10-letter words containing a, d, s, u
- didynamous — (of plants) having four stamens arranged in two pairs of unequal length, as in the foxglove
- diflunisal — a substance, C 13 H 8 F 2 O 3 , used as an analgesic, antipyretic, and anti-inflammatory drug in the treatment of rheumatoid diseases and other musculoskeletal disorders.
- dinosauric — Of or pertaining to dinosaurs.
- diophantus — 3rd century ad, Greek mathematician, noted for his treatise on the theory of numbers, Arithmetica
- dipetalous — bipetalous.
- diplacusis — a difference in hearing by the two ears so that one sound is heard as two.
- disabusing — Present participle of disabuse.
- disastrous — causing great distress or injury; ruinous; very unfortunate; calamitous: The rain and cold proved disastrous to his health.
- discourage — to deprive of courage, hope, or confidence; dishearten; dispirit.
- discoursal — of or relating to discourse
- disculpate — (transitive) To free from blame or the imputation of a fault; to exculpate.
- discussant — a person who participates in a formal discussion or symposium and is responsible for a specific topic.
- disdainful — full of or showing disdain; scornful.
- diseaseful — troublesome
- disepalous — having two sepals.
- disfeature — to mar the features of; disfigure.
- disnatured — deprived or destitute of natural feelings; unnatural
- disparlure — a pheromone, C 19 H 38 O, released by female gypsy moths.
- disputable — capable of being disputed; debatable; questionable.
- disputably — In a disputable manner.
- disputants — Plural form of disputant.
- disqualify — to deprive of qualification or fitness; render unfit; incapacitate.
- disruptant — That which disrupts.
- dissuading — to deter by advice or persuasion; persuade not to do something (often followed by from): She dissuaded him from leaving home.
- dissuasion — an act or instance of dissuading.
- dissuasive — tending or liable to dissuade.
- dissuasory — dissuasive
- distraught — distracted; deeply agitated.
- disturbant — having a disturbing effect, disquieting
- disulfiram — a cream-colored, water-insoluble solid, C 10 H 20 N 2 S 4 , used chiefly in the treatment of chronic alcoholism, producing highly unpleasant symptoms when alcohol is taken following its administration.
- disulphate — a salt of pyrosulfuric acid, as sodium disulfate, Na 2 S 2 O 7 .
- disvaluing — Present participle of disvalue.
- diurnalist — a person who writes a diurnal; a journalist
- docudramas — Plural form of docudrama.
- douchebags — Plural form of douchebag.
- drainspout — downspout.
- dressguard — an attachment for a wheel or cycle that prevents damage or the dirtying of clothes
- dreyfusard — a defender or supporter of Alfred Dreyfus.
- drug abuse — addiction to drugs.
- drug squad — a police unit dedicated to the investigation of drugs offences
- drugs raid — a sudden and unexpected visit by the police, often involving forced entry, with the aim of finding any illegal drugs
- drupaceous — resembling or relating to a drupe; consisting of drupes.
- dual space — the set of all linear functionals whose domain is a given vector space.
- dual-stack — (networking) A term used to describe a network node running both IPv4 and IPv6 protocol stacks (or possibly others) at the same time. Such a machine can act as a protocol converter between the two networks. A node without dual-stack support can relay traffic in a protocol it does not support natively by use of tunnelling.
- duck's ass — DA.
- duckboards — Plural form of duckboard.
- duennaship — The role or status of duenna.
- dumb-asses — a thoroughly stupid person; blockhead.
- dune grass — a stout grass, Elymus arenarius, of Eurasia, used as a binder for shifting sand.
- duniwassal — (in Scotland) a minor nobleman