8-letter words containing d, a, u
- dustcart — a garbage truck.
- dustcoat — a loose lightweight coat worn for early open motor-car riding
- dustheap — a heap or pile of rubbish, refuse, or the like.
- dustpans — Plural form of dustpan.
- dutchman — a native or inhabitant of the Netherlands.
- dutiable — subject to customs duty, as imported goods.
- duvalier — François [frahn-swa] /frɑ̃ˈswa/ (Show IPA), ("Papa Doc") 1907–71, Haitian physician and dictator: president 1957–71.
- dzhambul — a city in S Kazakhstan, NE of Chimkent.
- eardrums — Plural form of eardrum.
- ecaudate — having no tail.
- edacious — devouring; voracious; consuming.
- educable — capable of being educated.
- educated — having undergone education: educated people.
- educatee — a person who receives instruction; student.
- educates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of educate.
- educator — a person or thing that educates, especially a teacher, principal, or other person involved in planning or directing education.
- emulated — Simple past tense and past participle of emulate.
- endurant — Capable of enduring fatigue, pain, hunger, etc.
- epidural — On or around the dura mater, in particular (of an anesthetic) introduced into the space around the dura mater of the spinal cord.
- equalled — (British) Simple past tense and past participle of equal.
- eridanus — a long twisting constellation in the S hemisphere extending from Orion to Hydrus and containing the first magnitude star Achernar
- eudaemon — A good or benevolent spirit.
- eupatrid — One well born, or of noble birth.
- eurocard — A range of standard circuit board sizes. Normal double Eurocard = 233.4 x 160 mm Extended double Eurocard = 233.4 x 220 mm Super extended double Eurocard = 233.4 x 250 mm Hyper extended double Eurocard = 233.4 x 280 mm
- euroland — also Eurozone
- exudates — Plural form of exudate.
- faburden — an early system of musical harmonization
- fade out — to lose brightness or vividness of color.
- fade-out — an act or instance of fading.
- fatigued — of or relating to fatigues or any clothing made to resemble them: The guerrilla band wore fatigue pants and field jackets. She brought fatigue shorts to wear on the hike.
- fauchard — a shafted weapon having a knifelike blade with a convex cutting edge and a beak on the back for catching the blade of an aggressor's weapon.
- favoured — Treated or regarded with partiality.
- featured — made a feature or highlight; given prominence: a featured article; a featured actor.
- feldgrau — the shade of grey worn by German soldiers in World War II
- feudally — In a feudal manner.
- fiducial — accepted as a fixed basis of reference or comparison: a fiducial point; a fiducial temperature.
- firdausi — (Abul Qasim Mansu or Hasan) 932–1020, Persian poet.
- flaunted — to parade or display oneself conspicuously, defiantly, or boldly.
- foulards — Plural form of foulard.
- fraudful — Full of fraud, deceit, or treachery; fraudulent.
- freudian — of or relating to Sigmund Freud or his doctrines, especially with respect to the causes and treatment of neurotic and psychopathic states, the interpretation of dreams, etc.
- fuckhead — a stupid or obnoxious person.
- fud wars — /fuhd worz/ Political posturing, intended to create FUD, engaged in by hardware and software vendors ostensibly committed to standardisation but actually willing to fragment the market to protect their own shares. The Unix International vs. OSF conflict is but one outstanding example.
- funboard — (surfing) A type of surfboard which is roughly in between a shortboard and a mini-mal. A funboard is a little longer than a shortboard and with wider and somewhat rounded nose and tail, making it easier to paddle but still having most of the performance of a shortboard.
- fundable — Able to be funded; deserving of funds.
- furcated — Forked or branched.
- furnaced — (in combinations) having a particular type or number of furnaces.
- gadabout — a person who moves about restlessly or aimlessly, especially from one social activity to another.
- gajdusek — D(aniel) Carleton [kahrl-tuh n] /ˈkɑrl tən/ (Show IPA), 1923–2008, U.S. medical researcher, especially on viral diseases: Nobel Prize 1976.
- gallused — held up by galluses; having galluses