10-letter words containing d, u, t, c
- duplicates — Plural form of duplicate.
- duplicator — a machine for making duplicates, as a mimeograph.
- duplicatus — (of a cloud) consisting of superposed layers that sometimes partially merge.
- dust cloud — a large cloud of dust that hangs in the air
- dust cover — a cloth or plastic covering used to protect furniture or equipment, as during a period of nonuse.
- dustjacket — Alternative form of dust jacket.
- dusty deck — Old software (especially applications) which one is obliged to remain compatible with, or to maintain. DP types call this "legacy code", a term hackers consider smarmy and excessively reverent. The term implies that the software in question is a holdover from card-punch days. Used especially when referring to old scientific and number crunching software, much of which was written in Fortran and very poorly documented but is believed to be too expensive to replace. See fossil; compare crawling horror.
- dutch barn — a farm building consisting of a steel frame and a curved roof
- dutch bond — a brickwork bond in which the vertical joints of the stretchers in any course are in line with the centers of the first stretchers above and below.
- dutch doll — a jointed wooden doll
- dutch door — a door consisting of two units horizontally divided so that each half can be opened or closed separately.
- dutch gold — an alloy of copper and zinc in the form of thin sheets, used as an imitation of gold leaf.
- dutch oven — a heavily constructed kettle with a close-fitting lid, used for pot roasts, stews, etc.
- dutch rise — an increase in wages that is of no benefit to the recipient
- dutch rush — scouring rush.
- dutch wife — (in tropical countries) an open framework used in bed as a rest for the limbs.
- dutchesses — Plural form of dutchess.
- dutchwoman — a female native or inhabitant of the Netherlands; a woman of Dutch ancestry.
- educatable — capable of being educated.
- educations — Plural form of education.
- edulcorant — tending to edulcorate
- edulcorate — to free from acids, salts, or impurities by washing; purify.
- edumacated — Simple past tense and past participle of edumacate.
- ejaculated — Simple past tense and past participle of ejaculate.
- elucidated — Simple past tense and past participle of elucidate.
- elucidates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of elucidate.
- elucidator — One who elucidates.
- emaculated — Simple past tense and past participle of emaculate.
- encaptured — Simple past tense and past participle of encapture.
- endproduct — Alternative spelling of end product.
- enucleated — Simple past tense and past participle of enucleate.
- enunciated — Simple past tense and past participle of enunciate.
- eurocredit — a loan in which the currency of the loan is different from the national currency of the lending bank
- exactitude — Exactness, accuracy; attention to small details.
- exculpated — Simple past tense and past participle of exculpate.
- fecundated — Simple past tense and past participle of fecundate.
- fecundator — to make prolific or fruitful.
- fluctuated — to change continually; shift back and forth; vary irregularly: The price of gold fluctuated wildly last month.
- food court — a space, as in a shopping mall, with a concentration of fast-food stalls and usually a common eating area.
- food truck — a truck or van from which food is sold, as to people on the street.
- fructified — Simple past tense and past participle of fructify.
- fructoside — a glycoside that yields fructose upon hydrolysis.
- functioned — Simple past tense and past participle of function.
- fundectomy — (surgery) The surgical removal of the fundus of an organ, such as the uterus or the stomach.
- hand cruft — (jargon) (After "hand craft") To write something by hand that would be better done automatically, e.g. writing assembly language instead of using a compiler (see hand hacking).
- hand truck — truck1 (def 3).
- hard court — a tennis court having a concrete or asphalt surface.
- head count — an inventory of people in a group taken by counting individuals.
- hold court — Law. a place where justice is administered. a judicial tribunal duly constituted for the hearing and determination of cases. a session of a judicial assembly.
- huckstered — Simple past tense and past participle of huckster.