8-letter words containing u, r, g
- hapsburg — a German princely family, prominent since the 13th century, that has furnished sovereigns to the Holy Roman Empire, Austria, Spain, etc.
- harangue — a scolding or a long or intense verbal attack; diatribe.
- hatguard — a string to keep a hat from blowing off
- hierurgy — a holy act or rite of worship.
- homburgs — Plural form of homburg.
- hourlong — lasting an hour: an hourlong interview.
- humoring — a comic, absurd, or incongruous quality causing amusement: the humor of a situation.
- hungered — Simple past tense and past participle of hunger.
- hungerly — marked by a hungry look.
- hungover — hung (def 3).
- hungrier — having a desire, craving, or need for food; feeling hunger.
- hungrily — having a desire, craving, or need for food; feeling hunger.
- hurdling — (athletics) A track and field running event where the runners have to jump over a number of hurdles.
- hurrying — to move, proceed, or act with haste (often followed by up): Hurry, or we'll be late. Hurry up, it's starting to rain.
- hurtling — to rush violently; move with great speed: The car hurtled down the highway.
- imbruing — Present participle of imbrue.
- immuring — Present participle of immure.
- impugner — One who impugns; one who opposes or contradicts.
- in-group — a narrow exclusive group; clique.
- indulger — to yield to an inclination or desire; allow oneself to follow one's will (often followed by in): Dessert came, but I didn't indulge. They indulged in unbelievable shopping sprees.
- infrugal — not frugal; wasteful
- inground — sunk into the ground; built into the ground
- injuring — to do or cause harm of any kind to; damage; hurt; impair: to injure one's hand.
- insuring — Present participle of insure.
- intrigue — to arouse the curiosity or interest of by unusual, new, or otherwise fascinating or compelling qualities; appeal strongly to; captivate: The plan intrigues me, but I wonder if it will work.
- inurning — Present participle of inurn.
- ishiguro — Kazuo [kah-zoo-oh,, kaz-oo-oh] /ˈkɑ zuˌoʊ,, ˈkæz uˌoʊ/ (Show IPA), born 1954, English novelist, born in Japan.
- jedburgh — a border town in the Borders region, in SE Scotland: ruins of an abbey.
- jongleur — (in medieval France and Norman England) an itinerant minstrel or entertainer who sang songs, often of his own composition, and told stories.
- jugglers — Plural form of juggler.
- jugglery — the art or practice of a juggler, especially sleight of hand.
- jugurtha — died 104 b.c, king of Numidia 113–104.
- jungfrau — a mountain in S Switzerland, in the Bernese Alps. 13,668 feet (4166 meters).
- jury-rig — Nautical. a temporary rig to replace a permanent rig that has been disabled, lost overboard, etc.
- knurling — a small ridge or bead, especially one of a series, as on a button for decoration or on the edge of a thumbscrew to assist in obtaining a firm grip.
- krumping — a type of dancing in which participants, often wearing face paint, dance with one another in a fast and aggressive style mimicking a fight but without any physical contact
- laforgue — Jules (ʒyl). 1860–87, French symbolist poet. An originator of free verse, he had a considerable influence on modern poetry
- laguerre — Edmond-Nicolas [ed-mawn-nee-kaw-lah] /ɛd mɔ̃ ni kɔˈlɑ/ (Show IPA), 1834–86, French mathematician.
- langmuir — Irving, 1881–1957, U.S. chemist: Nobel Prize 1932.
- languour — Alternative spelling of languor.
- lartigue — Jacques Henri [zhahk ahn-ree] /ʒɑk ɑ̃ˈri/ (Show IPA), 1894–1986, French photographer and painter.
- laughers — Plural form of laugher.
- laughter — the action or sound of laughing.
- leaguers — Plural form of leaguer.
- leesburg — a city in central Florida.
- legatura — (music) A tie or brace; a syncopation.
- ligature — the act of binding or tying up: The ligature of the artery was done with skill.
- ligurian — an apparently Indo-European language used in ancient times along the NW coast of the Ligurian Sea.
- limbourg — a medieval duchy in W Europe: now divided into a province in the SE Netherlands (Limburg) and a province in NE Belgium (Limbourg)
- lingular — a tongue-shaped organ, process, or tissue.