8-letter words containing u, g, a
- fughetta — a short fugue
- fugleman — (formerly) a soldier placed in front of a military company as a good model during training drills.
- fulgural — of or relating to lightning
- fumigant — any volatile or volatilizable chemical compound used as a disinfectant or pesticide.
- fumigate — to expose to smoke or fumes, as in disinfecting or exterminating roaches, ants, etc.
- furigana — (human language, Japanese) (Or "rubi") Small hiragana, written above kanji (and these days sometimes above Latin characters) as a phonetic comment and reading aid. The singular and plural are both "furigana".
- fuselage — the complete central structure to which the wing, tail surfaces, and engines are attached on an airplane.
- gaboriau — Émile [ey-meel] /eɪˈmil/ (Show IPA), 1835–73, French author of detective stories.
- gadabout — a person who moves about restlessly or aimlessly, especially from one social activity to another.
- gag rule — any rule restricting open discussion or debate concerning a given issue, especially in a deliberative body.
- gainfull — Archaic form of gainful.
- gajdusek — D(aniel) Carleton [kahrl-tuh n] /ˈkɑrl tən/ (Show IPA), 1923–2008, U.S. medical researcher, especially on viral diseases: Nobel Prize 1976.
- galbanum — a gum resin with a peculiar, strong odor, obtained from certain Asian plants of the genus Ferula, used in incense and formerly in medicine.
- galbulus — A fleshy seed-producing cone of junipers and cypresses.
- galerius — full name Gaius Galerius Valerius Maximianus. ?250–311 ad, Eastern Roman Emperor (305–311): noted for his persecution of Christians
- gallnuts — Plural form of gallnut.
- gallused — held up by galluses; having galluses
- galluses — a pair of suspenders for trousers.
- galumphs — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of galumph.
- gambusia — any fish of the genus Gambusia, comprising small livebearers that feed on aquatic insect larvae and are used to control mosquitoes.
- gas tube — an electron tube the envelope of which contains a highly rarefied gas.
- gashouse — gasworks.
- gastfull — dismal; dreary
- gasthaus — a German inn or tavern.
- gastrula — a metazoan embryo in an early state of germ layer formation following the blastula stage, consisting of a cuplike body of two layers of cells, the ectoderm and endoderm, enclosing a central cavity, or archenteron, that opens to the outside by the blastopore: in most animals progressing to the formation of a third cell layer, the mesoderm.
- gatineau — a city in S Quebec, in E Canada, near Hull.
- gauchely — In a gauche manner.
- gaudiest — Superlative form of gaudy.
- gaullism — a political movement in France led by Charles de Gaulle.
- gaullist — a supporter of the political principles of Charles Charles de Gaulle.
- gaultier — Jean-Paul (ʒɑ̃pɔl). born 1952, French fashion designer
- gaumless — gormless.
- gauntest — Superlative form of gaunt.
- gauntlet — a former punishment, chiefly military, in which the offender was made to run between two rows of men who struck at him with switches or weapons as he passed.
- gaussian — Karl Friedrich [kahrl free-drikh] /kɑrl ˈfri drɪx/ (Show IPA), 1777–1855, German mathematician and astronomer.
- gauziest — Superlative form of gauzy.
- gazumped — Simple past tense and past participle of gazump.
- gazunder — (of a buyer) lower the amount of an offer made on a property and accepted by (a seller) at the time of final negotiations.
- gealousy — Obsolete form of jealousy.
- gelasius — (Giovanni de Gaeta) died 1119, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1118–19.
- geranium — any of numerous plants of the genus Geranium, which comprises the crane's-bills.
- gestural — a movement or position of the hand, arm, body, head, or face that is expressive of an idea, opinion, emotion, etc.: the gestures of an orator; a threatening gesture.
- gesualdo — Don Carlo [dawn kahr-law] /dɔn ˈkɑr lɔ/ (Show IPA), Prince of Venosa [ve-naw-zah] /vɛˈnɔ zɑ/ (Show IPA), c1560–1613, Italian composer.
- ghastful — frightful.
- giambeux — Obsolete form of jambeux.
- glabrous — having a surface devoid of hair or pubescence.
- glacious — Characteristic, composed, or of the nature of icy; icy.“Gla
- glamours — Plural form of glamour.
- glamoury — (obsolete) magic.
- glandule — (anatomy) A small gland or secreting vessel.