9-letter words containing u, t, g
- posturing — the relative disposition of the parts of something.
- potatobug — Colorado potato beetle.
- prebudget — produced, occurring or implemented prior to the release of the government's Budget
- pretaught — to impart knowledge of or skill in; give instruction in: She teaches mathematics. Synonyms: coach.
- pterygium — an abnormal triangular mass of thickened conjunctiva extending over the cornea and interfering with vision.
- pugnacity — inclined to quarrel or fight readily; quarrelsome; belligerent; combative.
- pulsating — throbbing
- purgation — the act of purging.
- purgative — purging or cleansing, especially by causing evacuation of the bowels.
- purgatory — (in the belief of Roman Catholics and others) a condition or place in which the souls of those dying penitent are purified from venial sins, or undergo the temporal punishment that, after the guilt of mortal sin has been remitted, still remains to be endured by the sinner.
- put right — rectify
- putonghua — the form of Chinese, based on the Beijing dialect of Mandarin, adopted as the official national language of China.
- putrilage — putrid or putrescent matter.
- puttering — to busy or occupy oneself in a leisurely, casual, or ineffective manner: to putter in the garden.
- rat guard — a disk of sheet metal fitted around a hawser to prevent rats from boarding a vessel moored at a dock.
- rebutting — to refute by evidence or argument.
- recutting — to penetrate with or as if with a sharp-edged instrument or object: He cut his finger.
- reducting — to reduce.
- refulgent — shining brightly; radiant; gleaming: Crystal chandeliers and gilded walls made the opera house a refulgent setting for the ball.
- regretful — full of regret; sorrowful because of what is lost, gone, or done.
- regulator — a person or thing that regulates.
- repugnant — distasteful, objectionable, or offensive: a repugnant smell.
- requiting — to make repayment or return for (service, benefits, etc.).
- requoting — to repeat (a passage, phrase, etc.) from a book, speech, or the like, as by way of authority, illustration, etc.
- rerouting — a course, way, or road for passage or travel: What's the shortest route to Boston?
- resulting — to spring, arise, or proceed as a consequence of actions, circumstances, premises, etc.; be the outcome.
- resurgent — rising or tending to rise again; reviving; renascent.
- rethought — the act of reconsidering.
- righteous — characterized by uprightness or morality: a righteous observance of the law.
- ring true — sound or seem genuine
- rough out — having a coarse or uneven surface, as from projections, irregularities, or breaks; not smooth: rough, red hands; a rough road.
- rough-cut — cut into small, irregular pieces (contrasted with fine-cut): rough-cut tobacco.
- roughcast — Also called spatter dash. an exterior wall finish composed of mortar and fine pebbles mixed together and dashed against the wall. Compare pebble dash.
- rushlight — a narrow candle, formerly in use, made of the pith of various types of rush dipped in tallow
- scrapegut — a fiddle player
- scuttling — to run with quick, hasty steps; scurry.
- shogunate — the office or rule of a shogun.
- shuttling — a device in a loom for passing or shooting the weft thread through the shed from one side of the web to the other, usually consisting of a boat-shaped piece of wood containing a bobbin on which the weft thread is wound.
- signature — a person's name, or a mark representing it, as signed personally or by deputy, as in subscribing a letter or other document.
- singultus — a hiccup.
- sitatunga — an antelope, Tragelaphus spekei, inhabiting marshy regions of central and eastern Africa.
- situtunga — an antelope, Tragelaphus spekei, inhabiting marshy regions of central and eastern Africa.
- slaughter — Frank, 1908–2001, U.S. novelist and physician.
- sleuthing — a detective. Synonyms: investigator, private investigator; private eye, gumshoe, shamus.
- slungshot — a weight attached to the end of a cord and used as a weapon
- soft drug — a drug, usually illicit, that does not produce significant psychological or physical dependence.
- southgate — a city in SE Michigan, near Detroit.
- squatting — occupying a property illegally
- squinting — designating a modifier, as an adverb, that can be interpreted as modifying either the preceding or the following part of the construction in which it appears (Ex.: often in “those who lie often are found out”); also, designating the construction itself
- stag hunt — a hunt carried out to find and kill stags