9-letter words containing d, u, a
- daubingly — in a coating or smearing manner
- daughters — Plural form of daughter.
- dauntless — A dauntless person is brave and confident and not easily frightened.
- davis cup — an annual international lawn tennis championship for men's teams
- day nurse — a nurse who is on duty during the daytime
- day pupil — a pupil at a boarding school who attends lessons during the day but does not sleep at the school
- de gaulle — Charles (André Joseph Marie) (ʃarl). 1890–1970, French general and statesman. During World War II, he refused to accept Pétain's armistice with Germany and founded the Free French movement in England (1940). He was head of the provisional governments (1944–46) and, as first president of the Fifth Republic (1959–69), he restored political and economic stability to France
- de la rue — Warren, 1815–89, English astronomer and inventor.
- deactuate — to incite or move to action; impel; motivate: actuated by selfish motives.
- dead duck — If you describe someone or something as a dead duck, you are emphasizing that you think they have absolutely no chance of succeeding.
- deadhouse — a mortuary
- deaf-mute — A deaf-mute is someone who cannot hear or speak. This word could cause offence.
- dean rusk — (David) Dean, 1909–94, U.S. statesman: secretary of state 1961–69.
- death cup — a poisonous mushroom of the genus Amanita.
- deauville — a town and resort in NW France: casino. Pop: 3968 (2008)
- debateful — quarrelsome
- debauched — If you describe someone as debauched, you mean they behave in a way that you think is socially unacceptable, for example because they drink a lot of alcohol or have sex with a lot of people.
- debauchee — a man who leads a life of reckless drinking, promiscuity, and self-indulgence
- debaucher — to corrupt by sensuality, intemperance, etc.; seduce.
- debauches — to corrupt by sensuality, intemperance, etc.; seduce.
- debutante — A debutante is a young woman from the upper classes who has started going to social events with other young people.
- debutants — Plural form of debutant.
- decalogue — Ten Commandments
- decaudate — to take off the tail of (an animal)
- deciduate — having or characterized by a decidua.
- decoupage — the art or process of decorating a surface with shapes or illustrations cut from paper, card, etc
- decubital — any position assumed by a patient when lying in bed.
- decurtate — Shortened, curtailed.
- decussate — to cross or cause to cross in the form of the letter X; intersect
- defaulted — failure to act; inaction or neglect: They lost their best client by sheer default.
- defaulter — A defaulter is someone who does not do something that they are legally supposed to do, such as make a payment at a particular time, or appear in a court of law.
- defeature — to blemish or disfigure (a person or thing)
- defrauded — to deprive of a right, money, or property by fraud: Dishonest employees defrauded the firm of millions of dollars.
- defrauder — One who defrauds.
- degaussed — Simple past tense and past participle of degauss.
- degausser — a device that degausses
- degausses — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of degauss.
- degustate — to taste or savor carefully or appreciatively.
- dehra dun — a city in N India, the capital of Uttarakhand (formerly Uttaranchal): Indian military academy (1932). Pop: 447 808 (2001)
- deiparous — giving birth to a god
- delictual — (legal) Derived from a delict (analogous to a tort).
- deludable — Capable of being deluded; gullible.
- demagogue — If you say that someone such as a politician is a demagogue you are criticizing them because you think they try to win people's support by appealing to their emotions rather than using reasonable arguments.
- demeanour — Your demeanour is the way you behave, which gives people an impression of your character and feelings.
- demeanure — Obsolete form of demeanor.
- demurrage — the delaying of a ship, railway wagon, etc, caused by the charterer's failure to load, unload, etc, before the time of scheduled departure
- denatured — Having been deprived of its nature, having had its nature changed.
- denatures — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of denature.
- denotatum — (linguistics, philosophy) Something that is denoted; a referent.
- dentalium — any scaphopod mollusc of the genus Dentalium