8-letter words containing w, g, u
- unwigged — not wearing a wig
- unwinged — without wings
- upgrowth — the process of growing up; development: the upgrowth of nuclear science.
- wagonful — a quantity of objects or people that will fill a wagon
- walburga — Walpurgis.
- wanganui — a port in New Zealand, on SW North Island: centre for a dairy-farming and sheep-rearing district. Pop: 43 600 (2004 est)
- wangchuk — Jigme Dorji [jig-mey dawr-jee] /ˈdʒɪg meɪ ˈdɔr dʒi/ (Show IPA), 1929–72, king of Bhutan 1952–72.
- wartburg — a castle in E Germany, in Thuringia, near Eisenach: Luther translated the New Testament here 1521–22.
- waukegan — a city in NE Illinois, on Lake Michigan, N of Chicago.
- waulking — Present participle of waulk.
- weigh up — compare
- whupping — to whip; beat or defeat decisively: The top seed whupped his opponent in three straight sets.
- wine gum — any of a variety of gumdrops coloured and flavoured to suggest types of wines but containing no alcohol
- wing nut — a nut having two flat, widely projecting pieces such that it can be readily tightened with the thumb and forefinger.
- wingsuit — a type of skydiving suit with fabric under the arms and between the legs, enabling the wearer to reduce his or her rate of fall
- wise guy — Informal. a cocksure, conceited, and often insolent person; smart aleck: He has a reputation for being a wise guy.
- woulding — (obsolete) An emotion of desire; an inclination; velleity.
- wounding — an injury, usually involving division of tissue or rupture of the integument or mucous membrane, due to external violence or some mechanical agency rather than disease.
- wrongful — unjust or unfair: a wrongful act; a wrongful charge.
- wrongous — (of a person) unfair, unjust
- wuffling — Present participle of wuffle.
- wurzburg — a city in NW Bavaria, in S Germany, on the Main River.
- zugzwang — a situation in which a player is limited to moves that cost pieces or have a damaging positional effect.