9-letter words containing c, i, u, d
- dulcifies — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dulcify.
- dulcimers — Plural form of dulcimer.
- dulcitude — Sweetness.
- duncishly — in a dullard-like manner
- 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°.
- 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.
- duplicity — deceitfulness in speech or conduct, as by speaking or acting in two different ways to different people concerning the same matter; double-dealing. Synonyms: deceit, deception, dissimulation, fraud, guile, hypocrisy, trickery. Antonyms: candidness, directness, honesty, straightforwardness.
- duricrust — a hard crust that forms on or in soil in semiarid climates owing to cementation of soil particles. Compare caliche, hardpan (defs 1, 2).
- echiuroid — any wormlike invertebrate of the phylum Echiuroidea, found in sand and mud of tropical and subtropical seas, having at the mouth a ciliated, often elongated prostomium.
- 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.
- eductions — Plural form of eduction.
- elucidate — Make (something) clear; explain.
- epicedium — Dirge, lament, elegy.
- euclidean — (rare) alternative spelling of Euclidean.
- eunuchoid — Resembling a eunuch, typically in having reduced or indeterminate sexual characteristics.
- eutectoid — Relating to or denoting an alloy that has a minimum transformation temperature between a solid solution and a simple mixture of metals.
- excluding — Not taking someone or something into account; apart from; except.
- facundity — (archaic) eloquence; readiness of speech.
- fecundity — the quality of being fecund; capacity, especially in female animals, of producing young in great numbers.
- fiduciary — Law. a person to whom property or power is entrusted for the benefit of another.
- fish duck — merganser.
- fructidor — (in the French Revolutionary calendar) the twelfth month of the year, extending from August 18 to September 16.
- fungicide — a substance or preparation, as a spray or dust, used for destroying fungi.
- glucoside — any of an extensive group of compounds that yield glucose and some other substance or substances when treated with a dilute acid or decomposed by a ferment or enzyme.
- guidances — the act or function of guiding; leadership; direction.
- hackitude — (jargon) An even sillier word for hackishness.
- hiccupped — a quick, involuntary inhalation that follows a spasm of the diaphragm and is suddenly checked by closure of the glottis, producing a short, relatively sharp sound.
- hydraulic — operated by, moved by, or employing water or other liquids in motion.
- impudence — the quality or state of being impudent; effrontery; insolence.
- impudency — (now rare) Impudence.
- including — to contain, as a whole does parts or any part or element: The package includes the computer, program, disks, and a manual.
- incrusted — Alternative spelling of encrusted.
- incubated — Simple past tense and past participle of incubate.
- indecorum — indecorous behavior or character.
- inducible — to lead or move by persuasion or influence, as to some action or state of mind: to induce a person to buy a raffle ticket.
- inducibly — In an inducible manner.
- inductees — Plural form of inductee.
- inductile — not ductile; not pliable or yielding.
- inducting — to install in an office, benefice, position, etc., especially with formal ceremonies: The committee inducted her as president.
- induction — the act of inducing, bringing about, or causing: induction of the hypnotic state.
- inductive — of, relating to, or involving electrical induction or magnetic induction.
- inductors — Plural form of inductor.
- indurance — Obsolete form of endurance.
- interduce — (construction) An intertie.
- introduce — to present (a person) to another so as to make acquainted.
- introduct — (obsolete) To instruct.
- jaundiced — affected with or colored by or as if by jaundice: jaundiced skin.