9-letter words containing m, a, d, u
- demagogue — If you say that someone such as a politician is a demagogue you are criticizing them because you think they try to win people's support by appealing to their emotions rather than using reasonable arguments.
- demeanour — Your demeanour is the way you behave, which gives people an impression of your character and feelings.
- demeanure — Obsolete form of demeanor.
- demurrage — the delaying of a ship, railway wagon, etc, caused by the charterer's failure to load, unload, etc, before the time of scheduled departure
- denotatum — (linguistics, philosophy) Something that is denoted; a referent.
- dentalium — any scaphopod mollusc of the genus Dentalium
- despumate — to clarify or purify (a liquid) by skimming a scum from its surface
- diacodium — (in pre-modern medicine) a herbal remedy made chiefly from poppies, acting as an opiate and thus used to aid sleep
- diatretum — a type of decorative Roman bowl or cup made of glass
- diazonium — of, consisting of, or containing the group, Ar-N:N-, where Ar is an aryl group
- dichasium — a cymose inflorescence in which each branch bearing a flower gives rise to two other flowering branches, as in the stitchwort
- dictamnus — (botany) A suffrutescent plant, Dictamnus albus (the only species in the genus), with strong perfume and showy flowers.
- dicumarol — a white, crystalline powder, C19H12O6, originally extracted from spoiled sweet clover, used to retard blood clots
- dismayful — filled with dismay
- dismutase — (enzyme) Any of several enzymes that catalyze dismutation reactions.
- docudrama — a fictionalized drama based primarily on actual events.
- doum palm — doom palm.
- dramaturg — a specialist in dramaturgy, especially one who acts as a consultant to a theater company, advising them on possible repertory.
- drepanium — a type of flower cluster shaped like a sickle
- drugmaker — a person or company that manufactures pharmaceutical products.
- drumbeats — Plural form of drumbeat.
- drumheads — Plural form of drumhead.
- dulcamara — a type of vine with orange fruit and purple flowers that is a member of the Solanaceae family
- dumaguete — a city on S Negros, in the S central Philippines.
- dumb ague — an irregular form of intermittent malarial fever, lacking the usual chill.
- dumb cane — a West Indian foliage plant, Dieffenbachia seguine, of the arum family, having yellow-blotched leaves that cause temporary speechlessness when chewed.
- dumb dora — a foolishly simple, stupid, or scatterbrained woman.
- dumb-cane — a West Indian foliage plant, Dieffenbachia seguine, of the arum family, having yellow-blotched leaves that cause temporary speechlessness when chewed.
- dumbarton — Also, Dunbarton [duhn-bahr-tn] /dʌnˈbɑr tn/ (Show IPA). Also called Dumbartonshire [duhm-bahr-tn-sheer, -sher] /dʌmˈbɑr tnˌʃɪər, -ʃər/ (Show IPA). a historic county in W Scotland.
- dumbass's — a thoroughly stupid person; blockhead.
- duralumin — an alloy of aluminum that is 4 percent copper and contains small amounts of magnesium, manganese, iron, and silicon: used for applications requiring lightness and strength, as in airplane construction.
- duumviral — relating to duumvirs
- dysmature — Exhibiting dysmaturity.
- dyushambe — a former name of Dushanbe.
- eadmund i — Edmund I.
- edematous — effusion of serous fluid into the interstices of cells in tissue spaces or into body cavities.
- edumacate — (humorous) deliberate misspelling of educate.
- elmaguide — (language) The metalanguage used for interpretation of user actions in the ELMA compiler writer developed at Tallinn Poly Institute in 1978.
- enamoured — Alternative spelling of enamored.
- eudemonia — Happiness, well-being.
- feudalism — the feudal system, or its principles and practices.
- fraudsman — a fraudster; a cheat
- fumed oak — oak wood given a darker color and more distinct marking by exposure to ammonia fumes
- fumigated — Simple past tense and past participle of fumigate.
- fundament — the buttocks.
- galumphed — Simple past tense and past participle of galumph.
- gaudeamus — a university students' gathering or merry-making
- glamoured — Simple past tense and past participle of glamour.
- gourmands — Plural form of gourmand.
- groundman — a groundsman