10-letter words containing n, u
- drug baron — the head of an organization that deals in illegal drugs
- drugs ring — an organized group of people involved in drug dealing
- drunk dial — a phone call made by someone who is intoxicated.
- drunk tank — a large jail cell where persons arrested for drunkenness are kept, usually overnight.
- drunk text — a text message sent by someone who is intoxicated.
- drunkathon — a session in which excessive quantities of alcohol are consumed
- drury lane — a street in London, England, formerly notable for its theaters, named after the house Sir William Drury built there in the reign of Henry VIII.
- drying-out — the process of detoxifying an alcoholic patient: Drying-out takes time.
- dubitation — doubt.
- dude ranch — a ranch operated primarily as a vacation resort.
- duennaship — The role or status of duenna.
- duisenberg — Willem Frederik, known as Wim. 1935–2005, Dutch economist; president of the European Central Bank (1998–2003)
- dukkeripen — fortune-telling
- dulcifying — Present participle of dulcify.
- dull knife — (Tah-me-la-pash-me) died 1883, leader of the Northern Cheyenne.
- dumb bunny — a stupid person.
- dumbfounds — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dumbfound.
- dumbsizing — Present participle of dumbsize.
- dumfounded — to make speechless with amazement; astonish.
- dumfounder — To dumbfound; to confound.
- dunderfunk — a combination of ship's biscuit and molasses that is baked
- dunderhead — a dunce; blockhead; numbskull.
- dunderpate — a dunce; blockhead; numbskull.
- dune buggy — vehicle used on sand
- dune grass — a stout grass, Elymus arenarius, of Eurasia, used as a binder for shifting sand.
- dune-buggy — to drive or ride in a dune buggy.
- duniwassal — (in Scotland) a minor nobleman
- duodecagon — dodecagon.
- duodenitis — inflammation of the duodenum.
- 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)
- durrenmatt — Friedrich [freed-rik;; German free-drikh] /ˈfrid rɪk;; German ˈfri drɪx/ (Show IPA), 1921–90, Swiss dramatist and novelist.
- dust bunny — Slang. a loose, tangled ball of dust, lint, hair, etc., especially as found under a low piece of furniture.
- dutch barn — a farm building consisting of a steel frame and a curved roof
- 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.
- dvd burner — A DVD burner is a piece of computer equipment that you use for copying data from a computer onto a DVD.
- dysfluency — disfluency.
- e-business — also e-commerce
- e-neutrino — electron-neutrino.
- eadmund ii — ("Ironside") a.d. c980–1016, English king 1016: defeated by Canute.
- ear fungus — a smooth, reddish-brown ear-shaped fungus, Otidia smithii, abundant in North America.
- earned run — a run yielded by a pitcher in which no error by the pitcher or the pitcher's teammates and no passed ball by the catcher was involved.
- earthbound — headed for the earth: an earthbound meteorite.
- eastbourne — a seaport in East Sussex, in SE England.
- eau de nil — a pale yellowish-green colour