10-letter words containing a, d, u
- area study — anthropological or sociological research intended to gather and relate data on various aspects of a geographical region and its inhabitants, as natural resources, history, language, institutions, or cultural and economic characteristics; a field investigation into human ecology.
- argus-eyed — keen-sighted; observant; vigilant
- ask around — If you ask around or ask round, you ask several people a question.
- astounding — If something is astounding, you are shocked or amazed that it could exist or happen.
- attenuated — An attenuated object is unusually long and thin.
- attributed — to regard as resulting from a specified cause; consider as caused by something indicated (usually followed by to): She attributed his bad temper to ill health.
- audacities — Plural form of audacity.
- audibility — capable of being heard; loud enough to be heard; actually heard.
- audio book — recording of a book
- audio disc — an act of recording.
- audiobooks — Plural form of audiobook.
- audiogenic — caused or produced by sound or an audio frequency
- audiograms — Plural form of audiogram.
- audiograph — a machine used to test a patient's hearing by transmitting sound waves directly to the inner ear
- audioguide — Alternative form of audio guide.
- audiologic — of or relating to audiology
- audiometer — an instrument for testing the intensity and frequency range of sound that is capable of detection by the human ear
- audiometry — the testing of hearing by means of an audiometer.
- audiophile — a person who has a great interest in high-fidelity sound reproduction
- audiotapes — Plural form of audiotape.
- auditioned — Simple past tense and past participle of audition.
- auditionee — a person who competes or takes part in an audition.
- auditioner — a person who attends an audition
- auditorily — in an auditory manner, by hearing
- auditorium — An auditorium is the part of a theatre or concert hall where the audience sits.
- aurangabad — city in central Maharashtra, W India: pop. 573,000
- auspicated — Simple past tense and past participle of auspicate.
- australoid — denoting, relating to, or belonging to a supposed racial group that includes the native Australians and certain other peoples of southern Asia and the Pacific islands.
- authorised — Alternative spelling of authorized.
- authorized — officially permitted or empowered
- auto de fe — auto-da-fé
- auto-da-fe — a ceremony of the Spanish Inquisition including the pronouncement and execution of sentences passed on sinners or heretics
- autoclaved — Simple past tense and past participle of autoclave.
- autodialer — An electronic device that dials telephone numbers randomly or from a list and may also leave messages and request information.
- autodidact — a person who is self-taught
- autodigest — To carry out autodigestion.
- autoloader — stack loader
- autopodium — (anatomy) The distal part of a limb; a hand or foot.
- autostrada — an Italian motorway
- autowinder — a battery-operated device for advancing the film in a camera automatically after each exposure
- auxocardia — enlargement of the heart, as by hypertrophy or dilatation.
- ayurvedics — a therapeutic system based on the Ayurveda
- back judge — an official who makes rulings regarding pass receptions, field goals, etc.
- backburned — Simple past tense and past participle of backburn.
- background — Your background is the kind of family you come from and the kind of education you have had. It can also refer to such things as your social and racial origins, your financial status, or the type of work experience that you have.
- bad cheque — A bad cheque is a bank cheque that will not be paid because there is a mistake on it, or because there is not enough money in the account of the person who wrote the cheque.
- badmouthed — Simple past tense and past participle of badmouth.
- balustrade — A balustrade is a railing or wall on a balcony or staircase.
- bankrupted — Law. a person who upon his or her own petition or that of his or her creditors is adjudged insolvent by a court and whose property is administered for and divided among his or her creditors under a bankruptcy law.
- bar-le-duc — Dutch Maas. a river in W Europe, flowing from NE France through E Belgium and S Netherlands into the North Sea. 575 miles (925 km) long.