8-letter words containing d, a, u
- muraenid — any fish of the family Muraenidae, comprising the morays.
- muralled — decorated with a mural or murals
- murdabad — down with; death to: used as part of a slogan in India, Pakistan, etc
- muscadel — muscatel.
- muscadet — a white grape grown especially in the lower Loire Valley region of France.
- muscadin — a person with monarchical sympathies during the French Revolution, especially from 1794 to 1796.
- mushhead — a stupid person.
- mustards — Plural form of mustard.
- mustardy — Like mustard.
- mut dash — a dash equal in length to one side of an em quad; em dash.
- mutandum — a thing which is to be changed
- nonadult — a person who is not an adult
- notandum — (chiefly, in the plural) Something to be noted or observed; a notable fact.
- nudation — the process of removing coverings or garments or of causing to be bare or uncovered
- nudicaul — having leafless stems.
- numidian — an ancient country in N Africa, corresponding roughly to modern Algeria.
- nundinal — any of the letters of the alphabet from A to H that related to the days of the ancient Roman week
- nut dash — a dash equal in length to the width of an en quad; en dash.
- nut quad — a quad one en wide; en quad.
- obduracy — the state or quality of being obdurate.
- obdurate — unmoved by persuasion, pity, or tender feelings; stubborn; unyielding.
- oldsquaw — A marine diving duck that breeds in Arctic Eurasia and North America, the male having very long tail feathers and mainly white plumage in winter.
- omadhaun — a foolish man or boy
- omdurman — a city in central Sudan, on the White Nile opposite Khartoum: British victory 1898.
- on guard — prepared, at the ready
- osmundas — Plural form of osmunda.
- our lady — a title of the Virgin Mary.
- outboard — located on the exterior of a hull or aircraft.
- outdance — to move one's feet or body, or both, rhythmically in a pattern of steps, especially to the accompaniment of music.
- outdated — no longer in use or fashionable; out-of-date; outmoded; antiquated.
- outdates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outdate.
- outdream — to exceed in dreaming
- outfaced — Simple past tense and past participle of outface.
- outguard — a guard placed furthest away from the main contingent of an army
- outlands — Exurbia: the country beyond the city.
- outlawed — a lawless person or habitual criminal, especially one who is a fugitive from the law.
- outpaced — Simple past tense and past participle of outpace.
- outraced — Simple past tense and past participle of outrace.
- outraged — Simple past tense and past participle of outrage.
- outstand — to be prominent.
- outtrade — to outdo in trading; get the better of in a trade.
- outwards — proceeding or directed toward the outside or exterior, or away from a central point: the outward flow of gold; the outward part of a voyage.
- paduasoy — a slightly corded, strong, rich, silk fabric.
- paludine — marshy
- paludism — malaria.
- paludose — growing or living in marshes
- pandanus — any plant of the genus Pandanus, having sword-shaped leaves arranged in a spiral, comprising the screw pines.
- pandarus — a Trojan who attempted to assassinate Menelaus, thereby violating a truce between the Greeks and the Trojans and prolonging the Trojan War: in Chaucerian and other medieval accounts, he is the procurer of Cressida for Troilus.
- past due — payment: overdue, late
- pastured — Also called pastureland [pas-cher-land, pahs-] /ˈpæs tʃərˌlænd, ˈpɑs-/ (Show IPA). an area covered with grass or other plants used or suitable for the grazing of livestock; grassland.