6-letter words containing a, d, u
- bedaub — to smear all over with something thick, sticky, or dirty
- belaud — to praise highly
- benaud — Richard, known as Richie. 1930–2015, Australian cricketer; played in 63 test matches, 28 as captain; an all-rounder, he was the first to score 2000 runs and take 200 wickets in tests; TV commentator on the sport for many decades
- buddha — Buddha is the title given to Gautama Siddhartha, the religious teacher and founder of Buddhism.
- cadeau — a present
- cadmus — a Phoenician prince who killed a dragon and planted its teeth, from which sprang a multitude of warriors who fought among themselves until only five remained, who joined Cadmus to found Thebes
- caduac — a windfall
- cardus — Sir Neville. 1889–1975, British music critic and cricket writer
- caudad — towards the tail or posterior part
- caudal — of or towards the posterior part of the body
- caudex — the thickened persistent stem base of some herbaceous perennial plants
- caudle — a hot spiced wine drink made with gruel, formerly used medicinally
- caused — a person or thing that acts, happens, or exists in such a way that some specific thing happens as a result; the producer of an effect: You have been the cause of much anxiety. What was the cause of the accident?
- cedula — a form of identification, usually a card, in Spanish-speaking countries
- claude — Albert. 1898–1983, US cell biologist, born in Belgium: shared the Nobel prize for physiology or medicine (1974) for work on microsomes and mitochondria
- coulda — (chiefly, slang) Could have.
- cuando — a river in central Angola, flowing SE to the Zambezi River. 457 miles (731 km) long.
- cudahy — a city in SE Wisconsin, near Milwaukee.
- cunard — Sir Samuel (1787–1865). Canadian shipping magnate, founder of the Cunard line
- dachau — a town in S Germany, in Bavaria: site of a Nazi concentration camp. Pop: 39 474 (2003 est)
- dadgum — (US, euphemistic) goddamned.
- damnum — (legal) harm; detriment.
- danaus — a king of Argos who told his fifty daughters, the Danaides, to kill their bridegrooms on their wedding night
- danube — a river in central and SE Europe, rising in the Black Forest in Germany and flowing to the Black Sea. Length: 2859 km (1776 miles)
- darfur — a region of the W Sudan; an independent kingdom until conquered by Egypt in 1874; since 2003 conflict between the Janjaweed and rebel groups has left thousands dead and homeless
- darius — (Codomannus) died 330 b.c, king of Persia 336–330.
- daruma — a large red papier-mâché Japanese doll in the form of a seated potbellied Buddhist monk: considered a bringer of luck and prosperity.
- dastur — a Parsee chief priest.
- datums — Plural form of datum.
- datura — any of various chiefly Indian solanaceous plants of the genus Datura, such as the moonflower and thorn apple, having large trumpet-shaped flowers, prickly pods, and narcotic properties
- daubed — to cover or coat with soft, adhesive matter, as plaster or mud: to daub a canvas with paint; to daub stone walls with mud.
- dauber — to cover or coat with soft, adhesive matter, as plaster or mud: to daub a canvas with paint; to daub stone walls with mud.
- daubes — Plural form of daube.
- daubry — the action of smearing or painting unskilfully
- daudet — Alphonse (alfɔ̃s). 1840–97, French novelist, short-story writer, and dramatist: noted particularly for his humorous sketches of Provençal life, as in Lettres de mon moulin (1866)
- dauncy — donsie.
- dauner — an amble or walk
- daunts — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of daunt.
- daunus — father of Euippe, second wife of Diomedes.
- dauted — to caress.
- dautie — a beloved person who is petted or pampered
- davout — Louis Nicolas [lwee nee-kaw-lah] /lwi ni kɔˈlɑ/ (Show IPA), Duke of Auerstadt [ou-er-stat] /ˈaʊ ərˌstæt/ (Show IPA), Prince of Eckmühl [ek-myool] /ˈɛk myul/ (Show IPA), 1770–1823, marshal of France: one of Napoleon's leading generals.
- dessau — an industrial city in E Germany, in Saxony-Anhalt: capital of Anhalt state from 1340 to 1918. Pop: 78 380 (2003 est)
- dharuk — an Australian aboriginal language, now extinct, spoken in the area of the first European settlement at Port Jackson.
- dhulia — a city in Maharashtra state, W central India.
- dhurna — (in India) the practice of exacting justice or compliance with a just demand by sitting and fasting at the doorstep of an offender until death or until the demand is granted.
- dialup — (computing) alternative spelling of dial-up.
- diquat — a yellow crystalline substance, C 12 H 12 Br 2 N 2 , used as a selective postemergence herbicide to control weeds on noncrop land and for aquatic weed control.
- dobuan — Dobu.
- douala — a seaport in W Cameroon.