9-letter words containing h, u, d
- doukhobor — a member of an independent religious sect originating in Russia in the 18th century, believing in the supreme authority of the inner voice and in the transmigration of souls, rejecting the divinity of Christ and the establishing of churches, and expressing opposition to civil authority by refusing to pay taxes, do military service, etc.
- dovehouse — A dovecote.
- 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.
- draughted — a drawing, sketch, or design.
- draughter — a drawing, sketch, or design.
- drumheads — Plural form of drumhead.
- dry-gulch — to ambush with the intent of killing or severely mauling: The riders were dry-gulched by bandits.
- duathlons — Plural form of duathlon.
- duchesses — the wife or widow of a duke.
- duck hawk — a peregrine falcon of the American subspecies Falco peregrinus anatum, noted for its especially swift flight.
- duckshove — to evade (responsibility or an issue)
- duckwheat — India wheat.
- dukhobors — a pacifistic, nonritualistic, mystical religious sect that separated (1785) from the Eastern Orthodox Church: in the 1890s, many members emigrated to W Canada
- dullishly — in a slightly dull manner
- dumb show — a part of a dramatic representation given in pantomime, common in early English drama.
- dumpishly — in a downhearted and despondent manner
- duncishly — in a dullard-like manner
- dung heap — a heap of dung
- dunghills — Plural form of dunghill.
- 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).
- 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.
- dust bath — the action of a bird of driving dust into its feathers, which may dislodge parasites
- dust head — a habitual user of angel dust.
- dust shot — the smallest size of shot for use in a shotgun.
- dustcloth — a soft, absorbent cloth used for dusting.
- dustsheet — A large sheet which is draped over furniture as protection from dust.
- dutch 200 — a score of 200 in a game, made by bowling strikes and spares alternately.
- dutch bob — a hair style consisting of bangs cut straight across the forehead and the rest of the hair cut to a uniform length just below the ears.
- dutch cap — a woman's lace cap with triangular flaps, characteristic of Dutch national dress
- dutch cut — Dutch bob.
- dutch elm — a widely planted hybrid elm tree, Ulmus hollandica, with spreading branches and a short trunk
- dutch hoe — a type of hoe in which the head consists of a two-edged cross-blade attached to two prongs or of a single pressing of this shape
- dutch lap — a method of laying shingles, slates, or the like, in which each shingle or slate overlaps those below and to one side and is itself overlapped by those above and to the other side.
- dyushambe — a former name of Dushanbe.
- echiuroid — any wormlike invertebrate of the phylum Echiuroidea, found in sand and mud of tropical and subtropical seas, having at the mouth a ciliated, often elongated prostomium.
- edinburgh — a division of the United Kingdom in the N part of Great Britain. 30,412 sq. mi. (78,772 sq. km). Capital: Edinburgh.
- elkhounds — Plural form of elkhound.
- end house — the last house in a row, terrace, or street, from the viewpoint of the speaker
- enshrouds — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of enshroud.
- eunuchoid — Resembling a eunuch, typically in having reduced or indeterminate sexual characteristics.
- euphausid — (zoology) Any member of the Euphausidae.
- euthyroid — having a thyroid gland that functions normally
- exhausted — Drained of one's physical or mental resources; very tired.
- fish duck — merganser.
- fishguard — a port and resort in SW Wales, in Pembrokeshire: ferry connections to Cork and Rosslare. Pop: 3193 (2001)
- fishpound — a submerged net used in commercial fishing for capturing fish.
- fluffhead — (pejorative) A silly or vacuous person; an airhead.
- foxhounds — Plural form of foxhound.