11-letter words containing a, d, s, u
- dissuadable — That can be dissuaded.
- distasteful — unpleasant, offensive, or causing dislike: a distasteful chore.
- distractful — (archaic) distracting.
- disturbance — the act of disturbing.
- don juanism — a syndrome, occurring in males, of excessive preoccupation with sexual gratification or conquest and leading to persistently transient and sometimes exploitative relationships.
- dorsolumbar — of, relating to, or affecting the back in the region of the lumbar vertebrae.
- double bass — the largest instrument of the violin family, having three or, usually, four strings, rested vertically on the floor when played.
- double salt — a salt that crystallizes as a single substance but ionizes as two distinct salts when dissolved, as carnallite, KMgCl 3 ⋅6H 2 O.
- double star — two stars that appear as one if not viewed through a telescope with adequate magnification, such as two stars that are separated by a great distance but are nearly in line with each other and an observer (optical double star) or those that are relatively close together and comprise a single physical system (physical double star)
- doublespeak — evasive, ambiguous language that is intended to deceive or confuse.
- douglas bag — an airtight bag used to collect expired air for analysis of oxygen consumption.
- douglas fir — a coniferous tree, Pseudotsuga menziesii, of western North America, often more than 200 feet (60 meters) high, having reddish-brown bark, flattened needles, and narrow, light-brown cones, and yielding a strong, durable timber: the state tree of Oregon.
- douglas sbd — dauntless (def 2).
- dracunculus — A fish, the dragonet.
- dramaturges — Plural form of dramaturge.
- draughtiest — Superlative form of draughty.
- draughtsman — a checker, as used in the game of checkers.
- draughtsmen — Plural form of draughtsman.
- draw stumps — to close play, as by pulling out the stumps
- draw trumps — to play the trump suit until the opponents have none left
- dromaeosaur — Any bird-like theropod dinosaur of the family Dromaeosauridae.
- drum'n'bass — a type of electronic dance music using mainly bass guitar and drum sounds
- dry as dust — dull and boring: a dry-as-dust biography.
- dry measure — the system of units of capacity ordinarily used in measuring dry commodities, as grain or fruit. In the U.S. 2 pints = 1 quart (1.101 liters); 8 quarts = 1 peck (8.810 liters); 4 pecks = 1 bushel (35.24 liters). In Great Britain 2 pints = 1 quart (1.136 liters); 4 quarts = 1 gallon (4.546 liters); 8 quarts = 1 peck (9.092 liters); 4 pecks = 1 bushel (36.37 liters); 8 bushels = 1 quarter (291.0 liters).
- dry-as-dust — dull and boring: a dry-as-dust biography.
- duck's arse — a hairstyle in which the hair is swept back to a point at the nape of the neck, resembling a duck's tail
- dues-paying — gaining experience, especially by hard and often unpleasant or uncongenial work: He spent his dues-paying years as a cocktail pianist.
- dumb sheave — a block having no sheave or other part rolling with the movement of a line.
- dumbwaiters — Plural form of dumbwaiter.
- dunderheads — Plural form of dunderhead.
- dundrearies — an expression for long whiskers or side-burns on the side of the face when present without a beard
- duniewassal — a gentleman, especially a cadet of a ranking family, among the Highlanders of Scotland.
- duodecimals — Plural form of duodecimal.
- duplex scan — a scan that uses sound waves to show how well the blood is flowing in arteries
- duplicators — Plural form of duplicator.
- durableness — Durability.
- dusky shark — a blue-gray shark, Carcharinus obscurus, of warm Atlantic and eastern Pacific seas, reaching a length of 12 feet (3.7 meters).
- dust jacket — book jacket.
- dustbin man — (in British English) a man that is employed to collect domestic refuse
- duster coat — a woman's loose summer coat with wide sleeves and no buttons, popular in the mid-20th century
- dwarf sumac — a shrub or small tree, Rhus copallina, of the cashew family, native to the eastern U.S., having shiny, pinnate leaves, greenish flowers, and clusters of red, berrylike fruit.
- dyscalculia — Severe difficulty in making arithmetical calculations, as a result of brain disorder.
- dyspareunia — painful coitus.
- dysregulate — (biology) To cause a dysfunctional level of an activity or chemical in an organism by disrupting normal function of a regulatory mechanism.
- edgar guest — Edgar A(lbert) 1881–1959, U.S. journalist and writer of verse, born in England.
- egg custard — sweet custard made with milk and egg and baked
- eglandulose — eglandular
- elucidators — Plural form of elucidator.
- emasculated — Simple past tense and past participle of emasculate.
- endophagous — relating to endophagy