9-letter words containing d, u, s, t
- ducktails — Plural form of ducktail.
- dumpsters — Plural form of dumpster.
- dunk shot — a shot in which a player near the basket jumps with the ball and thrusts it through the basket with one hand or both hands held above the rim. See also slam dunk (def 1).
- dunstable — John, c1390–1453, English composer.
- duotheism — Belief in and worship in two deities, usually framed as a god and goddess of roughly equal power.
- duotheist — A person who adheres to duotheism.
- durations — Plural form of duration.
- duricrust — a hard crust that forms on or in soil in semiarid climates owing to cementation of soil particles. Compare caliche, hardpan (defs 1, 2).
- dust ball — Chiefly Northern and North Midland U.S. a ball or roll of dust and lint that accumulates indoors, as in corners or under furniture.
- dust bath — the action of a bird of driving dust into its feathers, which may dislodge parasites
- dust bowl — the region in the S central U.S. that suffered from dust storms in the 1930s.
- dust cart — a garbage truck.
- dust down — wipe clean
- dust head — a habitual user of angel dust.
- dust mite — any of various mites, especially Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus and D. farinae, that ingest shed skin cells and may cause allergic reactions.
- dust shot — the smallest size of shot for use in a shotgun.
- dust well — a hollow in the surface of a glacier, formed by the melting action of dust or soil deposits.
- dustcarts — Plural form of dustcart.
- dustcloth — a soft, absorbent cloth used for dusting.
- dustiness — The quality of being dusty.
- dustproof — impervious to or free of dust.
- dustsheet — A large sheet which is draped over furniture as protection from dust.
- duststorm — Phenomenon in which gale- to hurricane-force winds blow particles up in a planet's atmosphere.
- dustywing — any of the rare, minute neuropterous insects of the family Coniopterygidae, characterized by a white, powdery body and wing cover, large eyes, long and slender antennae, and chewing mouthparts.
- duteously — In a duteous manner.
- dyestuffs — Plural form of dyestuff.
- dysfluent — Without proper fluency; not fluent.
- dysmature — Exhibiting dysmaturity.
- eastbound — traveling, proceeding, or headed east: an eastbound train.
- edematous — effusion of serous fluid into the interstices of cells in tissue spaces or into body cavities.
- educatees — Plural form of educatee.
- educators — Plural form of educator.
- eductions — Plural form of eduction.
- eduskunta — the Finnish parliament in Helsinki
- encrusted — Simple past tense and past participle of encrust.
- endosteum — (biology) A membranous vascular layer of cells which line the medullary cavity of a bone.
- entrusted — Assign the responsibility for doing something to (someone).
- exhausted — Drained of one's physical or mental resources; very tired.
- feedstuff — feed (def 13).
- feudalist — the feudal system, or its principles and practices.
- flustered — to put into a state of agitated confusion: His constant criticism flustered me.
- foodstuff — a substance used or capable of being used as nutriment.
- fraudster — A person who practices fraud; a swindler.
- gadabouts — Plural form of gadabout.
- gold dust — gold in fine particles.
- graduates — Plural form of graduate.
- guardpost — Alternative spelling of guard post.
- guidepost — a post, usually mounted on the roadside or at the intersection of two or more roads, bearing a sign for the guidance of travelers.
- handsturn — an amount of work or the period of time spent doing a piece of work
- hastilude — A medieval martial game.