balkan Peninsula on the Black Sea: under Turkish rule from 1395 until 1878; became an independent kingdom in 1908 and a republic in 1946; joined the EU in 2007; consists chiefly of the Danube valley in the north and the Balkan Mountains in the central part, separated from the Rhodope Mountains of the south by the valley of the Maritsa River. Language: Bulgarian. Religion: Christian (Bulgarian Orthodox) majority. Currency: lev. Capital: Sofia. Pop: 6 981 642 (2013 est). Area: 110 911 sq km (42 823 sq miles)
- bullyrag — to bully, esp by means of cruel practical jokes
- bungalow — A bungalow is a house which has only one level, and no stairs.
- bungwall — an Australian fern, Blechnum indicum, having an edible rhizome
- burglary — If someone commits a burglary, they enter a building by force and steal things. Burglary is the act of doing this.
- burgrave — the military governor of a German town or castle, esp in the 12th and 13th centuries
- burn bag — a special bag into which discarded secret or sensitive documents are placed for burning.
- bushgoat — a S African antelope
- cagoules — Plural form of cagoule.
- caligula — original name Gaius Caesar, son of Germanicus. 12–41 ad, Roman emperor (37–41), noted for his cruelty and tyranny; assassinated
- camaguey — a city in E central Cuba. Pop: 320 000 (2005 est)
- canegrub — any of various grubs that are a pest of sugar cane, esp, in Australia, the greyback canegrub, Dermolepida albohirtum
- carucage — the tax due on a carucate
- caudling — Present participle of caudle.
- caulking — to fill or close seams or crevices of (a tank, window, etc.) in order to make watertight, airtight, etc.
- changeup — Alternative form of change-up.
- changhua — city in W Taiwan: pop. 186,000
- choragus — the leader of a chorus
- chugalug — (transitive, intransitive) To swallow (a container of beer etc.) without pausing.
- chummage — (formerly) a fee paid by a prisoner for sole occupancy of a cell
- churinga — a sacred amulet of the native Australians
- cingular — ring-shaped; girdle-like
- clangour — a loud resonant often-repeated noise
- clausing — (shipping) present participle of clause.
- cloudage — a mass of clouds
- club bag — a soft, usually leather, two-handled bag suitable for use in traveling or for general utility.
- coagulum — any coagulated mass; clot; curd
- cognatus — (legal) A person connected through cognation.
- conjugal — Conjugal means relating to marriage or a married couple's relationship , especially their sexual relationship.
- copiague — a town on SW Long Island, in SE New York.