Words Containing: OUGHS

• A narrow valley; a cleft in a hillside; a ravine, glen, or gorge.

• A sluice used in returning water to a channel after depositing its sediment on the flooded land.

• A cliff; a rocky precipice.

• The cleft or fork of a tree; crotch.

• A wood; weald.

• Formerly an allowance of two pounds in every three hundredweight after the tare and tret are subtracted; now used only in a general sense, of small deductions from the original weight.

• a farm tool having one or more heavy blades to break the soil and cut a furrow prior to sowing

• a group of seven bright stars in the constellation Ursa Major

• move in a way resembling that of a plow cutting into or going through the soil

• to break and turn over earth especially with a plow

• a sudden noisy expulsion of air from the lungs that clears the air passages; a common symptom of upper respiratory infection or bronchitis or pneumonia or tuberculosis

• exhale abruptly, as when one has a chest cold or congestion

• any of the larger branches of a tree

• a narrow depression (as in the earth or between ocean waves or in the ocean bed)

• a channel along the eaves or on the roof; collects and carries away rainwater

• a concave shape with an open top

• a treasury for government funds

• a long narrow shallow receptacle

• a container (usually in a barn or stable) from which cattle or horses feed

• a hollow filled with mud

• necrotic tissue; a mortified or gangrenous part or mass

• any outer covering that can be shed or cast off (such as the cast-off skin of a snake)

• a stagnant swamp (especially as part of a bayou)

• cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers

• an adequate quantity; a quantity that is large enough to achieve a purpose

• as much as necessary

• sufficient for the purpose

• a flour mixture stiff enough to knead or roll

• informal terms for money

• not given to gentleness or sentimentality

• physically toughened

• resistant to cutting or chewing

• someone who learned to fight in the streets rather than being formally trained in the sport of boxing

• an aggressive and violent young criminal

• a cruel and brutal fellow

• very difficult; severely testing stamina or resolution

• substantially made or constructed

• violent and lawless

• feeling physical discomfort or pain (`tough' is occasionally used colloquially for `bad')

• unfortunate or hard to bear

• making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe