10-letter words containing a, d, u, l
- colatitude — the complement of the celestial latitude
- collarstud — a stud that is used to attach a removable collar to a shirt
- columnated — Architecture. a rigid, relatively slender, upright support, composed of relatively few pieces. a decorative pillar, most often composed of stone and typically having a cylindrical or polygonal shaft with a capital and usually a base.
- comatulids — Plural form of comatulid.
- crenulated — minutely crenate, as the margin of certain leaves.
- cuadrillas — Plural form of cuadrilla.
- cucullated — hooded; hood-shaped
- cul-de-sac — A cul-de-sac is a short road which is closed off at one end.
- culminated — Simple past tense and past participle of culminate.
- cultivated — If you describe someone as cultivated, you mean they are well educated and have good manners.
- cumberland — (until 1974) a county of NW England, now part of Cumbria
- cut a deal — to come to an arrangement; make a deal
- 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
- dark cloud — grey clouds threatening rain
- 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)
- daughterly — of, like, or proper to a daughter
- dauntingly — In a daunting manner.
- davao gulf — a gulf of the Pacific Ocean on the SE coast of Mindanao, Philippines.
- decumulate — to heap up; amass; accumulate.
- deductable — Alternative spelling of deductibletrue; that which can be deducted.
- defaulters — Plural form of defaulter.
- defaulting — guilty of a failure to act, esp a failure to meet a financial obligation
- 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
- demisexual — (of humans) Sexually attracted to people only after a strong emotional bond has been formed.
- demodulate — to carry out demodulation on (a wave or signal)
- depopulate — To depopulate an area means to greatly reduce the number of people living there.
- depucelage — The loss of a girl or woman's virginity.
- derailleur — a mechanism for changing gear on bicycles, consisting of a device that lifts the driving chain from one sprocket wheel to another of different size
- deregulate — To deregulate something means to remove controls and regulations from it.
- despairful — full of despair; hopeless; despairing
- deutoplasm — nutritive material in a cell, esp the yolk in a developing ovum
- devaluated — Simple past tense and past participle of devaluate.
- devaluates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of devaluate.
- dhaulagiri — a mountain in W central Nepal, in the Himalayas. Height: 8172 m (26 810 ft)
- dial gauge — measuring instrument
- dialoguing — conversation between two or more persons.
- dicoumarol — a substance obtained naturally from sweet clover or produced synthetically as a drug, used as an anticoagulant
- 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.
- dilucidate — to elucidate
- dilutional — Of or pertaining to dilution.
- dipetalous — bipetalous.
- diplacusis — a difference in hearing by the two ears so that one sound is heard as two.
- discoursal — of or relating to discourse
- disculpate — (transitive) To free from blame or the imputation of a fault; to exculpate.
- disdainful — full of or showing disdain; scornful.
- diseaseful — troublesome
- disepalous — having two sepals.
- disparlure — a pheromone, C 19 H 38 O, released by female gypsy moths.
- disputable — capable of being disputed; debatable; questionable.