8-letter words containing d, a, u
- dearnful — gloomy or heavy-hearted
- deathful — characterized by or causing death
- debutant — a person who is making a first appearance in a particular capacity, such as a sportsperson playing in a first game for a team
- deciduae — Plural form of decidua.
- decidual — the endometrium of a pregnant uterus that in many of the higher mammals is cast off at parturition.
- defaults — Plural form of default.
- defrauds — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of defraud.
- delaunay — Robert (rɔbɛr). 1885–1941, French painter, whose abstract use of colour characterized Orphism, an attempt to introduce more colour into austere forms of Cubism
- demurral — the act or an instance of demurring
- denarius — a silver coin of ancient Rome, often called a penny in translation
- denature — to change the nature of
- dentural — of or relating to dentures
- denudate — denuded; bare
- depurant — purifying
- depurate — to cleanse or purify or to be cleansed or purified
- detraque — insane person
- deuddarn — a type of two-tiered Welsh dresser or cupboard
- deutzias — Plural form of deutzia.
- devalued — having a reduced value or worth
- devaluer — One who, or that which, devalues.
- devalues — Reduce or underestimate the worth or importance of.
- dialogue — Dialogue is communication or discussion between people or groups of people such as governments or political parties.
- dianthus — any Eurasian caryophyllaceous plant of the widely cultivated genus Dianthus, such as the carnation, pink, and sweet william
- diapause — a period of suspended development and growth accompanied by decreased metabolism in insects and some other animals. It is correlated with seasonal changes
- dilaudid — an addictive, narcotic painkiller, C17H20ClNO3, that is stronger than morphine
- dilutant — A diluting agent; a diluent, or thinner.
- diluvial — pertaining to or caused by a flood or deluge.
- diluvian — pertaining to or caused by a flood or deluge.
- dinosaur — any chiefly terrestrial, herbivorous or carnivorous reptile of the extinct orders Saurischia and Ornithischia, from the Mesozoic Era, certain species of which are the largest known land animals.
- dipluran — Any of various hexapods, of the order Diplura.
- disabuse — to free (a person) from deception or error.
- disannul — to annul utterly; make void: to disannul a contract.
- dissuade — to deter by advice or persuasion; persuade not to do something (often followed by from): She dissuaded him from leaving home.
- disusage — Gradual cessation of use or custom; disuse.
- disvalue — disesteem; disparagement.
- diurnals — Plural form of diurnal.
- dividual — divisible or divided.
- docusoap — a television series that chronicles the purportedly real lives of an interconnected group of people, often in a melodramatic way.
- domatium — a plant cavity inhabited by commensal insects or mites or, occasionally, microorganisms
- don juan — a legendary Spanish nobleman famous for his many seductions and dissolute life.
- douanier — a customs officer or official.
- douglass — Frederick, 1817–95, U.S. ex-slave, abolitionist, and orator.
- dounreay — the site in N Scotland of a nuclear power station, which contained the world's first fast-breeder reactor (1962–77). A prototype fast-breeder operated from 1974 until 1994: a nuclear fuel reprocessing plant has also operated at the site
- douzaine — a bet in roulette on 12 numbers simultaneously so as to share in any that win.
- downhaul — any of various lines for pulling down a sail or a yard, as for securing in a lowered position when not in use.
- drag out — to draw with force, effort, or difficulty; pull heavily or slowly along; haul; trail: They dragged the carpet out of the house.
- drag-out — to draw with force, effort, or difficulty; pull heavily or slowly along; haul; trail: They dragged the carpet out of the house.
- drambuie — a liqueur based on Scotch whisky and made exclusively in Scotland from a recipe dating from the 18th century
- draughts — a drawing, sketch, or design.
- draughty — characterized by or admitting currents of air, usually uncomfortable.