8-letter words containing n, d, o, u
- coumadin — Synonym of warfarin.
- coupland — Douglas. born 1961, Canadian novelist and journalist; novels include Generation X (1991), Girlfriend in a Coma (1998), and City of Glass (2000)
- courland — a region of Latvia, between the Gulf of Riga and the Lithuanian border
- cournand — André (Frederic). 1895–1988, US physician, born in France: shared the 1956 Nobel prize for physiology or medicine for his work on heart catheterization
- cow dung — cow manure
- crunodal — of or relating to a crunode
- culloden — a moor near Inverness in N Scotland: site of a battle in 1746 in which government troops under the Duke of Cumberland defeated the Jacobites under Prince Charles Edward Stuart
- cut down — If you cut down on something or cut down something, you use or do less of it.
- dan buoy — a small buoy used as a marker at sea
- debounce — To remove the small ripple of current that forms when a mechanical switch is pushed in an electrical circuit and makes a series of short contacts.
- decurion — a local councillor
- defusion — separation of the life instinct from the death instinct, a process often accompanying maturity.
- delusion — A delusion is a false idea.
- denounce — If you denounce a person or an action, you criticize them severely and publicly because you feel strongly that they are wrong or evil.
- deuotion — Obsolete spelling of devotion.
- deuteron — the nucleus of a deuterium atom, consisting of one proton and one neutron
- dilution — the act of diluting or the state of being diluted.
- diluvion — a coarse surficial deposit formerly attributed to a general deluge but now regarded as glacial drift.
- dine out — to eat the principal meal of the day; have dinner.
- dinosaur — any chiefly terrestrial, herbivorous or carnivorous reptile of the extinct orders Saurischia and Ornithischia, from the Mesozoic Era, certain species of which are the largest known land animals.
- dionysus — the god of fertility, wine, and drama; Bacchus.
- dipnoous — having both lungs and gills for breathing
- disbound — (of a book) having the binding torn or loose.
- discount — to deduct a certain amount from (a bill, charge, etc.): All bills that are paid promptly will be discounted at two percent.
- dismount — to get off or alight from a horse, bicycle, etc.
- disunion — a severance of union; separation; disjunction.
- document — a written or printed paper furnishing information or evidence, as a passport, deed, bill of sale, or bill of lading; a legal or official paper.
- dominium — complete power to use, to enjoy, and to dispose of property at will.
- don juan — a legendary Spanish nobleman famous for his many seductions and dissolute life.
- dortmund — a city in W Germany.
- douanier — a customs officer or official.
- doubling — anything that is twofold in size or amount or twice the usual size, quantity, strength, etc.
- doubloon — a former gold coin of Spain and Spanish America, originally equal to two escudos but fluctuating in value.
- doubting — Present participle of doubt.
- douching — Present participle of douche.
- doughnut — a small cake of sweetened or, sometimes, unsweetened dough fried in deep fat, typically shaped like a ring or, when prepared with a filling, a ball.
- dounreay — the site in N Scotland of a nuclear power station, which contained the world's first fast-breeder reactor (1962–77). A prototype fast-breeder operated from 1974 until 1994: a nuclear fuel reprocessing plant has also operated at the site
- doupioni — an irregular silk thread reeled from two or more entangled cocoons and producing a coarse yarn generally used in fabrics such as shantung or pongee.
- dourness — sullen; gloomy: The captain's dour look depressed us all.
- douzaine — a bet in roulette on 12 numbers simultaneously so as to share in any that win.
- downhaul — any of various lines for pulling down a sail or a yard, as for securing in a lowered position when not in use.
- downpour — a heavy, drenching rain.
- downrush — (intransitive) To rush down; rush downward.
- downturn — an act or instance of turning down or the state of being turned down: the downturn of a lower lip in a permanent pout.
- drummond — Henry, 1851–97, Scottish clergyman and writer.
- du quoin — a town in SW Illinois: site of the Hambletonian.
- duathlon — An athletic contest consisting of running and cycling.
- dubonnet — (lowercase) a deep purple-red color.
- ducatoon — a former silver coin of the Netherlands, used through the 17th and 18th centuries: equal to three gulden.
- ducommun — Élie [ey-lee] /eɪˈli/ (Show IPA), 1833–1906, Swiss author: Nobel Peace Prize 1902.