7-letter words containing d, u, a
- numidia — an ancient country in N Africa, corresponding roughly to modern Algeria.
- nutated — Simple past tense and past participle of nutate.
- opaqued — not transparent or translucent; impenetrable to light; not allowing light to pass through.
- osmunda — any fern of the genus Osmunda, especially the royal fern.
- outdare — to surpass in daring.
- outdate — to put out of date; make antiquated or obsolete: The advent of the steamship outdated sailing ships as commercial carriers.
- outdrag — to beat in a drag race
- outdraw — to draw a gun, revolver, etc., from a holster, faster than (an opponent or competitor): She could outdraw any member of the club.
- outlaid — simple past tense and past participle of outlay.
- outland — Usually, outlands. the outlying districts or remote regions of a country; provinces: a name unknown in the outlands.
- outlead — to lead out
- outread — to outdo in reading or to read more than
- outroad — (obsolete) An excursion.
- outward — proceeding or directed toward the outside or exterior, or away from a central point: the outward flow of gold; the outward part of a voyage.
- pad out — written piece: add words
- paducah — a city in W Kentucky, at the junction of the Tennessee and Ohio rivers.
- pagurid — a pagurian.
- paid-up — paid in full, as of the present or of a specified date: a paid-up membership.
- paludal — of or relating to marshes.
- pandour — History/Historical. a member of a local militia in Croatia, formed as a regiment in the Austrian army in the 18th century and noted for its ruthlessness and cruelty.
- pandura — a Graeco-Roman stringed instrument, similar to a lute
- pandure — bandore.
- papadum — an Indian flatbread made of lentil flour, often topped with chutney or various dips or salsas.
- plaudit — an enthusiastic expression of approval: Her portrayal of Juliet won the plaudits of the critics.
- poulard — a hen spayed to improve the flesh for use as food.
- poundal — the foot-pound-second unit of force, equal to the force that produces an acceleration of one foot per second per second on a mass of one pound. Abbreviation: pdl.
- pousada — a government-operated inn in Portugal.
- pudenda — the external genital organs, especially those of the female; vulva.
- qdjanus — A Janus-to-Prolog compiler by Saumya Debray <[email protected]>. It is meant to be used with Sicstus Prolog and is mostly compliant with "Programming in Janus" by Saraswat, Kahn, and Levy.
- quacked — Simple past tense and past participle of quack.
- quadded — Also called quadrat. a piece of type metal of less height than the lettered types, serving to cause a blank in printed matter, used for spacing.
- quadrat — Printing. quad2 (def 1).
- quadrel — a square stone, brick, or tile.
- quadri- — four
- quadric — of the second degree (said especially of functions with more than two variables).
- quaffed — to drink a beverage, especially an intoxicating one, copiously and with hearty enjoyment.
- quailed — to lose heart or courage in difficulty or danger; shrink with fear.
- quandry — Misspelling of quandary.
- quashed — to put down or suppress completely; quell; subdue: to quash a rebellion.
- querida — Darling.
- quondam — former; onetime: his quondam partner.
- read up — study, research
- readout — Computers. the output of information from a computer in readable form. Compare printout.
- residua — the residue, remainder, or rest of something.
- reynaud — Paul [pawl] /pɔl/ (Show IPA), 1878–1966, French statesman: premier 1940.
- rhabdus — a needlelike structure supporting the soft tissue in an invertebrate sponge
- rimbaud — (Jean Nicolas) Arthur [zhahn nee-kaw-lah ar-tyr] /ʒɑ̃ ni kɔˈlɑ arˈtür/ (Show IPA), 1854–91, French poet.
- rondeau — Prosody. a short poem of fixed form, consisting of 13 or 10 lines on two rhymes and having the opening words or phrase used in two places as an unrhymed refrain.
- rotunda — a round building, especially one with a dome.
- roulade — a musical embellishment consisting of a rapid succession of tones sung to a single syllable.