9-letter words containing a, d, u
- buildable — suitable for building on
- bullwaddy — a N Australian tree, Macropteranthes kekwickii, growing in dense thickets
- bundaberg — a town in E Australia, near the E coast of Queensland: centre of a sugar-growing area, with a nearby deep-water port. Pop: 44 556 (2001)
- bundesrat — (in Germany and formerly in West Germany) the council of state ministers with certain legislative and administrative powers, representing the state governments at federal level
- bundestag — (in Germany and formerly in West Germany) the legislative assembly, which is elected by universal adult suffrage and elects the federal chancellor
- bungaloid — resembling a bungalow or bungalows or characterized by bungalows or structures resembling bungalows
- burladero — a safe area for the bull-fighter in a bull ring
- burundian — of or relating to Burundi or its inhabitants
- bush road — a rough road cut through forested land usually to serve a lumbering, mining, or other commercial company.
- butadiene — a colourless easily liquefiable flammable gas that polymerizes readily and is used mainly in the manufacture of synthetic rubbers. Formula: CH2:CHCH:CH2
- butenandt — Adolf Frederick Johann. 1903–95, German organic chemist. He shared the Nobel prize for chemistry (1939) for his pioneering work on sex hormones
- butt-dial — Also, butt dial. a call made in this way: Sorry, it must have been a butt-dial.
- cagoulard — a member of a secret French organization, active 1932–40, that conspired to overthrow the Third Republic.
- caladiums — Plural form of caladium.
- caldarium — (in ancient Rome) a room for taking hot baths
- calendula — any Eurasian plant of the genus Calendula, esp the pot marigold, having orange-and-yellow rayed flowers: family Asteraceae (composites)
- calloused — A foot or hand that is calloused is covered in calluses.
- candlenut — a euphorbiaceous tree, Aleurites mollucana, of tropical Asia and Polynesia
- candytuft — either of two species of Iberis grown as annual garden plants for their umbels ("tufts") of white, red, or purplish flowers
- canulated — Simple past tense and past participle of canulate.
- cap cloud — a stationary cloud directly above an isolated mountain peak. Compare banner cloud, crest cloud.
- cardpunch — a device, no longer widely used, controlled by a computer, for transferring information from the central processing unit onto punched cards
- casadesus — Robert [rob-ert;; French raw-ber] /ˈrɒb ərt;; French rɔˈbɛr/ (Show IPA), 1899–1972, French pianist and composer.
- cascadura — a small Trinidadian catfish of the family Callichthyidae, with tough scaly skin
- casebound — bound in hard covers.
- cashed up — having plenty of money
- caucasoid — denoting, relating to, or belonging to the lighter-complexioned supposed racial group of mankind, which includes the peoples indigenous to Europe, N Africa, SW Asia, and the Indian subcontinent and their descendants in other parts of the world
- caudiform — (zoology) Resembling a tail.
- caudillos — Plural form of caudillo.
- cauldrife — susceptible to cold; chilly
- cauldrons — Plural form of cauldron.
- caulfield — Patrick (Joseph). 1936–2005, British painter and printmaker
- cautioned — alertness and prudence in a hazardous situation; care; wariness: Landslides ahead—proceed with caution.
- cavaedium — atrium (def 1a).
- ceratodus — any of various extinct lungfish constituting the genus Ceratodus, common in Cretaceous and Triassic times
- chardzhou — a city in E Turkmenistan, on the Amu Darya.
- chempaduk — an evergreen moraceous tree, Artocarpus champeden (or A. integer), of Malaysia, similar to the jackfruit
- churidars — long tight-fitting trousers, worn by Indian men and women
- cinquedea — an Italian short sword of the late 15th and early 16th centuries having a broad, tapering blade, often richly ornamented.
- clamoured — a loud uproar, as from a crowd of people: the clamor of the crowd at the gates.
- claritude — (obsolete) clarity; splendour.
- claudette — a female given name, form of Claudia.
- cloud ear — tree ear
- cloudbank — Alternative form of cloud bank.
- cloudland — region of dreams, imagination, or impractical speculation; visionary realm
- cloudware — software that runs and is accessed on remote Internet servers rather than on local servers or personal computers; web-based applications and services.
- club card — A club card is a card issued by a retailer which allows the card holder to make discounted purchases.
- club deal — a takeover bid in which several private-equity companies form a syndicate to acquire a target company
- club hand — a deformity of the hand, analogous to club foot
- club soda — Club soda is fizzy water used for mixing with alcoholic drinks and fruit juice.