11-letter words containing d, a, u
- subordinacy — a subordinate person or thing.
- subordinary — any of several heraldic bearings of secondary importance to the ordinary, such as the lozenge, the orle, and the fret
- subordinate — placed in or belonging to a lower order or rank.
- substandard — below standard or less than adequate: substandard housing conditions.
- succedaneum — a substitute.
- sudan grass — a sorghum, Sorghum sudanense, introduced into the U.S. from Africa, grown for hay and pasture.
- sudetenland — a mountainous region in the N Czech Republic, including the Sudeten and the Erzgebirge: annexed by Germany 1938; returned to Czechoslovakia 1945.
- sugar candy — large crystals of sugar formed by suspending strings in a strong sugar solution that hardens on the strings, used chiefly for sweetening coffee
- sugar daddy — a wealthy, middle-aged man who spends freely on a young woman in return for her companionship or intimacy.
- sugar-candy — excessively sweet; saccharine: sugar-candy stories in family magazines.
- sugar-cured — (especially of ham or bacon) cured in a mixture of sugar, salt, and sodium nitrate or sodium nitrite.
- sugarcoated — to cover with sugar: to sugarcoat a pill.
- sulfonamide — sulfa drug.
- sum assured — The sum assured is the amount payable on the occurrence of an event insured against under a benefit policy, such as the death of the insured.
- sunday baby — an illegitimate child.
- sunday best — Sunday clothes.
- sunday week — a week (counting backward or forward) from Sunday (or Monday, Tuesday, etc.)
- superabound — to abound beyond something else.
- superdainty — very dainty
- superfatted — (of soap) containing excess fat that has not been converted into soap by saponification
- superharden — harden (def 6).
- superheated — If a liquid is superheated, it has been heated to a temperature that is higher than its boiling point without being allowed to boil.
- supersedeas — a writ ordering a stoppage or suspension of a judicial proceeding, of the execution of a judgment, or of the enforcement of another writ.
- suppedaneum — a shelf affixed to a cross for supporting the feet of the crucified.
- suraddition — an additional title
- sure-handed — using the hands with skill and confidence; dexterous.
- surtarbrand — deposits of brown coal embedded in Iceland lava
- swiss guard — a member of a corps of bodyguards protecting the pope, with membership restricted to natives of Switzerland.
- syndactylus — a person having united or webbed fingers or toes.
- tabularised — to tabulate.
- tabularized — to tabulate.
- talk around — to communicate or exchange ideas, information, etc., by speaking: to talk about poetry.
- testudinate — formed like the carapace of a tortoise; arched; vaulted.
- tetrandrous — having four stamens.
- tetrapodous — of or related to a tetrapod
- the accused — the defendant or defendants appearing on a criminal charge
- think aloud — If you think aloud, you express your thoughts as they occur to you, rather than thinking first and then speaking.
- thohoyandou — a self-governing Bantu territory of South Africa in the NE part: granted independence in 1979 by South Africa, but not recognized by any other country as an independent state. 2510 sq. mi. (6500 sq. km). Capital: Thohoyandou.
- thunder bay — a port in W Ontario, in S Canada, on Lake Superior: created in 1970 by the merger of twin cities (Fort William and Port Arthur) and two adjoining townships.
- thunderclap — a crash of thunder.
- thunderhead — incus (def 2).
- thunderpeal — a crash of thunder; thunderclap.
- tidal datum — (in a hydrographic survey) a curved surface representing one phase of a tide, usually mean low water, taken as a datum level.
- tip and run — a form of cricket in which the batsman must run if his bat touches the ball
- tolbutamide — a white crystalline substance, C 12 H 18 N 2 O 3 S, used to augment insulin secretion in the treatment of diabetes mellitus.
- tollund man — the perfectly preserved remains of an Iron Age man, hanged and thrown into a bog at Tollund, in Jutland, Denmark: discovered in 1950.
- toluic acid — any of four isomeric acids having the formula CH 3 C 6 H 4 COOH: derivatives of toluene.
- top-up card — a card bought by a mobile phone user entitling him or her to a stipulated amount of credit for future calls
- touch-ready — (of software) ready to work on touch-screen computers and devices
- trade guild — a medieval guild composed of tradesmen.