10-letter words containing d, u, y
- in custody — Someone who is in custody or has been taken into custody has been arrested and is being kept in prison until they can be tried in a court.
- inadequacy — Also, inadequateness [in-ad-i-kwit-nis] /ɪnˈæd ɪ kwɪt nɪs/ (Show IPA). the state or condition of being inadequate; insufficiency.
- indulgency — indulgence.
- ineludibly — not eludible; inescapable.
- jerrybuild — To assemble a project in a hasty, low-quality manner, especially when cheap, low-quality and/or inappropriate materials are used.
- judicatory — of or relating to judgment or the administration of justice; judiciary: judicatory power.
- judicially — pertaining to judgment in courts of justice or to the administration of justice: judicial proceedings; the judicial system.
- julian day — a serial number equal to the number of days elapsed since January 1, 4713 b.c., proposed by Joseph Scaliger in 1582 and used in astronomical calculations: January 1, 1965, at noon, Greenwich Civil Time, was Julian Day 2,438,762.0. Abbreviation: J.D.
- keypunched — Simple past tense and past participle of keypunch.
- klendusity — (in plants) the ability to resist disease
- labour day — a holiday in honor of labor, celebrated on May 1 in Britain and some parts of the Commonwealth, but on the first Monday in September in Canada, on the fourth Monday in October in New Zealand, and with varying dates in the different states of Australia.
- laundryman — a person who works in or operates a laundry.
- laundrymen — Plural form of laundryman.
- light-duty — made or designed to withstand comparatively moderate loads, use, or stress: light-duty trucks.
- low sunday — the first Sunday after Easter.
- lumberyard — a yard where lumber is stored for sale.
- lundy isle — an island at the mouth of the Bristol Channel, off Devon, SW England: historic refuge for pirates and smugglers. 1.5 sq. mi. (4 sq. km).
- lyam-hound — a bloodhound.
- lycopodium — any erect or creeping, mosslike, evergreen plant of the genus Lycopodium, as the club moss or ground pine.
- lyme-hound — lyam-hound.
- mary tudor — Antony, 1909–87, English choreographer and dancer.
- measuredly — In a measured fashion.
- medium-dry — Medium-dry wine or sherry is not very sweet.
- midcentury — Occurring around the center or middle of the century.
- mind (you) — You use mind you to emphasize a piece of information that you are adding, especially when the new information explains what you have said or contrasts with it. Some people use mind in a similar way.
- modularity — the use of individually distinct functional units, as in assembling an electronic or mechanical system.
- modulatory — to regulate by or adjust to a certain measure or proportion; soften; tone down.
- molybdenum — a silver-white metallic element, used as an alloy with iron in making hard, high-speed cutting tools. Symbol: Mo; atomic weight: 95.94; atomic number: 42; specific gravity: 10.2.
- money fund — a money-market fund.
- moribundly — In a moribund way.
- mouldy fig — a rigid adherent to older jazz forms
- murphy bed — a bed constructed so that it can be folded or swung into a closet.
- murray cod — a large Australian freshwater fish, Maccullochella peeli, chiefly of the Murray and Darling rivers
- muster day — the annual day for enrollment in the militia of all able men aged 18 to 45, according to a law established in 1792 and in effect until after the Civil War.
- myocardium — the muscular substance of the heart.
- neurodynia — (pathology) nerve pain; neuralgia.
- nonduality — Lack of duality.
- nuyts land — early name of a region on the southern coast in S Australia, discovered by the Dutch in 1626–27.
- obdurately — In an obdurate manner; stubbornly, intractably or inflexibly.
- orotundity — (of the voice or speech) characterized by strength, fullness, richness, and clearness.
- outdatedly — in an outdated manner
- outmodedly — In an outmoded manner.
- oxysulfide — a sulfide in which part of the sulfur is replaced by oxygen.
- phyllodium — phyllode.
- plauditory — approving or laudatory
- play cupid — If you say that someone is playing cupid, you mean that they are trying to bring two people together to start a romantic relationship.
- played out — a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
- playground — an area used for outdoor play or recreation, especially by children, and often containing recreational equipment such as slides and swings.
- point duty — the stationing of a policeman or traffic warden at a road junction to control and direct traffic
- pollutedly — in a polluted manner