10-letter words containing m, a, d, u
- dumb-asses — a thoroughly stupid person; blockhead.
- dumbwaiter — a small elevator, manually or electrically operated, consisting typically of a box with shelves, used in apartment houses, restaurants, and large private dwellings for moving dishes, food, garbage, etc., between floors.
- dummelhead — a stupid or slow-witted person
- dummy head — a model of the human head with a microphone in each ear intended to receive sound in binaural and surround sound reproduction and transmission
- dummy load — a resistive component that absorbs all the output power of an electrical generator or radio transmitter in order to simulate working conditions for test purposes
- duodecimal — pertaining to twelfths or to the number 12.
- dura mater — the tough, fibrous membrane forming the outermost of the three coverings of the brain and spinal cord. Also called dura. Compare arachnoid (def 6), pia mater.
- durrenmatt — Friedrich [freed-rik;; German free-drikh] /ˈfrid rɪk;; German ˈfri drɪx/ (Show IPA), 1921–90, Swiss dramatist and novelist.
- dutchwoman — a female native or inhabitant of the Netherlands; a woman of Dutch ancestry.
- duumvirate — a coalition of two persons holding the same office, as in ancient Rome.
- dyrrachium — a port in W Albania, on the Adriatic. Pop: 86 900 (1991 est)
- eadmund ii — ("Ironside") a.d. c980–1016, English king 1016: defeated by Canute.
- edumacated — Simple past tense and past participle of edumacate.
- emaculated — Simple past tense and past participle of emaculate.
- emu parade — an army exercise devoted to emu-bobbing
- emulsoidal — of or relating to an emulsoid
- endogamous — (of a marriage) Within a social group. The practice of endogamy.
- enumerated — Simple past tense and past participle of enumerate.
- epicardium — A serous membrane that forms the innermost layer of the pericardium and the outer surface of the heart.
- eudaemonia — Alternative spelling of eudemonia.
- eudaemonic — Conducive to happiness.
- eudaimonia — Alternative spelling of eudemonia.
- fledermaus — an opera (1874) by Johann Strauss, Jr.
- fluid dram — the eighth part of a fluid ounce. Symbol: f. Abbreviation: fl dr;
- formulated — Simple past tense and past participle of formulate.
- fulminated — Simple past tense and past participle of fulminate.
- fumadiddle — flumadiddle.
- fundaments — Plural form of fundament.
- gadolinium — a rare-earth metallic element. Symbol: Gd; atomic weight: 157.25; atomic number: 64.
- glammed up — made to look more glamorous
- gradualism — the principle or policy of achieving some goal by gradual steps rather than by drastic change.
- groundmass — the crystalline, granular, or glassy base or matrix of a porphyritic or other igneous rock, in which the more prominent crystals are embedded.
- groundsman — A male groundskeeper.
- grund mail — payment for the right to be buried
- guardrooms — Plural form of guardroom.
- gum dammar — dammar (def 1).
- hadhramaut — a region along the S coast of the Arabian peninsula, in the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen.
- hand-me-up — something, such as an item of electronic equipment, that is passed from a younger to an older member of a family
- harrumphed — to clear the throat audibly in a self-important manner: The professor harrumphed good-naturedly.
- haut monde — high society.
- holdup man — a person who commits an armed robbery.
- home guard — a volunteer force used for meeting local emergencies when the regular armed forces are needed elsewhere.
- housemaids — Plural form of housemaid.
- human body — the physical structure and material substance of a human being, consisting of many billions of cells as well as components outside of the cells: The average adult human body is 50–65% water.
- humic acid — a brown, melanin-tinted mixture of polymers, found in lignite, peat, and soils, where it acts as a cation exchange agent: used in drilling fluids and inks.
- humidistat — an instrument for measuring and controlling humidity.
- humiliated — to cause (a person) a painful loss of pride, self-respect, or dignity; mortify.
- humpbacked — having a hump on the back.
- husbandman — a farmer.
- husbandmen — Plural form of husbandman.