10-letter words containing n, d, o, u
- duopsonies — Plural form of duopsony.
- durational — the length of time something continues or exists (often used with the).
- durnovaria — the Latin name for a town in S England, administrative centre of Dorset: associated with Thomas Hardy, esp as the Casterbridge of his novels. Pop: 16 171 (2001)
- durovernum — the Latin name for a city in SE England, in E Kent: starting point for St Augustine's mission to England (597 ad); cathedral where St Thomas à Becket was martyred (1170); seat of the archbishop and primate of England; seat of the University of Kent (1965). Pop: 43 552 (2001)
- dutch bond — a brickwork bond in which the vertical joints of the stretchers in any course are in line with the centers of the first stretchers above and below.
- dutch oven — a heavily constructed kettle with a close-fitting lid, used for pot roasts, stews, etc.
- dutchwoman — a female native or inhabitant of the Netherlands; a woman of Dutch ancestry.
- duty-bound — If you say you are duty-bound to do something, you are emphasizing that you feel it is your duty to do it.
- earthbound — headed for the earth: an earthbound meteorite.
- ecuadorean — a republic in NW South America. 109,483 sq. mi. (283,561 sq. km). Capital: Quito.
- ecuadorian — person from Ecuador
- edentulous — lacking teeth; toothless.
- edmundston — a city in NW New Brunswick, in SE Canada, on the upper part of the St. John River.
- educations — Plural form of education.
- edulcorant — tending to edulcorate
- emulsioned — Painted with emulsion paint.
- encouraged — Simple past tense and past participle of encourage.
- end around — a play in which an offensive end or wide receiver, after running across the field behind the line of scrimmage and taking a handoff from the quarterback, attempts to advance downfield
- endeavours — Plural form of endeavour.
- endogamous — (of a marriage) Within a social group. The practice of endogamy.
- endogenous — Having an internal cause or origin.
- endomysium — A layer of connective tissue which surrounds individual muscle fibers.
- endopleura — the internal coating of a seed
- endosulfan — (chemistry) a toxic chlorinated polycyclic insecticide used to control mites.
- endovenous — (anatomy) Inside a vein.
- endproduct — Alternative spelling of end product.
- enshrouded — Simple past tense and past participle of enshroud.
- eruditions — Plural form of erudition.
- eudaemonia — Alternative spelling of eudemonia.
- eudaemonic — Conducive to happiness.
- eudaimonia — Alternative spelling of eudemonia.
- eudemonics — the art or theory of happiness
- eudemonism — Alternative form of eudaemonism.
- euglenoids — Plural form of euglenoid.
- euphonized — Simple past tense and past participle of euphonize.
- euroclydon — a stormy wind from the north or northeast that occurs in the Levant, which caused the ship in which St Paul was travelling to be wrecked (Acts 27:14)
- exit wound — a wound caused by a missile, esp a bullet, leaving a person's body
- expounding — Present participle of expound.
- exudations — Plural form of exudation.
- fairground — Often, fairgrounds. a place where fairs, horse races, etc., are held; in the U.S. usually an area set aside by a city, county, or state for an annual fair and often containing exhibition buildings.
- fecundator — to make prolific or fruitful.
- floribunda — any of a class of roses characterized by a long blooming period and the production of large flowers often in thick clusters.
- floundered — to struggle with stumbling or plunging movements (usually followed by about, along, on, through, etc.): He saw the child floundering about in the water.
- flounderer — One who flounders, who behaves clumsily without direction.
- fluidounce — Alternative form of fluid ounce.
- flunkeydom — The state of a being a flunkey.
- foot-pound — a foot-pound-second unit of work or energy, equal to the work done by a force of one pound when its point of application moves through a distance of one foot in the direction of the force. Abbreviation: ft-lb.
- foreground — the ground or parts situated, or represented as situated, in the front; the portion of a scene nearest to the viewer (opposed to background).
- foudroyant — striking as with lightning; sudden and overwhelming in effect; stunning; dazzling.
- found poem — a composition made by combining fragments of such printed material as newspapers, signs, or menus, and rearranging them into the form of a poem.