9-letter words containing d, u, s
- 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.
- dupondius — a coin of ancient Rome, equal to two asses.
- 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).
- duskiness — somewhat dark; having little light; dim; shadowy.
- 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.
- dyersburg — a city in W Tennessee.
- dyestuffs — Plural form of dyestuff.
- dysfluent — Without proper fluency; not fluent.
- dysgeusia — an impairment of the sense of taste.
- dysmature — Exhibiting dysmaturity.
- dyushambe — a former name of Dushanbe.
- 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
- elkhounds — Plural form of elkhound.
- enceladus — a giant who was punished for his rebellion against the gods by a fatal blow from a stone cast by Athena. He was believed to be buried under Mount Etna in Sicily
- encrusted — Simple past tense and past participle of encrust.
- end house — the last house in a row, terrace, or street, from the viewpoint of the speaker
- endosteum — (biology) A membranous vascular layer of cells which line the medullary cavity of a bone.
- enshrouds — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of enshroud.
- entrusted — Assign the responsibility for doing something to (someone).
- epidaurus — an ancient port in Greece, in the NE Peloponnese, in Argolis on the Saronic Gulf
- epidurals — Plural form of epidural.
- equalised — (British) Simple past tense and past participle of equalise.
- eulogised — Simple past tense and past participle of eulogise.
- eumenides — another name for the Furies, used by the Greeks as a euphemism
- euphausid — (zoology) Any member of the Euphausidae.
- euripides — ?480–406 bc, Greek tragic dramatist. His plays, 18 of which are extant, include Alcestis, Medea, Hippolytus, Hecuba, Trojan Women, Electra, Iphigeneia in Tauris, Iphigeneia in Aulis, and Bacchae
- euro-isdn — European Integrated Services Digital Network. An ETSI standard for Integrated Services Digital Network being phased in in March 1994. Euro-ISDN will allow full transparent interworking between all European countries (members of the CEPT). It is available on a commercial basis in most European countries.