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7-letter words containing u, r, g

  • froughy — musty; rancid
  • furling — to gather into a compact roll and bind securely, as a sail against a spar or a flag against its staff.
  • furlong — a unit of distance, equal to 220 yards (201 meters) or ⅛ mile (0.2 km). Abbreviation: fur.
  • furring — the fine, soft, thick, hairy coat of the skin of a mammal.
  • garbure — a thick soup usually made with bacon, cabbage, and other vegetables, originally from Bearn in SW France
  • garigue — open shrubby vegetation of dry Mediterranean regions, consisting of spiny or aromatic dwarf shrubs interspersed with colourful ephemeral species
  • garneau — François Xavier [French frahn-swa gza-vyey] /French frɑ̃ˈswa gzaˈvyeɪ/ (Show IPA), 1809–66, Canadian historian.
  • garudas — Plural form of garuda.
  • gaudery — ostentatious show.
  • gaudier — Comparative form of gaudy.
  • gauffer — an ornamental plaiting used for frills and borders, as on women's caps.
  • gaugers — Plural form of gauger.
  • gaulter — a person who digs gault
  • gaunter — Comparative form of gaunt.
  • gauntry — gantry.
  • gautier — Théophile [tey-aw-feel] /teɪ ɔˈfil/ (Show IPA), 1811–72, French poet, novelist, and critic.
  • gauzier — Comparative form of gauzy.
  • gear up — Machinery. a part, as a disk, wheel, or section of a shaft, having cut teeth of such form, size, and spacing that they mesh with teeth in another part to transmit or receive force and motion. an assembly of such parts. one of several possible arrangements of such parts in a mechanism, as an automobile transmission, for affording different relations of torque and speed between the driving and the driven machinery, or for permitting the driven machinery to run in either direction: first gear; reverse gear. a mechanism or group of parts performing one function or serving one purpose in a complex machine: steering gear.
  • genroku — a period of Japanese cultural history, c1675–1725, characterized by depiction of everyday secular activities of urban dwellers in fiction and woodblock prints.
  • gerenuk — a reddish-brown antelope, Litocranius walleri, of eastern Africa, having a long, slender neck.
  • gerunds — Plural form of gerund.
  • gestour — (obsolete) A reciter of gests or legendary tales.
  • gesture — 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.
  • giaours — Plural form of giaour.
  • glamour — the quality of fascinating, alluring, or attracting, especially by a combination of charm and good looks.
  • glummer — Comparative form of glum.
  • go sour — milk, etc.: turn bad
  • goburra — The kookaburra (Dacelo novaeguineae).
  • goldurn — goldarn.
  • gopuram — A monumental tower, usually ornate, at the entrance of a temple, especially in Southern India.
  • gougere — a choux pastry flavoured with cheese
  • gougers — Plural form of gouger.
  • gourami — a large, air-breathing, nest-building, freshwater Asiatic fish, Osphronemus goramy, used for food.
  • gourder — Someone who makes a gourd container.
  • gourdes — Plural form of gourde.
  • gourmet — a connoisseur of fine food and drink; epicure.
  • gournet — Obsolete form of gurnard.
  • gournia — a village in NE Crete, near the site of an excavated Minoan town and palace.
  • goutier — Comparative form of gouty.
  • gradual — taking place, changing, moving, etc., by small degrees or little by little: gradual improvement in health.
  • grampus — a cetacean, Grampus griseus, of the dolphin family, widely distributed in northern seas.
  • granule — a little grain.
  • grassum — a lump sum paid when first taking up a lease, in addition to regular rent
  • graunch — Make a crunching or grinding noise.
  • graupel — snow pellets.
  • gravure — an intaglio process of photomechanical printing, such as photogravure or rotogravure.
  • grayout — a temporary impairment of vision due to lack of oxygen
  • grecque — a fret of Greek origin
  • gropius — Walter [wawl-ter;; German vahl-tuh r] /ˈwɔl tər;; German ˈvɑl tər/ (Show IPA), 1883–1969, German architect, in the U.S. from 1937.
  • grotiusHugo (Huig de Groot) 1583–1645, Dutch jurist and statesman.
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