8-letter words containing u, n, s, i, g
- grousing — to grumble; complain: I've never met anyone who grouses so much about his work.
- grundies — men's underpants
- grunions — Plural form of grunion.
- guesclin — Bertrand du ?1320–80, French commander during the Hundred Years' War
- guessing — The act of making a guess; estimate or prediction; foresight.
- guesting — Present participle of guest.
- guianese — of or relating to the region of Guiana, its inhabitants, or their language.
- guinness — Sir Alec, 1914–2000, English actor.
- gunfires — Plural form of gunfire.
- gunships — Plural form of gunship.
- gunsight — A device on a gun that enables it to be aimed accurately.
- gunsmith — a person who makes or repairs firearms.
- gunstick — a ramrod
- hocusing — Present participle of hocus.
- housings — Plural form of housing.
- housling — the growing of the climbing stem of the hop into a dense mass at the top of the poles which support it
- huggings — Plural form of hugging.
- hustings — (before 1872) the temporary platform on which candidates for the British Parliament stood when nominated and from which they addressed the electors.
- hustling — to proceed or work rapidly or energetically: to hustle about putting a house in order.
- ignatius — Saint (Ignatius Theophorus) a.d. c40–107? bishop of Antioch and Apostolic Father.
- incusing — Present participle of incuse.
- indulges — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of indulge.
- infusing — Present participle of infuse.
- ingenius — Misspelling of ingenious.
- ingenues — the part of an artless, innocent, unworldly girl or young woman, especially as represented on the stage.
- insuring — Present participle of insure.
- jousting — a combat in which two knights on horseback attempted to unhorse each other with blunted lances.
- junglist — A performer or enthusiast of jungle music.
- kingcups — Plural form of kingcup.
- languish — to be or become weak or feeble; droop; fade.
- ligneous — of the nature of or resembling wood; woody.
- linguist — a specialist in linguistics.
- longinus — Dionysius Cassius [kash-uh s] /ˈkæʃ əs/ (Show IPA), a.d. 213?–273, Greek philosopher and rhetorician.
- louganis — Gregory ("Greg") born 1960, U.S. diver.
- lungfish — any of various slender, air-breathing fishes of the order (or subclass) Dipnoi, of rivers and lakes in Africa, South America, and Australia, having a lunglike air bladder as well as gills and growing to a length of 3 to 6 feet (0.9 to 1.8 meters).
- lustring — the state or quality of shining by reflecting light; glitter, sparkle, sheen, or gloss: the luster of satin.
- misbegun — Begun badly or incorrectly.
- misusing — wrong or improper use; misapplication.
- mousings — Plural form of mousing.
- muggings — Plural form of mugging.
- mullings — Plural form of mulling.
- munnings — Sir Alfred. 1878–1959, British painter, best known for his horse paintings
- muscling — Present participle of muscle.
- musicing — The art or process of making music.
- musingly — absorbed in thought; meditative.
- nagurski — Bronislaw [bron-uh-slof] /ˈbrɒn əˌslɒf/ (Show IPA), ("Bronko") 1908–1990, U.S. football player, born in Canada.
- nursling — an infant, child, or young animal being nursed or being cared for by a nurse.
- outsings — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outsing.
- outsting — to prick or wound with a sharp-pointed, often venom-bearing organ.
- outswing — (cricket) The swing of the ball through the air, in a direction away from the batsman.