7-letter words containing a, d, e, u
- cardecu — an old French coin worth a quarter of an écu
- caudate — having a tail or a tail-like appendage
- caulked — Simple past tense and past participle of caulk.
- cernuda — Luis (lwiʃ). 1902–63, Spanish poet. His major work is the autobiographical Reality and Desire (1936–64)
- claudel — Paul (Louis Charles Marie) (pɔl). 1868–1955, French dramatist, poet, and diplomat, whose works testify to his commitment to the Roman Catholic faith. His plays include L'Annonce faite à Marie (1912) and Le Soulier de satin (1919–24)
- couvade — a custom in certain cultures of treating the husband of a woman giving birth as if he were bearing the child
- crusade — A crusade is a long and determined attempt to achieve something for a cause that you feel strongly about.
- cudbear — a purple dye prepared from lichens
- cuphead — a hemispherical bolt-head
- curated — Chiefly British. a member of the clergy employed to assist a rector or vicar.
- danseur — a male ballet dancer
- dareful — full of daring
- dasyure — any small carnivorous marsupial, such as Dasyurus quoll (eastern dasyure), of the subfamily Dasyurinae, of Australia, New Guinea, and adjacent islands
- daubers — Plural form of dauber.
- daubery — the act or an instance of daubing
- daumier — Honoré (ɔnɔre). 1808–79, French painter and lithographer, noted particularly for his political and social caricatures
- daunder — a walk or amble
- daunted — intimidated
- daunter — One who daunts.
- dauties — a darling.
- debauch — to lead into a life of depraved self-indulgence
- decatur — Stephen. 1779–1820, US naval officer, noted for his raid on Tripoli harbour (1804) and his role in the War of 1812
- decidua — the specialized mucous membrane that lines the uterus of some mammals during pregnancy: is shed, with the placenta, at parturition
- decuman — a huge wave
- default — If a person, company, or country defaults on something that they have legally agreed to do, such as paying some money or doing a piece of work before a particular time, they fail to do it.
- defraud — If someone defrauds you, they take something away from you or stop you from getting what belongs to you by means of tricks and lies.
- degauss — to neutralize the magnetic field of (a ship's hull) as a protection against magnetic mines, using equipment producing an opposing magnetic field
- deja vu — Déjà vu is the feeling that you have already experienced the things that are happening to you now.
- delvaux — Paul. 1897–1994, Belgian surrealist painter: his works portray dreamlike figures in mysterious settings
- desugar — to rewrite (computer code) in a more refined and concise form; to remove all unnecessary syntactical elements from (computer code)
- deutzia — any saxifragaceous shrub of the genus Deutzia: cultivated for their clusters of white or pink spring-blooming flowers
- devalue — To devalue something means to cause it to be thought less impressive or less deserving of respect.
- drapeau — Jean [zhahn] /ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1916–1999, Canadian lawyer and politician: mayor of Montreal 1954–57 and 1960–86.
- dualise — Alternative spelling of dualize.
- dualize — to make dual.
- ducasse — Jean Jules Amable Roger- [zhahn zhyl a-ma-bluh raw-zhey] /ʒɑ̃ ʒül aˈma blə rɔˈʒeɪ/ (Show IPA), Roger-Ducasse, Jean Jules Amable.
- ducdame — a nonsensical refrain used in Shakespeare's As You Like It
- duennas — Plural form of duenna.
- duhamel — Georges [zhawrzh] /ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), (Denis Thévenin) 1884–1966, French novelist, physician, poet, and essayist.
- dunarea — Romanian name of the Dvina.
- dunnage — baggage or personal effects.
- duodena — Plural form of duodenum.
- dupable — a person who is easily deceived or fooled; gull.
- durable — able to resist wear, decay, etc., well; lasting; enduring.
- duramen — heartwood.
- durance — incarceration or imprisonment (often used in the phrase durance vile).
- durante — James Francis ("Jimmy") 1893–1980, U.S. comedian.
- earbuds — Plural form of earbud.
- eardrum — a membrane in the ear canal between the external ear and the middle ear; tympanic membrane.
- ecuador — a republic in NW South America. 109,483 sq. mi. (283,561 sq. km). Capital: Quito.