9-letter words containing a, u, d, c
- docudrama — a fictionalized drama based primarily on actual events.
- docusoaps — Plural form of docusoap.
- douchebag — a small syringe having detachable nozzles for fluid injections, used chiefly for vaginal lavage and for enemas.
- doughface — a Northerner who sympathized with the South during the controversies over new territories and slavery before the Civil War.
- drug czar — a senior public official charged with tackling the problem of drugs
- druidical — Alt form Druidical.
- dual-carb — (of an engine) equipped with a pair of carburetors.
- dualistic — of, relating to, or of the nature of dualism.
- dubitancy — doubt; uncertainty
- duck hawk — a peregrine falcon of the American subspecies Falco peregrinus anatum, noted for its especially swift flight.
- duck-walk — to walk like a duck, as with legs apart and feet turned outward.
- duckboard — a board or boards laid as a track or floor over wet or muddy ground.
- ducktails — Plural form of ducktail.
- duckwheat — India wheat.
- duct tape — a strongly adhesive silver-gray cloth tape, used in plumbing, household repairs, etc.
- dudelsack — doodlesack.
- dulcamara — a type of vine with orange fruit and purple flowers that is a member of the Solanaceae family
- dulcianas — Plural form of dulciana.
- dulcorate — (obsolete, transitive) To sweeten; to make less acrimonious.
- dulocracy — rule by slaves.
- dumb cane — a West Indian foliage plant, Dieffenbachia seguine, of the arum family, having yellow-blotched leaves that cause temporary speechlessness when chewed.
- dumb-cane — a West Indian foliage plant, Dieffenbachia seguine, of the arum family, having yellow-blotched leaves that cause temporary speechlessness when chewed.
- dunce cap — a tall, cone-shaped hat formerly worn by slow or lazy students as a punishment in school.
- duplicand — the twofold increase of feu-duty for the period of a year, or the feu-duty paid, as occasioned at specific times
- duplicate — a copy exactly like an original.
- dust cart — a garbage truck.
- dustcarts — Plural form of dustcart.
- dutch cap — a woman's lace cap with triangular flaps, characteristic of Dutch national dress
- dutch lap — a method of laying shingles, slates, or the like, in which each shingle or slate overlaps those below and to one side and is itself overlapped by those above and to the other side.
- duty call — a visit made for reasons of obligation rather than for social reasons
- ecuadoran — a republic in NW South America. 109,483 sq. mi. (283,561 sq. km). Capital: Quito.
- educatees — Plural form of educatee.
- educating — Present participle of educate.
- education — the act or process of imparting or acquiring general knowledge, developing the powers of reasoning and judgment, and generally of preparing oneself or others intellectually for mature life.
- educative — serving to educate: educative knowledge.
- educators — Plural form of educator.
- educatory — educative.
- edumacate — (humorous) deliberate misspelling of educate.
- elucidate — Make (something) clear; explain.
- enceladus — a giant who was punished for his rebellion against the gods by a fatal blow from a stone cast by Athena. He was believed to be buried under Mount Etna in Sicily
- endurance — The fact or power of enduring an unpleasant or difficult process or situation without giving way.
- euclidean — (rare) alternative spelling of Euclidean.
- evacuated — Having had population removed, by evacuation.
- excaudate — (zoology) Not caudate; without a cauda.
- facundity — (archaic) eloquence; readiness of speech.
- farcy bud — an ulcerated swelling, produced in farcy.
- fecundate — to make prolific or fruitful.
- fiduciary — Law. a person to whom property or power is entrusted for the benefit of another.
- fractured — the breaking of a bone, cartilage, or the like, or the resulting condition. Compare comminuted fracture, complete fracture, compound fracture, greenstick fracture, simple fracture.
- glaucodot — a mineral, iron and cobalt sulfarsenide, (Co,Fe)AsS, occurring in grayish-white crystals.