8-letter words containing d, a, u
- gaudiest — Superlative form of gaudy.
- gazumped — Simple past tense and past participle of gazump.
- gazunder — (of a buyer) lower the amount of an offer made on a property and accepted by (a seller) at the time of final negotiations.
- gesualdo — Don Carlo [dawn kahr-law] /dɔn ˈkɑr lɔ/ (Show IPA), Prince of Venosa [ve-naw-zah] /vɛˈnɔ zɑ/ (Show IPA), c1560–1613, Italian composer.
- glandule — (anatomy) A small gland or secreting vessel.
- godawful — extremely dreadful or shocking: What a God-awful thing to say!
- godsquad — any group of evangelical Christians, members of which are regarded as intrusive and exuberantly pious
- gourmand — a person who is fond of good eating, often indiscriminatingly and to excess.
- graduall — Obsolete form of gradual.
- graduals — Plural form of gradual.
- graduand — a student who is about to graduate or receive a degree.
- graduate — a person who has received a degree or diploma on completing a course of study, as in a university, college, or school.
- graduses — Plural form of gradus.
- grandeur — the quality or state of being impressive or awesome: the grandeur of the Rocky Mountains.
- guadiana — a river in SW Europe, flowing S from central Spain through SE Portugal to the Gulf of Cádiz. 515 miles (830 km) long.
- guandong — a former territory in NE China at the tip of Liaodong peninsula; leased to Japan 1905–45.
- guardage — the state of being in the care of a guardian
- guardant — (of an animal) depicted full-faced but with the body seen from the side: a lion guardant.
- guarddog — a dog that guards a property or person
- guardian — a person who guards, protects, or preserves.
- guarding — to keep safe from harm or danger; protect; watch over: to guard the ruler.
- guedalla — Philip, 1889–1944, English writer.
- guffawed — a loud, unrestrained burst of laughter.
- guidable — Capable of being guided; willing to be guided or counselled.
- guidance — the act or function of guiding; leadership; direction.
- guideway — a structure, usually made of concrete, that is used to support and guide trains or individual vehicles that ride over it.
- guiscard — Robert [French raw-ber] /French rɔˈbɛr/ (Show IPA), (Robert de Hauteville) c1015–85, Norman conqueror in Italy.
- gum band — a rubber band.
- gumlands — infertile land from which the original kauri bush has been removed or burnt producing only kauri gum
- gurdwara — a Sikh temple in India.
- gurnards — Plural form of gurnard.
- gustnado — A strong whirlwind at the leading edge of a storm front or squall line.
- habitude — customary condition or character: a healthy mental habitude.
- hachured — one of a series of short parallel lines drawn on a map to indicate topographic relief.
- hand out — the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
- hand-out — the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
- handcuff — a ring-shaped metal device that can be locked around a person's wrist, usually one of a pair connected by a short chain or linked bar; shackle: The police put handcuffs on the suspect.
- handfull — Archaic form of handful.
- handfuls — Plural form of handful.
- handguns — Plural form of handgun.
- handouts — Plural form of handout.
- hands up — the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
- handsful — Plural form of handful.
- hard put — not soft; solid and firm to the touch; unyielding to pressure and impenetrable or almost impenetrable.
- hard-put — hard (def 57).
- hari rud — a river in NW Afghanistan, NE Iran, and S Turkmenistan, flowing W and then N to the Kara Kum desert. 700 miles (1126 km) long.
- hatguard — a string to keep a hat from blowing off
- haunched — the hip.
- head out — leave, start a journey
- headbutt — A sharp blow delivered by driving the head into the opponent, generally by lowering the head and charging forward or by rapidly tilting the head backward and then forward.