10-letter words containing a, d, n, o, u
- dauphinois — (of potatoes or other vegetables) sliced and cooked in milk, typically with a topping of cheese.
- delusional — having false or unrealistic beliefs or opinions: Senators who think they will get agreement on a comprehensive tax bill are delusional.
- demeanours — Plural form of demeanour.
- denudation — Geology. the exposing or laying bare of rock by erosive processes.
- deodourant — Rare spelling of deodorant.
- depuration — The action or process of freeing something of impurities.
- deputation — A deputation is a small group of people who have been asked to speak to someone on behalf of a larger group of people, especially in order to make a complaint.
- dialoguing — conversation between two or more persons.
- diaphanous — Diaphanous cloth is very thin and almost transparent.
- diaphonous — Misspelling of diaphanous.
- dicoumarin — any compound formed with two bonded coumarin molecules
- didynamous — (of plants) having four stamens arranged in two pairs of unequal length, as in the foxglove
- dig around — If you dig around in a place or container, you search for something in every part of it.
- dilutional — Of or pertaining to dilution.
- dinosauric — Of or pertaining to dinosaurs.
- diophantus — 3rd century ad, Greek mathematician, noted for his treatise on the theory of numbers, Arithmetica
- dissuasion — an act or instance of dissuading.
- documental — Also, documental [dok-yuh-men-tl] /ˌdɒk yəˈmɛn tl/ (Show IPA). pertaining to, consisting of, or derived from documents: a documentary history of France.
- doug lenat — (person) One of the world's leading computer scientists specialising in Artificial Intelligence. He is currently (1999) head of the Cyc Project at MCC, and President of Cycorp. He has been a Professor of Computer Science at Carnegie-Mellon University and Stanford University. See also microLenat.
- down quark — a type of quark with a mass of c. 0.005 to 0.015 GeV/c2, a negative charge that is 1⁄3 the charge of an electron, zero charm, and zero strangeness
- dracontium — (pharmacy, obsolete) The roots and rhizomes of skunk cabbage, Symplocarpus foetidus.
- drainspout — downspout.
- drug baron — the head of an organization that deals in illegal drugs
- drunkathon — a session in which excessive quantities of alcohol are consumed
- dubitation — doubt.
- duodecagon — dodecagon.
- durational — the length of time something continues or exists (often used with the).
- durnovaria — the Latin name for a town in S England, administrative centre of Dorset: associated with Thomas Hardy, esp as the Casterbridge of his novels. Pop: 16 171 (2001)
- dutchwoman — a female native or inhabitant of the Netherlands; a woman of Dutch ancestry.
- earthbound — headed for the earth: an earthbound meteorite.
- ecuadorean — a republic in NW South America. 109,483 sq. mi. (283,561 sq. km). Capital: Quito.
- ecuadorian — person from Ecuador
- educations — Plural form of education.
- edulcorant — tending to edulcorate
- encouraged — Simple past tense and past participle of encourage.
- end around — a play in which an offensive end or wide receiver, after running across the field behind the line of scrimmage and taking a handoff from the quarterback, attempts to advance downfield
- endeavours — Plural form of endeavour.
- endogamous — (of a marriage) Within a social group. The practice of endogamy.
- endopleura — the internal coating of a seed
- endosulfan — (chemistry) a toxic chlorinated polycyclic insecticide used to control mites.
- eudaemonia — Alternative spelling of eudemonia.
- eudaemonic — Conducive to happiness.
- eudaimonia — Alternative spelling of eudemonia.
- exudations — Plural form of exudation.
- fairground — Often, fairgrounds. a place where fairs, horse races, etc., are held; in the U.S. usually an area set aside by a city, county, or state for an annual fair and often containing exhibition buildings.
- fecundator — to make prolific or fruitful.
- floribunda — any of a class of roses characterized by a long blooming period and the production of large flowers often in thick clusters.
- foudroyant — striking as with lightning; sudden and overwhelming in effect; stunning; dazzling.
- foundation — the basis or groundwork of anything: the moral foundation of both society and religion.
- furanoside — any glycoside compound in the furanose form