9-letter words containing w, u, g
- roughhewn — to hew (timber, stone, etc.) roughly or without smoothing or finishing.
- slug flow — A slug flow is a condition of a fluidized bed in which large bubbles of gas form, which makes lumps of particles move.
- snug down — to make ready for a storm by reducing sail, lashing movable gear, etc.
- squawking — to utter a loud, harsh cry, as a duck or other fowl when frightened.
- sweet gum — a tall, aromatic tree, Liquidambar styraciflua, of the eastern U.S., having star-shaped leaves and fruits in rounded, burlike clusters.
- throw rug — scatter rug.
- tuptowing — the intensive study of Greek grammar
- undawning — not yet dawned
- undergown — a gown worn under another article of clothing
- underwing — one of the hind wings of an insect.
- unknowing — ignorant or unaware: unknowing aid to the enemy.
- unswaying — to move or swing to and fro, as something fixed at one end or resting on a support.
- unwasting — not wasting; not diminishing or decaying
- unwearing — gradually impairing or wasting: Reading small print can be wearing on the eyes.
- unweaving — to undo, take apart, or separate (something woven); unravel.
- unweighed — not weighed, as for poundage.
- unwhining — to utter a low, usually nasal, complaining cry or sound, as from uneasiness, discontent, peevishness, etc.: The puppies were whining from hunger.
- unwilling — not willing; reluctant; loath; averse: an unwilling partner in the crime.
- unwincing — that does not wince; unflinching; fearless.
- unwinking — to close and open one or both eyes quickly.
- unwitting — inadvertent; unintentional; accidental: His insult, though unwitting, pained her.
- unwrought — Archaic except in some senses. a simple past tense and past participle of work.
- upwelling — an act or instance of welling up: an upwelling of public support; an upwelling of emotion in his voice.
- upwrought — wrought up; agitated
- wall plug — an electrical outlet permanently mounted on a wall.
- wall-hung — designed to be hung from or attached to a wall: a wall-hung medicine cabinet for the bathroom.
- walpurgis — Saint, a.d. c710–780, English missionary and abbess in Germany: feast day May 1.
- water bug — any of various aquatic bugs, as of the family Belostomatidae (giant water bug)
- water gum — any of several Australian trees of the myrtle family, growing near water.
- water gun — water pistol.
- waveguide — a conduit, as a metal tube, coaxial cable, or strand of glass fibers, used as a conductor or directional transmitter for various kinds of electromagnetic waves.
- weigh out — If you weigh something out, you measure a certain weight of it in order to make sure that you have the correct amount.
- well hung — simple past tense and past participle of hang.
- well-hung — simple past tense and past participle of hang.
- well-sung — a simple past tense and past participle of sing.
- wheel bug — an assassin bug, Arilus cristatus, that has a toothed, semicircular crest on the pronotum and preys on other insects.
- white gum — any of various Australian eucalyptuses having a whitish bark.
- wolfsburg — a city in Lower Saxony, in N central Germany, near Brunswick.
- workgroup — a group of people who work together
- worryguts — Worrywart, someone who worries excessively.
- wring out — twist until dry
- wrong 'un — a dishonest or unscrupulous person
- wuthering — (of wind) to blow fiercely.
- zugzwangs — Plural form of zugzwang.