10-letter words containing n, u
- deputation — A deputation is a small group of people who have been asked to speak to someone on behalf of a larger group of people, especially in order to make a complaint.
- deputising — to appoint as deputy.
- descendeur — a shaped metal piece through which the rope can be fed: used to control the rate of descent in abseiling
- designatum — (semantics) That which is named or designated by a linguistic term.
- desk-bound — engaged in or involving sedentary work, as at an office desk
- desludging — mud, mire, or ooze; slush.
- desmoulins — (Lucie Simplice) Camille (Benoît) (kamij). 1760–94, French revolutionary leader, pamphleteer, and orator
- detruncate — to cut off a part of; truncate
- deunionize — to eliminate labor unions from (a company, industry, etc.).
- deurbanize — to divest (a city or locality) of urban characteristics.
- devolution — Devolution is the transfer of some authority or power from a central organization or government to smaller organizations or government departments.
- devourment — the act of devouring
- devoutness — devoted to divine worship or service; pious; religious: a devout Catholic.
- dialoguing — conversation between two or more persons.
- dianthuses — Plural form of dianthus.
- diaphanous — Diaphanous cloth is very thin and almost transparent.
- diaphonous — Misspelling of diaphanous.
- dicoumarin — any compound formed with two bonded coumarin molecules
- didynamous — (of plants) having four stamens arranged in two pairs of unequal length, as in the foxglove
- dieselpunk — A postmodern genre of art as well as a budding subculture that combines the aesthetics of the interbellum period through World War II and ending circa 1950s (a range of time often referred to as the \u201cdiesel era\u201d by the dieselpunk community) with contemporary creations.
- diffluence — the act of flowing off or away.
- diflunisal — a substance, C 13 H 8 F 2 O 3 , used as an analgesic, antipyretic, and anti-inflammatory drug in the treatment of rheumatoid diseases and other musculoskeletal disorders.
- dig around — If you dig around in a place or container, you search for something in every part of it.
- digoneutic — producing offspring twice yearly
- diluteness — The state or quality of being dilute.
- dilutional — Of or pertaining to dilution.
- diminuendo — a gradual reduction of force or loudness.
- diminution — the act, fact, or process of diminishing; lessening; reduction.
- diminutive — small; little; tiny: a diminutive building for a model-train layout.
- dinkum oil — the truth
- dinosauric — Of or pertaining to dinosaurs.
- diophantus — 3rd century ad, Greek mathematician, noted for his treatise on the theory of numbers, Arithmetica
- disabusing — Present participle of disabuse.
- disburdens — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disburden.
- disbursing — Present participle of disburse.
- disburthen — (obsolete) disburden.
- discluding — Present participle of disclude.
- discounsel — to advise (a person) against a specific act
- discounted — to deduct a certain amount from (a bill, charge, etc.): All bills that are paid promptly will be discounted at two percent.
- discounter — a person who discounts.
- discursion — an instance of discursive writing, speech, etc.; a wandering or logically unconnected statement.
- discussant — a person who participates in a formal discussion or symposium and is responsible for a specific topic.
- discussing — to consider or examine by argument, comment, etc.; talk over or write about, especially to explore solutions; debate: to discuss the proposed law on taxes.
- discussion — an act or instance of discussing; consideration or examination by argument, comment, etc., especially to explore solutions; informal debate.
- discusting — Misspelling of disgusting.
- discutient — capable of dissipating diseased matter
- disdainful — full of or showing disdain; scornful.
- disfluency — Pathology. impairment of the ability to produce smooth, fluent speech.
- disfurnish — to deprive of something with which a person or thing is furnished; divest of possessions; strip.
- disgruntle — to put into a state of sulky dissatisfaction; make discontent.