10-letter words containing d, e, u
- cussedness — cursed.
- customised — to modify or build according to individual or personal specifications or preference: to customize an automobile.
- customized — modified according to a customer's individual requirements
- cut a deal — to come to an arrangement; make a deal
- daguerrean — relating to Daguerre or the daguerreotype
- dairyhouse — A farm building operating as a dairy.
- damascenus — Johannes [joh-han-eez,, -is] /dʒoʊˈhæn iz,, -ɪs/ (Show IPA), John of Damascus, Saint.
- dampcourse — a horizontal layer of impervious material in a brick wall, fairly close to the ground, to stop moisture rising
- damsel bug — any of various bugs of the carnivorous family Nabiidae, related to the bedbugs but feeding on other insects. The larvae of some species mimic and associate with ants
- daughterly — of, like, or proper to a daughter
- dauphiness — dauphine.
- day return — A day return is a train or bus ticket which allows you to go somewhere and come back on the same day for a lower price than an ordinary return ticket.
- de quincey — Thomas. 1785–1859, English critic and essayist, noted particularly for his Confessions of an English Opium Eater (1821)
- de rigueur — If you say that a possession or habit is de rigueur, you mean that it is fashionable and therefore necessary for anyone who wants to avoid being considered unfashionable.
- deafmutism — unable to hear and speak.
- death duty — a tax on property inheritances: in Britain, replaced in 1975 by capital transfer tax and since 1986 by inheritance tax
- debauchees — Plural form of debauchee.
- debauchery — You use debauchery to refer to the drinking of alcohol or to sexual activity if you disapprove of it or regard it as excessive.
- debauching — Present participle of debauch.
- debentures — Plural form of debenture.
- debouching — Present participle of debouche.
- debris bug — a bug of the family Cimicidae found where vegetable debris accumulates and feeding on small arthropods like springtails: related to the bedbugs
- debt issue — a fixed corporate obligation, as a bond or debenture.
- debutantes — Plural form of debutante.
- decamerous — having ten sections or partitions
- decapodous — Decapodal; ten-footed.
- deceiptful — Obsolete form of deceitful.
- deceitfull — Archaic form of deceitful.
- deceptious — relating to deception or inclined to deceive
- deciduitis — inflammation of the decidua.
- deckhouses — Plural form of deckhouse.
- declutched — Simple past tense and past participle of declutch.
- decompound — (of a compound leaf) having leaflets consisting of several distinct parts
- decorously — characterized by dignified propriety in conduct, manners, appearance, character, etc.
- decoupaged — Simple past tense and past participle of decoupage.
- decoupages — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decoupage.
- decoupling — the separation of previously linked systems so that they may operate independently
- decoy duck — a duck, or an image of one, used to lure other ducks into a trap or within shooting range
- decumbence — The act or posture of lying down.
- decumbency — Decumbence.
- decumulate — to heap up; amass; accumulate.
- decurrency — the action of flowing downwards
- decussated — Simple past tense and past participle of decussate.
- deducement — an assumption or deduction
- deductable — Alternative spelling of deductibletrue; that which can be deducted.
- deductible — If a payment or expense is deductible, it can be deducted from another sum such as your income, for example, when calculating how much income tax you have to pay.
- deductions — Plural form of deduction.
- deep focus — the focusing of a filmed scene so as to make near and distant objects equally clear.
- deep south — The Deep South consists of the states that are furthest south in the United States.
- deer mouse — any of various mice of the genus Peromyscus, esp P. maniculatus, of North and Central America, having brownish fur with white underparts: family Cricetidae