9-letter words containing a, c, u, d, l
- deucalion — the son of Prometheus and, with his wife Pyrrha, the only survivor on earth of a flood sent by Zeus (Deucalion's flood). Together, they were allowed to repopulate the world by throwing stones over their shoulders, which became men and women
- dicumarol — a white, crystalline powder, C19H12O6, originally extracted from spoiled sweet clover, used to retard blood clots
- druidical — Alt form Druidical.
- dual-carb — (of an engine) equipped with a pair of carburetors.
- dualistic — of, relating to, or of the nature of dualism.
- duck-walk — to walk like a duck, as with legs apart and feet turned outward.
- ducktails — Plural form of ducktail.
- dudelsack — doodlesack.
- dulcamara — a type of vine with orange fruit and purple flowers that is a member of the Solanaceae family
- dulcianas — Plural form of dulciana.
- dulcorate — (obsolete, transitive) To sweeten; to make less acrimonious.
- dulocracy — rule by slaves.
- duplicand — the twofold increase of feu-duty for the period of a year, or the feu-duty paid, as occasioned at specific times
- duplicate — a copy exactly like an original.
- dutch lap — a method of laying shingles, slates, or the like, in which each shingle or slate overlaps those below and to one side and is itself overlapped by those above and to the other side.
- duty call — a visit made for reasons of obligation rather than for social reasons
- elucidate — Make (something) clear; explain.
- enceladus — a giant who was punished for his rebellion against the gods by a fatal blow from a stone cast by Athena. He was believed to be buried under Mount Etna in Sicily
- euclidean — (rare) alternative spelling of Euclidean.
- glaucodot — a mineral, iron and cobalt sulfarsenide, (Co,Fe)AsS, occurring in grayish-white crystals.
- hard luck — If you say that someone had some hard luck, or that a situation was hard luck on them, you mean that something bad happened to them and you are implying that it was not their fault.
- hydraulic — operated by, moved by, or employing water or other liquids in motion.
- judicable — capable of being or liable to be judged or tried.
- juridical — of or relating to the administration of justice.
- lacquered — a protective coating consisting of a resin, cellulose ester, or both, dissolved in a volatile solvent, sometimes with pigment added.
- lady luck — the personification of luck as a lady bringing good or bad fortune: Lady Luck was against us and we lost the game.
- lady muck — an ordinary woman behaving or being treated as if she were aristocratic
- lame duck — an elected official or group of officials, as a legislator, continuing in office during the period between an election defeat and a successor's assumption of office.
- languedoc — a former province in S France. Capital: Toulouse.
- launchpad — the platform on which a missile or launch vehicle undergoes final prelaunch checkout and countdown and from which it is launched from the surface of the earth.
- loculated — Locular.
- ludically — in a ludic or playful manner
- maculated — Simple past tense and past participle of maculate.
- mcdougall — William, 1871–1938, U.S. psychologist and writer, born in England.
- modular c — A preprocessor-based extension to C allowing modules.
- nucleated — having a nucleus.
- osculated — Simple past tense and past participle of osculate.
- pedicular — of or relating to lice.
- precaudal — in front of the tail or caudal vertebrae of an animal
- radicular — Botany. of or relating to a radicle or root.
- schedular — a plan of procedure, usually written, for a proposed objective, especially with reference to the sequence of and time allotted for each item or operation necessary to its completion: The schedule allows three weeks for this stage.
- scrubland — land on which the natural vegetation is chiefly scrub.
- scuddaler — a leader of festivities
- subcaudal — below a tail
- tag cloud — a visual representation of user-generated electronic tags or keywords that classify and describe online content, typically an alphabetical list or a grouping of words in different font sizes, as to show relative frequency or provide links to further information: a tag cloud of the words used in the president's speech. See also tag1 (def 9b).
- trauchled — to fatigue; tire; wear out.
- truckload — the amount that a truck can carry.
- ulcerated — to form an ulcer; become ulcerous: His skin ulcerated after exposure to radioactive material.
- ultracold — extremely cold
- uncandled — (of a room, place, object, or time period) not illuminated by candlelight