6-letter words containing d, r, u
- gerund — (in certain languages, as Latin) a form regularly derived from a verb and functioning as a noun, having in Latin all case forms but the nominative, as Latin dicendī gen., dicendō, dat., abl., etc., “saying.”. See also gerundive (def 1).
- giraud — Henri Honoré [ahn ree aw-naw-rey] /ɑ̃ ˈri ɔ nɔˈreɪ/ (Show IPA), 1879–1949, French general.
- gourde — a paper money and monetary unit of Haiti, equal to 100 centimes. Abbreviation: G., Gde.
- gourds — Plural form of gourd.
- gourdy — (of horses) swollen-legged
- gradus — a work consisting wholly or in part of exercises of increasing difficulty.
- ground — the act of grinding.
- grudge — a feeling of ill will or resentment: to hold a grudge against a former opponent.
- grundy — Mrs. a narrow-minded, conventional person who is extremely critical of any breach of propriety.
- guarde — Obsolete form of guard.
- guardi — Francesco [frahn-ches-kaw] /frɑnˈtʃɛs kɔ/ (Show IPA), 1712–93, Italian painter.
- guards — to keep safe from harm or danger; protect; watch over: to guard the ruler.
- gudrun — (in the Volsunga Saga) the daughter of the king of the Nibelungs.
- guider — to assist (a person) to travel through, or reach a destination in, an unfamiliar area, as by accompanying or giving directions to the person: He guided us through the forest.
- hubrid — Lb rare Exhibiting excessive pride, presumption or arrogance: Hubristic.
- hulder — one of a race of sirens, living in the woods, seductive but dangerous.
- huldre — one of a race of sirens, living in the woods, seductive but dangerous.
- hurdle — a portable barrier over which contestants must leap in certain running races, usually a wooden frame with a hinged inner frame that swings down under impact to prevent injury to a runner who does not clear it.
- hurled — to throw or fling with great force or vigor.
- hurted — (archaic, or, nonstandard) Simple past tense and past participle of hurt.
- hydrus — a constellation near the S celestial pole lying close to Eridanus and Tucana and containing part of the Small Magellanic cloud
- indure — Obsolete spelling of endure.
- inured — to accustom to hardship, difficulty, pain, etc.; toughen or harden; habituate (usually followed by to): inured to cold.
- iridum — Sinus, Sinus Iridum.
- jabrud — a Paleolithic site in SW Syria, in the Anti-Lebanon mountain range.
- judder — to vibrate violently: an old automobile with a clutch that judders.
- judger — a public officer authorized to hear and decide cases in a court of law; a magistrate charged with the administration of justice.
- juried — having the contents selected for exhibition by a jury: a juried art show.
- kudrun — the heroine of the Middle High German epic of the 13th century.
- lauder — Sir Harry (MacLennan) [muh-klen-uh n] /məˈklɛn ən/ (Show IPA), 1870–1950, Scottish balladeer and composer.
- louder — (of sound) strongly audible; having exceptional volume or intensity: loud talking; loud thunder; loud whispers.
- loured — lower2 .
- lurdan — a lazy, stupid, loutish fellow.
- lurked — to lie or wait in concealment, as a person in ambush; remain in or around a place secretly or furtively.
- madura — Dutch Madoera [mah-doo-rah] /mɑˈdu rɑ/ (Show IPA). an island in Indonesia, off the NE coast of Java. 2112 sq. mi. (5470 sq. km).
- maduro — strong and darkly colored.
- maraud — to roam or go around in quest of plunder; make a raid for booty: Freebooters were marauding all across the territory.
- marduk — the chief of the Babylonian deities.
- mudder — a racehorse able to perform well on a wet, muddy track.
- mudras — Plural form of mudra.
- murder — Law. the killing of another human being under conditions specifically covered in law. In the U.S., special statutory definitions include murder committed with malice aforethought, characterized by deliberation or premeditation or occurring during the commission of another serious crime, as robbery or arson (first-degree murder) and murder by intent but without deliberation or premeditation (second-degree murder)
- murked — Simple past tense and past participle of murk.
- n'dour — Youssou (ˈjusu). born 1959, Senegalese singer and musician, whose work has popularized African music in the West; recordings include Nelson Mandela (1986), Eyes Open (1992), and Nothing's in Vain (2002)
- neruda — Pablo [pah-vlaw;; English pah-bloh] /ˈpɑ vlɔ;; English ˈpɑ bloʊ/ (Show IPA), (Neftali Ricardo Reyes Basoalto) 1904–73, Chilean poet and diplomat: Nobel Prize in literature 1971.
- nimrud — modern name of the site of the ancient city of Kalakh.
- nordau — Max Simon [mahks zee-mawn] /mɑks ˈzi mɔn/ (Show IPA), 1849–1923, Hungarian author, physician, and leader in the Zionist movement.
- nudger — One who, or that which, nudges.
- nurdle — (cricket) To score runs by gently nudging the ball into vacant areas of the field.
- nurled — to make knurls or ridges on.
- nursed — Simple past tense and past participle of nurse.