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13-letter words containing d, a, u

  • compound leaf — a leaf consisting of two or more leaflets borne on the same leafstalk
  • condylomatous — Relating to condyloma.
  • confusticated — Simple past tense and past participle of confusticate.
  • conglutinated — Simple past tense and past participle of conglutinate.
  • congratulated — to express pleasure to (a person), as on a happy occasion: They congratulated him on his marriage.
  • conquistadors — Plural form of conquistador.
  • consuetudinal — According to custom; customary; usual.
  • corduroy road — a road across swampy ground, made of logs laid transversely
  • cost a bundle — If you say that something costs a bundle, or costs someone a bundle, you are emphasizing that it is expensive.
  • costume drama — any theatrical production, film, television presentation, etc, in which the performers wear the costumes of a former age
  • cough and die — (jargon)   barf. Connotes that the program is throwing its hands up by design rather than because of a bug or oversight. "The parser saw a control-A in its input where it was looking for a printable, so it coughed and died." Compare die, die horribly, scream and die.
  • count towards — If something counts towards or counts toward an achievement or right, it is included as one of the things that give you the right to it.
  • counterdemand — a demand made in response to another demand
  • countermanded — Simple past tense and past participle of countermand.
  • countervailed — Simple past tense and past participle of countervail.
  • country dance — a type of folk dance in which couples are arranged in sets and perform a series of movements, esp facing one another in a line
  • country-dance — a dance of rural English origin in which the dancers form circles or squares or in which they face each other in two rows.
  • coup de grace — A coup de grace is an action or event which finally destroys something, for example an institution, which has been gradually growing weaker.
  • courtesy card — a privilege card
  • credit bureau — an agency that is a clearinghouse for information on the credit rating of individuals or firms
  • cruel-hearted — having a cruel heart; lacking kindness, compassion, etc.
  • cup and cover — a turning used in Elizabethan and Jacobean furniture and resembling a goblet with a domed cover.
  • cupboard love — a show of love inspired only by some selfish or greedy motive
  • cupid's arrow — one of the arrows that Cupid is supposed to fire from his bow, which cause the person struck to fall in love
  • custard apple — a West Indian tree, Annona reticulata: family Annonaceae
  • custard cream — a biscuit consisting of two layers with a filling of vanilla-flavoured paste
  • custodianship — the condition of being a custodian
  • customer data — Customer data is information held on file about customers by a store or other business, usually including names, contact details, and buying habits.
  • cut and dried — If you say that a situation or solution is cut and dried, you mean that it is clear and definite.
  • cut and paste — a technique used in word processing by which a section of text can be moved within a document
  • cut-and-cover — designating a method of constructing a tunnel by excavating a cutting to the required depth and then backfilling the excavation over the tunnel roof
  • cut-and-dried — prepared or settled in advance; not needing much thought or discussion: a cut-and-dried decision.
  • cut-and-paste — assembled or produced from various existing bits and pieces: The book purports to be a history but is just a cut-and-paste job of old essays and newspaper clippings.
  • cut-card work — silver leaf cut in shapes and soldered to a silver vessel.
  • cutting board — A cutting board is a wooden or plastic board that you chop meat and vegetables on.
  • cyanuric acid — a white crystalline powder commonly used to stabilize chlorine in swimming pools. Formula C3H3N3O3
  • cylindraceous — having a form similar to a cylinder
  • dabbling duck — any of numerous shallow-water ducks, especially of the genus Anas, that typically feed by upending and dabbling (contrasted with diving duck).
  • daguerreotype — one of the earliest photographic processes, in which the image was produced on iodine-sensitized silver and developed in mercury vapour
  • daguerreotypy — The art or technique of producing daguerreotypes.
  • daguerrotypes — Plural form of daguerrotype, a misspelling of daguerreotype.
  • dairy produce — food derived from or containing milk and its derivatives
  • damage survey — an inspection by an insurance company of something that has been damaged and for which an insurance claim has been made, in order to determine the extent and cause of damage
  • daman and diu — a union territory in W India: formerly a district of Portuguese India (1559–1961) then part of the union territory of Goa, Daman, and Diu (1961–87). Area: 112 sq km (43 sq miles). Pop: 158 059 (2001)
  • dangerousness — full of danger or risk; causing danger; perilous; risky; hazardous; unsafe.
  • danseur noble — a male dancer suited for certain heroic, or noble, roles by virtue of his exceptional grace, technique, and strength
  • data security — the protection of data stored on computers
  • daughter cell — either of the two cells that result from the division of a cell, as in mitosis
  • daughterboard — a small circuit board that can be attached to the motherboard of a computer
  • dauntlessness — The characteristic of being dauntless; fearlessness.
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