10-letter words containing c, d, u
- rubricated — (in ancient manuscripts, early printed books, etc.) having titles, catchwords, etc., distinctively colored.
- ruddy duck — a stiff-tailed American duck, Oxyura jamaicensis, the adult male of which has a brownish-red body, black crown, and white cheeks.
- run scared — to go quickly by moving the legs more rapidly than at a walk and in such a manner that for an instant in each step all or both feet are off the ground.
- sanctitude — holiness; saintliness; sanctity.
- sandsucker — the flatfish Platessa limandoides
- scandalous — disgraceful; shameful or shocking; improper: scandalous behavior in public.
- scapulated — (of a raven) with white feathers across the scapular region
- scheduling — a plan of procedure, usually written, for a proposed objective, especially with reference to the sequence of and time allotted for each item or operation necessary to its completion: The schedule allows three weeks for this stage.
- scindapsus — any plant of the tropical Asiatic climbing genus Scindapsus, typically stem rooting, esp S. aureus and S. pictus, grown as greenhouse or house plants for their leathery heart-shaped variegated leaves: family Araceae
- scordatura — the tuning of a stringed instrument in other than the usual way to facilitate the playing of certain compositions.
- screwed up — a metal fastener having a tapered shank with a helical thread, and topped with a slotted head, driven into wood or the like by rotating, especially by means of a screwdriver.
- scrub bird — either of two Australian passerine birds of the genus Atrichornis, related to the lyrebirds, having a loud voice and reduced powers of flight: A. clamosus is endangered.
- scrub-bird — either of two Australian passerine birds of the genus Atrichornis, related to the lyrebirds, having a loud voice and reduced powers of flight: A. clamosus is endangered.
- scrubboard — washboard (defs 1, 2).
- scuba dive — go deep-sea swimming
- scuba-dive — to descend and swim underwater using a scuba device.
- sculduddry — unchaste behaviour
- sculptured — having a surface or shape molded, marked, carved, indented, etc., by or as if by sculpture: sculptured leather belts.
- scum-board — a board or strip of material partly immersed in flowing water to hold back scum.
- sdrucciola — (of rhymes) triple
- second-run — designating or of:
- secundines — the inner integument of an ovule.
- seducement — an act of seducing
- seducingly — in a seducing manner
- seductress — a woman who seduces.
- seleucidan — Seleucid.
- sipunculid — an invertebrate of the phylum Sipuncula, comprising the peanut worms.
- solicitude — the state of being solicitous; anxiety or concern.
- soundscape — the component sounds of an environment.
- soundtrack — the narrow band on one or both sides of a motion-picture film on which sound is recorded.
- sour crude — Sour crude is crude oil with a high sulfur content.
- sour-faced — bad-tempered and unfriendly
- spaced out — dazed or stupefied because of the influence of narcotic drugs.
- spaced-out — dazed or stupefied because of the influence of narcotic drugs.
- spadiceous — Botany. of the nature of a spadix. bearing a spadix.
- speculated — to engage in thought or reflection; meditate (often followed by on, upon, or a clause).
- spermaduct — a spermatic passage found in male animals
- spiculated — covered with spicules or needle-like
- star cloud — a cloudlike patch of light on the celestial sphere, consisting of a multitude of stars.
- stem duchy — (in medieval Germany) any of the independent duchies corresponding in part to areas of tribal settlement and preserving some elements of tribal social structure.
- stichidium — a podlike branch containing tetraspores, found in some rose algae
- structured — having and manifesting a clearly defined structure or organization.
- sub judice — before a judge or court; awaiting judicial determination.
- subcarbide — a carbide containing less than the normal proportion of carbon.
- subcordate — almost heart-shaped
- subdecanal — of or relating to a subdean or subdeanery
- subdialect — a division of a larger dialect
- subduction — an act or instance of subducting; subtraction or withdrawal.
- subproduct — a thing produced by labor: products of farm and factory; the product of his thought.
- subsidence — to sink to a low or lower level.