11-letter words containing d, r, u
- arquebusade — the shot of an arquebus
- arse around — If you say that someone is arsing around or arsing about, you mean that they are behaving in a silly, irritating way instead of getting something done.
- art student — a person studying art
- articulated — An articulated vehicle, especially a lorry, is made in two or more sections which are joined together by metal bars, so that the vehicle can turn more easily.
- aru islands — a group of islands in Indonesia, in the SW Moluccas. Area: about 8500 sq km (3300 sq miles)
- assuredness — guaranteed; sure; certain; secure: an assured income.
- audiometers — Plural form of audiometer.
- audiometric — the testing of hearing by means of an audiometer.
- audit trail — a record of all the transactions or data entries that a person or firm has carried out over a specific period
- auditoriums — Plural form of auditorium.
- auditorship — the position or function of auditor
- auriculated — (biology, rare) Having ears or appendages like ears; eared.
- auto-dialer — a telephone device that makes possible a service feature (au·to-dial) whereby a call is automatically made in response to a brief input signal from the user, as the pressing of a button.
- autodialers — Plural form of autodialer.
- autodialler — Alternative spelling of autodialer.
- autographed — Simple past tense and past participle of autograph.
- autorotated — Simple past tense and past participle of autorotate.
- autostradas — Plural form of autostrada.
- autowinders — Plural form of autowinder.
- avoirdupois — a system of weights used in many English-speaking countries. It is based on the pound, which contains 16 ounces or 7000 grains. 100 pounds (US) or 112 pounds (Brit) is equal to 1 hundredweight and 20 hundredweights equals 1 ton
- azido group — the univalent group N 3 −, derived from hydrazoic acid.
- backdraught — a reverse movement of air, gas, or liquid
- backgrounds — Plural form of background.
- bad homburg — a city in W central Germany on the S slope of the Taunus Mountains, near Frankfurt.
- balustraded — Having balustrades.
- balustrades — Plural form of balustrade.
- barracudina — any of several slender, large-mouthed, pelagic fishes of the family Paralepididae.
- barramundis — Plural form of barramundi.
- bastard cut — (of a file) having medium teeth; intermediate between a coarse cut and a fine cut
- baudrillard — Jean. 1929–2007, French sociologist and theorist of postmodernism; his books include Seduction (1979), America (1986), and The Spirit of Terrorism (2002)
- beardtongue — a plant of the genus Penstemon
- beau dollar — a silver dollar.
- beblubbered — tearstained, covered in tears from weeping
- bedside rug — a rug beside a bed
- been around — in a circle, ring, or the like; so as to surround a person, group, thing, etc.: The crowd gathered around.
- beleaguered — experiencing difficulties, opposition or criticism
- bellfounder — a foundry worker who casts bells
- belowground — underground
- bergschrund — a crevasse at the head of a glacier
- bermuda bag — an oval-shaped handbag with wooden handles and changeable decorative cloth covers.
- bermuda rig — a fore-and-aft sailing boat rig characterized by a tall mainsail (Bermudian mainsail) that tapers to a point
- bioindustry — an industry that makes use of biotechnology and other advanced life science methodologies in the creation or alteration of life forms or processes
- biquadratic — of or relating to the fourth power
- bleu-de-roi — the bright enamel blue color characteristic of Sèvres ware.
- blind trust — A blind trust is a financial arrangement in which someone's investments are managed without the person knowing where the money is invested. Blind trusts are used especially by people such as members of parliament, so that they cannot be accused of using their position to make money unfairly.
- blood group — Someone's blood group is the type of blood that they have in their body. There are four main types: A, B, AB, and O.
- blood purge — the mass execution, especially by a government, of persons considered guilty of treason or sedition.
- blood serum — blood plasma from which the clotting factors have been removed
- blood sugar — the glucose concentration in the blood: the normal fasting value is between 3.9 and 5.6 mmol/l
- bloodsucker — A bloodsucker is any creature that sucks blood from a wound that it has made in an animal or person.