9-letter words containing c, u, t, d
- decubitis — (medical) Inflammations cause by a reclined position of the body; it often refers to the complications of bed-ridden patients such as bed sores.
- decubitus — the posture adopted when lying down
- deculture — to deculturate.
- decumbent — lying down or lying flat
- decurrent — extending down the stem, esp (of a leaf) having the base of the blade extending down the stem as two wings
- decurtate — Shortened, curtailed.
- decussate — to cross or cause to cross in the form of the letter X; intersect
- deducting — Present participle of deduct.
- deduction — A deduction is a conclusion that you have reached about something because of other things that you know to be true.
- deductive — Deductive reasoning involves drawing conclusions logically from other things that are already known.
- delictual — (legal) Derived from a delict (analogous to a tort).
- demulcent — soothing; mollifying
- 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.
- deutscher — Isaac, 1907–1967, English journalist and author, born in Poland.
- diazeutic — Alternative form of diazeuctic.
- dictamnus — (botany) A suffrutescent plant, Dictamnus albus (the only species in the genus), with strong perfume and showy flowers.
- dictature — dictatorship
- difficult — not easily or readily done; requiring much labor, skill, or planning to be performed successfully; hard: a difficult job.
- discounts — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of discount.
- dishclout — a cloth for use in washing dishes; dishrag.
- disjuncts — Plural form of disjunct.
- diuretics — Plural form of diuretic.
- documents — Plural form of document.
- downcourt — to or into the opposite end of the court.
- drumstick — a stick for beating a drum.
- dualistic — of, relating to, or of the nature of dualism.
- dubitancy — doubt; uncertainty
- ducktails — Plural form of ducktail.
- duckwheat — India wheat.
- duct keel — box keel.
- duct tape — a strongly adhesive silver-gray cloth tape, used in plumbing, household repairs, etc.
- ductility — capable of being hammered out thin, as certain metals; malleable.
- dulcitude — Sweetness.
- dulcorate — (obsolete, transitive) To sweeten; to make less acrimonious.
- dumptruck — a small truck used on building sites, having a load-bearing container at the front that can be tipped up to unload the contents
- 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).
- dust cart — a garbage truck.
- dustcarts — Plural form of dustcart.
- dustcloth — a soft, absorbent cloth used for dusting.
- dutch 200 — a score of 200 in a game, made by bowling strikes and spares alternately.
- dutch bob — a hair style consisting of bangs cut straight across the forehead and the rest of the hair cut to a uniform length just below the ears.
- dutch cap — a woman's lace cap with triangular flaps, characteristic of Dutch national dress
- dutch cut — Dutch bob.
- dutch elm — a widely planted hybrid elm tree, Ulmus hollandica, with spreading branches and a short trunk