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12-letter words containing d, u, a

  • fund-raising — the act or process of raising funds, as for nonprofit organizations or for a political cause.
  • fundamentals — serving as, or being an essential part of, a foundation or basis; basic; underlying: fundamental principles; the fundamental structure.
  • fungicidally — in a fungicidal manner
  • furazolidone — a nitrofuran, C 8 H 7 N 3 O 5 , that is used in the treatment of giardiasis, and bacterial gastroenteritis and dysentery.
  • fused quartz — glass made entirely from quartz: a form of silica glass.
  • fused silica — glass made entirely from silica, having a very low rate of thermal expansion.
  • fusidic acid — an antibiotic substance used to treat skin infections
  • futtock band — a metal band around a lower mast somewhat below the top, for holding the lower ends of a futtock shroud.
  • fuzzy-headed — not given to clear thinking; foolish.
  • gaillard cut — an artificial cutting in the Panama Canal Zone, NW of the city of Panama: excavated for the Panama Canal. 8 miles (13 km) long.
  • garbage dump — rubbish tip, place where refuse is disposed of
  • gateway drug — any mood-altering drug, as a stimulant or tranquilizer, that does not cause physical dependence but may lead to the use of addictive drugs, as heroin.
  • gelande jump — jump made in downhill skiing
  • gesticulated — to make or use gestures, especially in an animated or excited manner with or instead of speech.
  • glandiferous — bearing nuts or acorns
  • glutaredoxin — (enzyme) Any of a family of small redox enzymes that use glutathione as a cofactor.
  • gluten bread — bread made from gluten flour.
  • goddaughters — Plural form of goddaughter.
  • good-natured — having or showing a pleasant, kindly disposition; amiable: a warm, good-natured person.
  • gourd family — the plant family Cucurbitaceae, characterized by tendril-bearing vines, either trailing or climbing and having alternate, palmately lobed leaves, often large yellow or greenish flowers, and many-seeded, fleshy fruit with a hard rind, and including the cucumber, gourd, melon, pumpkin, and squash.
  • gourmandizer — One who gourmandizes.
  • gradualistic — Of or pertaining to gradualism.
  • graduateship — the time or condition of being a graduate
  • grand coulee — a dry canyon in central Washington: cut by the Columbia River in the glacial period. 52 miles (84 km) long; over 400 feet (120 meters) deep.
  • grand kabuki — kabuki (def 2).
  • grand rounds — a formal hospital meeting at which physicians discuss interesting medical cases.
  • grandaughter — Alternative spelling of granddaughter.
  • great sunday — Easter Sunday.
  • greater kudu — a spiral-horned antelope, Tragelaphus strepsiceros, which inhabits the bush of Africa
  • grey gurnard — a species of scorpionfish, Eutriglia gurnardus
  • ground alert — the state of waiting for orders in or near combat airplanes ready to take to the air at once.
  • ground cable — a heavy chain for securing permanent floating moorings, as a number of mooring buoys.
  • ground cedar — a ground pine, Lycopodium complanatum.
  • ground fault — the momentary, usually accidental, grounding of a conducting wire.
  • ground glass — Optics. glass that has had its polished surface removed by fine grinding and that is used to diffuse light.
  • ground plane — (in perspective drawing) the theoretical horizontal plane receding from the picture plane to the horizon, beginning at the level of the base line.
  • ground plate — Electricity. a metal plate for making a ground connection to the earth.
  • ground shark — any of various requiem sharks, especially of the genus Carcharhinus.
  • ground staff — The people who are paid to maintain a sports ground are called the ground staff.
  • ground state — the state of least energy of a particle, as an atom, or of a system of particles.
  • ground track — the path on the earth's surface below an aircraft, missile, rocket, or spacecraft.
  • ground water — the water beneath the surface of the ground, consisting largely of surface water that has seeped down: the source of water in springs and wells.
  • grudge match — You can call a contest between two people or groups a grudge match when they dislike each other.
  • guadalquivir — a river in S Spain, flowing W to the Gulf of Cádiz. 374 miles (602 km) long.
  • guanethidine — a potent adrenergic neuron blocking agent, C 10 H 22 N 4 , used in the treatment of hypertension.
  • guardianista — a reader of the Guardian newspaper, seen as being typically left-wing, liberal, and politically correct
  • guardianship — the position and responsibilities of a guardian, especially toward a ward.
  • guesstimated — Simple past tense and past participle of guesstimate.
  • gulf of aden — a waterway in the Arabian sea between Yemen and Somalia and connecting with the Red Sea
  • gustave dore — (Paul) Gustave [pawl gy-stav] /pɔl güˈstav/ (Show IPA), 1832?–83, French painter, illustrator, and sculptor.
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