5-letter words containing gu
- gusli — a Russian musical instrument resembling a harp
- gussy — to enhance the attractiveness of in a gimmicky, showy manner (usually followed by up): a room gussied up with mirrors and lights.
- gusto — hearty or keen enjoyment, as in eating or drinking, or in action or speech in general: to dance with gusto. Synonyms: enthusiasm, delight, relish, zest, spirit, fervor.
- gusts — Plural form of gust.
- gusty — tasty; savory; appetizing.
- gutsy — having a great deal of courage or nerve: a gutsy lampooner of the administration.
- gutta — a drop, or something resembling one.
- gutty — Informal. showing spirit; plucky; gutsy: a gutty attempt to kick a field goal.
- guyed — a rope, cable, or appliance used to guide and steady an object being hoisted or lowered, or to secure anything likely to shift its position.
- guyon — Madame (Jeanne Marie Bouvier de la Matte) 1648–1717, French writer.
- guyot — a flat-topped seamount, found chiefly in the Pacific Ocean.
- hague — Cape, a cape in NW France, in the English Channel near Cherbourg: the NW extremity of the Cotentin Peninsula.
- hogue — a roadstead off the NW coast of France; naval battle, 1692.
- irgun — a militant Zionist underground group, active chiefly during the period (1917–48) of British control by mandate of Palestine.
- jugum — the posterior basal area or lobe in the forewing of certain insects, sometimes serving to couple the forewings and hind wings in flight.
- kagus — Plural form of kagu.
- kingu — (in Akkadian myth) a son of Apsu and Tiamat whose blood Ea and Marduk used in creating the human race.
- logue — Denoting discourse of a specified type.
- magus — (sometimes lowercase) one of the Magi.
- mangu — Mashed plantain.
- mogul — any of the Mongol conquerors of India who established an empire that lasted from 1526 to 1857, but held only nominal power after 1803. See also Great Mogul.
- mongu — a city in and headquarters of Western Province, W Zambia.
- negus — a title of Ethiopian royalty.
- nguni — a member of a group of culturally and linguistically related peoples of southern and eastern Africa, including the Xhosa, Zulu, Ndebele, and Swazi.
- orgue — (military) Any of a number of long, thick pieces of timber, pointed and shod with iron, and suspended, each by a separate rope, over a gateway, to be let down in case of attack.
- orgul — (obsolete) Pride.
- péguy — Charles (ʃarl). 1873–1914, French poet and essayist, whose works include Le Mystère de la charité de Jeanne d'Arc (1910); founder of the journal Cahiers de la quinzaine (1900–14): killed in World War I
- pigui — Platform Independent Graphical User Interface
- regur — a rich, black, loamy soil found in India
- rogue — a dishonest, knavish person; scoundrel.
- sagum — a Roman soldier's cloak
- segue — to continue at once with the next musical section or composition (often used as a musical direction).
- taegu — a city in SE South Korea: commercial center.
- tagus — a river in SW Europe, flowing W through central Spain and Portugal to the Atlantic at Lisbon. 566 miles (910 km) long.
- tegua — an ankle-high moccasin worn in Mexico and parts of the US
- togue — lake trout.
- uigur — a member of a Turkish people dominant in Mongolia and eastern Turkestan from the 8th to 12th centuries a.d., and now living mainly in western China.
- ungum — (in silk preparation) to remove gum from
- vague — not clearly or explicitly stated or expressed: vague promises.
- vagus — vagus nerve.
- vogue — something in fashion, as at a particular time: Short hairdos were the vogue in the twenties.
- vogul — Mansi.
- xingú — a river in central Brazil, rising on the Mato Grosso plateau and flowing north to the Amazon delta, with over 650 km (400 miles) of rapids in its middle course. Length: 1932 km (1200 miles)