10-letter words containing a, d, s, u
- cuspidated — Alternative form of cuspidate.
- custodians — Plural form of custodian.
- cut a dash — If you say that someone cuts a dash, you mean that they have an attractively stylish appearance or a rather bold manner.
- dachshunds — Plural form of dachshund.
- dairyhouse — A farm building operating as a dairy.
- daisy bush — any of various shrubs of the genus Olearia, of Australia and New Zealand, with daisy-like flowers: family Asteraceae (composites)
- damascenus — Johannes [joh-han-eez,, -is] /dʒoʊˈhæn iz,, -ɪs/ (Show IPA), John of Damascus, Saint.
- damasus ii — died 1048, pope 1048.
- damp squib — You can describe something such as an event or a performance as a damp squib when it is expected to be interesting, exciting, or impressive, but fails to be any of these things.
- dampcourse — a horizontal layer of impervious material in a brick wall, fairly close to the ground, to stop moisture rising
- damsel bug — any of various bugs of the carnivorous family Nabiidae, related to the bedbugs but feeding on other insects. The larvae of some species mimic and associate with ants
- darius iii — died 330 bc, last Achaemenid king of Persia (336–330), who was defeated by Alexander the Great
- daugavpils — a city in SE Latvia on the Western Dvina River: founded in 1274 by Teutonic Knights; ruled by Poland (1559–1772) and Russia (1772–1915); retaken by the Russians in 1940. Pop: 112 609 (2002 est)
- dauphiness — dauphine.
- dauphinois — (of potatoes or other vegetables) sliced and cooked in milk, typically with a topping of cheese.
- deafmutism — unable to hear and speak.
- debauchees — Plural form of debauchee.
- debutantes — Plural form of debutante.
- decamerous — having ten sections or partitions
- decapodous — Decapodal; ten-footed.
- decoupages — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decoupage.
- decussated — Simple past tense and past participle of decussate.
- defaulters — Plural form of defaulter.
- degaussing — Present participle of degauss.
- dehumanise — to deprive of human qualities or attributes; divest of individuality: Conformity dehumanized him.
- delusional — having false or unrealistic beliefs or opinions: Senators who think they will get agreement on a comprehensive tax bill are delusional.
- delustrant — an agent which removes lustre from something
- demagogues — Plural form of demagogue.
- demeanours — Plural form of demeanour.
- demeasnure — demeanour
- demisexual — (of humans) Sexually attracted to people only after a strong emotional bond has been formed.
- demurrages — Plural form of demurrage.
- depanneurs — Plural form of depanneur.
- departures — Plural form of departure.
- desaturase — (enzyme) Any enzyme that catalyzes the conversion of single to double bonds, especially in the production of essential fatty acids.
- desaturate — to cause (a substance) to unite with the greatest possible amount of another substance, through solution, chemical combination, or the like.
- designatum — (semantics) That which is named or designated by a linguistic term.
- despairful — full of despair; hopeless; despairing
- despumated — Simple past tense and past participle of despumate.
- desquamate — (esp of the skin in certain diseases) to peel or come off in scales
- deus ramos — João de [zhwoun duh] /ʒwãʊ̃ də/ (Show IPA), 1830–96, Portuguese poet.
- deutoplasm — nutritive material in a cell, esp the yolk in a developing ovum
- devaluates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of devaluate.
- diacaustic — (of a caustic curve or surface) formed by refracted light rays
- diacoustic — relating to refracted sounds
- diadromous — of or possessing a leaf venation in the shape of a fan
- dianthuses — Plural form of dianthus.
- diaphanous — Diaphanous cloth is very thin and almost transparent.
- diaphonous — Misspelling of diaphanous.
- diaskeuast — a person who revises, edits, or interpolates