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9-letter words containing m, u, d

  • dummy run — trial or practice
  • dump scow — a barge for disposing of garbage, dredged material, etc., having hoppers in the bottom through which such cargo can be dumped.
  • dumpiness — The quality of being dumpy.
  • dumpishly — in a downhearted and despondent manner
  • dumplings — Plural form of dumpling.
  • dumpsters — Plural form of dumpster.
  • dumptruck — a small truck used on building sites, having a load-bearing container at the front that can be tipped up to unload the contents
  • duodecimo — Also called twelvemo. a book size of about 5 × 7½ inches (13 × 19 cm), determined by printing on sheets folded to form 12 leaves or 24 pages. Symbol: 12 mo, 12°.
  • duotheism — Belief in and worship in two deities, usually framed as a god and goddess of roughly equal power.
  • 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.
  • durometer — a device for measuring the hardness of materials, especially metals.
  • dust mite — any of various mites, especially Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus and D. farinae, that ingest shed skin cells and may cause allergic reactions.
  • duststorm — Phenomenon in which gale- to hurricane-force winds blow particles up in a planet's atmosphere.
  • dutch elm — a widely planted hybrid elm tree, Ulmus hollandica, with spreading branches and a short trunk
  • 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.
  • edmund ii — ("Ironside") a.d. c980–1016, English king 1016: defeated by Canute.
  • educement — the action of educing
  • 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.
  • empurpled — Simple past tense and past participle of empurple.
  • enamoured — Alternative spelling of enamored.
  • endosteum — (biology) A membranous vascular layer of cells which line the medullary cavity of a bone.
  • enduement — Enduing.
  • epicedium — Dirge, lament, elegy.
  • eudemonia — Happiness, well-being.
  • eumenides — another name for the Furies, used by the Greeks as a euphemism
  • feed pump — A feed pump is a pump that moves a fluid such as a fuel at a controlled rate.
  • feudalism — the feudal system, or its principles and practices.
  • flummoxed — to bewilder; confound; confuse.
  • fort drum — a military reservation in Watertown in N New York, approximately 10 miles (16 km) E of Lake Ontario.
  • fraudsman — a fraudster; a cheat
  • frusemide — Former BAN name of the drug furosemide.
  • 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
  • grummeted — grommeted, or having grommets
  • grundyism — a prudish adherence to conventionality, especially in personal behavior.
  • guardroom — a room used by military guards during the period they are on duty.
  • guardsman — a person who acts as a guard.
  • guardsmen — Plural form of guardsman.
  • guildsman — a member of a guild.
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