9-letter words containing c, e, d, u
- demulcent — soothing; mollifying
- denounced — Simple past tense and past participle of denounce.
- denouncer — One who, or that which, denounces.
- denounces — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of denounce.
- depicture — (transitive) To make a picture of; to paint or depict.
- deschutes — river in central and N Oreg., flowing from the Cascade Range north into the Columbia River: c. 250 mi (402 km)
- destructo — a person who causes havoc or destruction
- destructs — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of destruct.
- detumesce — (intransitive, of sexual organs) To leave the erect, sexually aroused state.
- deucalion — the son of Prometheus and, with his wife Pyrrha, the only survivor on earth of a flood sent by Zeus (Deucalion's flood). Together, they were allowed to repopulate the world by throwing stones over their shoulders, which became men and women
- deutscher — Isaac, 1907–1967, English journalist and author, born in Poland.
- deviceful — full of devices; inventive; cunning
- diazeutic — Alternative form of diazeuctic.
- dibucaine — a compound, C 20 H 29 N 3 O 2 , used as a local and spinal anesthetic.
- dictature — dictatorship
- difluence — diffluence.
- dimercury — (chemistry, especially in combination) Two mercury atoms in a molecule.
- dioecious — (especially of plants) having the male and female organs in separate and distinct individuals; having separate sexes.
- discluded — Simple past tense and past participle of disclude.
- discoured — Simple past tense and past participle of discoure.
- discoures — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of discoure.
- discourse — communication of thought by words; talk; conversation: earnest and intelligent discourse.
- discumber — (archaic, transitive) To free from that which cumbers or impedes; to disencumber.
- discussed — to consider or examine by argument, comment, etc.; talk over or write about, especially to explore solutions; debate: to discuss the proposed law on taxes.
- discusser — A person who discusses.
- discusses — to consider or examine by argument, comment, etc.; talk over or write about, especially to explore solutions; debate: to discuss the proposed law on taxes.
- diuretics — Plural form of diuretic.
- dixie cup — Navy Slang. a round, white, brimmed hat worn by U.S. sailors.
- dock dues — payments made for the passing of goods through a dock
- documents — Plural form of document.
- douceness — the quality or characteristic of being douce
- 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.
- duchesses — the wife or widow of a duke.
- duckshove — to evade (responsibility or an issue)
- duckwheat — India wheat.
- duct keel — box keel.
- duct tape — a strongly adhesive silver-gray cloth tape, used in plumbing, household repairs, etc.
- dudelsack — doodlesack.
- dulcified — Sweetened; mollified.
- dulcifies — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dulcify.
- dulcimers — Plural form of dulcimer.
- dulcitude — Sweetness.
- dulcorate — (obsolete, transitive) To sweeten; to make less acrimonious.
- 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.
- duodecimo — Also called twelvemo. a book size of about 5 × 7½ inches (13 × 19 cm), determined by printing on sheets folded to form 12 leaves or 24 pages. Symbol: 12 mo, 12°.
- duplicate — a copy exactly like an original.
- dutch elm — a widely planted hybrid elm tree, Ulmus hollandica, with spreading branches and a short trunk