6-letter words containing o, d, u
- doucer — sedate; modest; quiet.
- doucet — (obsolete except in dialects) A sweetened dish.
- douche — a jet or current of water, sometimes with a dissolved medicating or cleansing agent, applied to a body part, organ, or cavity for medicinal or hygienic purposes.
- douchy — (pejorative) Like a douche bag.
- doudou — A term of endearment.
- doughs — Plural form of dough.
- dought — a simple past tense of dow1 .
- doughy — of or like dough, especially in being soft and heavy or pallid and flabby: a doughy consistency; a fat, doughy face.
- doulas — Plural form of doula.
- doumas — duma.
- dourah — a type of grain sorghum with slender stalks, cultivated in Asia and Africa and introduced into the U.S.
- dourly — sullen; gloomy: The captain's dour look depressed us all.
- doused — Simple past tense and past participle of douse.
- douser — a person or thing that douses.
- douses — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of douse.
- douted — Simple past tense and past participle of dout.
- douter — an implement for snuffing out candles, consisting either of a scissorlike device with two broad flat blades or of a cone at the end of a handle.
- drogue — a bucket or canvas bag used as a sea anchor.
- drouth — a period of dry weather, especially a long one that is injurious to crops.
- dryout — the process or an instance of drying out: applying compost to the garden soil to retard dryout.
- dubois — (Marie) Eugène (François Thomas) [ma-ree œ-zhen frahn-swa taw-mah] /maˈri œˈʒɛn frɑ̃ˈswa tɔˈmɑ/ (Show IPA), 1858–1941, Dutch physical anthropologist and anatomist.
- ductor — the roller that conveys ink in a press from the ink reservoir to the distributor.
- due to — owed at present; having reached the date for payment: This bill is due.
- duello — the practice or art of dueling.
- dugong — an herbivorous, aquatic mammal, Dugong dugon, of the Red Sea and Indian Ocean, having a barrel-shaped body, flipperlike forelimbs, no hind limbs, and a triangular tail: widespread but rare.
- dugout — a boat made by hollowing out a log.
- dumbos — Plural form of dumbo.
- dumont — a city in NE New Jersey.
- dumose — filled with bushes
- dumous — Abounding with bushes and briars.
- dunlop — John Boyd, 1840–1921, Scottish inventor of the pneumatic tire.
- dunois — Jean [zhahn] /ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), Comte de ("Bastard of Orleans") 1403?–68, French military leader: relieved by Joan of Arc and her troops when besieged at Orleans.
- dunoon — a town and resort in W Scotland, in Argyll and Bute, on the Firth of Clyde. Pop: 8251 (2001)
- duomos — Plural form of duomo.
- dupion — a cocoon formed jointly by two silkworms.
- dupont — Eleuthère Irénée [e-lœ-ter ee-rey-ney] /ɛ lœˈtɛr i reɪˈneɪ/ (Show IPA), 1771–1834, U.S. industrialist, born in France.
- durion — Alternative form of durian.
- dutton — Clarence Edward. 1841–1912, American geologist who first developed the theory of isostasy
- dyvour — a person who is bankrupt, begs for money, or owes money
- enduro — A long-distance race, especially for motor vehicles, motorcycles, or bicycles, typically over rough terrain, designed to test endurance.
- escudo — The basic monetary unit of Portugal (until the introduction of the euro) and Cape Verde, equal to 100 centavos.
- eudora — Electronic mail software for communicating over TCP/IP from Macintosh, Microsoft Windows, Windows NT, and IBM OS/2 computers. Both commercial and free versions are produced by QUALCOMM, Inc.
- exodus — A mass departure of people, esp. emigrants.
- foldup — something, as a chair or bed, that can be folded up and stored away when not in use.
- fondue — a saucelike dish of Swiss origin made with melted cheese and seasonings together with dry white wine, usually flavored with kirsch: served as a hot dip for pieces of bread.
- fondus — fondue (def 4).
- foudre — a large cask for maturing, storing, and transporting wine.
- fouled — grossly offensive to the senses; disgustingly loathsome; noisome: a foul smell.
- founde — Obsolete spelling of found; Simple past tense and past participle of find.
- founds — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of found.