9-letter words containing d, u, a
- disvalued — Simple past tense and past participle of disvalue.
- diuranate — (inorganic chemistry) The dibasic anion U2O72- or any salt containing this anion.
- diurnally — of or relating to a day or each day; daily.
- diuturnal — Durable, long-lasting.
- divulgate — to make publicly known; publish.
- djajapura — a city in and the capital of Irian Jaya, on the NE coast, in Indonesia.
- dna virus — any virus containing DNA.
- do a bunk — run away
- docu-soap — a television documentary series in which the lives of the people filmed are presented as entertainment or drama
- docudrama — a fictionalized drama based primarily on actual events.
- docusoaps — Plural form of docusoap.
- dog guard — a metal frame used in a car to contain pet dogs
- dolgellau — a market town and tourist centre in NW Wales, in Gwynedd. Pop: 2407 (2001)
- dong quai — an aromatic herb, Angelica sinensis, of the parsley family, native to China and Japan, used to treat menopausal symptoms, premenstrual syndrome, and menstrual irregularity.
- double ax — an ax with a double-edged blade, frequently depicted in prehistoric decorative designs of the eastern Mediterranean region, especially in Minoan religious sites.
- doubleday — Abner, 1819–93, U.S. army officer; sometimes credited with inventing the modern game of baseball.
- doubtable — (uncommon) Capable of being doubted; doubtful; dubious; dubitable. See usage notes below.
- doubtably — to be uncertain about; consider questionable or unlikely; hesitate to believe.
- douchebag — a small syringe having detachable nozzles for fluid injections, used chiefly for vaginal lavage and for enemas.
- doughball — a small ball of bread dough, cooked in a stew, as an accompaniment to a meal, etc
- doughface — a Northerner who sympathized with the South during the controversies over new territories and slavery before the Civil War.
- doum palm — doom palm.
- drag bunt — an in-motion bunt for a base hit usually attempted by a left-handed batter, who starts for first base while trailing the bat to meet the ball, without squaring around, in order to catch the infield by surprise. Compare sacrifice (def 6).
- drag hunt — drag (def 27c).
- draghound — a hound for use in following a hunting drag, specifically bred for speed and stamina rather than subtlety of sense of smell.
- dragqueen — Alternative form of drag queen.
- drainplug — A plug for a drain.
- dramaturg — a specialist in dramaturgy, especially one who acts as a consultant to a theater company, advising them on possible repertory.
- draughted — a drawing, sketch, or design.
- draughter — a drawing, sketch, or design.
- draw upon — use as source or resource
- drawerful — an amount sufficient to fill a drawer: a drawerful of socks.
- drawn-out — long-drawn-out.
- drawtubes — Plural form of drawtube.
- dreadfull — Archaic spelling of dreadful.
- drepanium — a type of flower cluster shaped like a sickle
- droitural — pertaining to right of ownership as distinguished from right of possession.
- drug czar — a senior public official charged with tackling the problem of drugs
- drug tsar — a senior public official charged with tackling the problem of drugs
- drugmaker — a person or company that manufactures pharmaceutical products.
- druidical — Alt form Druidical.
- drumbeats — Plural form of drumbeat.
- drumheads — Plural form of drumhead.
- drunkards — Plural form of drunkard.
- dryasdust — a dull, pedantic person
- du bellay — Joachim [French zhaw-a-keem] /French ʒɔ aˈkim/ (Show IPA), Bellay, Joachim du.
- dual boot — (operating system) Any system offering the user the choice of two operation systems (OSes) under which to start a computer. A dual boot system allows the user to run programs for both operating systems on a single computer (though not simultaneously). The term "multiple boot" or "multiboot" extends the idea to more than two OSes. The OSes are generally unaware of each other's existence. They are installed on separate hard disk partitions or on separate disks. They may be able to access each other's files, possibly via some extra driver software if they use different file systems. The OSes need not be completely different - they might be different versions of Microsoft Windows (e.g. Windows XP and Windows NT) or Linux (e.g. Debian and Fedora). A dual boot system differs from an emulator such as vmware, which runs one or more OSes "on top" of the primary OS, using its resources.
- dual-band — of or relating to mobile telephones that can operate on two GSM frequency bands
- dual-carb — (of an engine) equipped with a pair of carburetors.
- dualistic — of, relating to, or of the nature of dualism.