11-letter words containing r, a, d, u
- desulfurate — to desulfurize.
- deuteranope — a person suffering from deuteranopia
- deuteration — the process of introducing deuterium into a molecule or chemical compound
- deuterogamy — a marriage after the death or divorce of the first spouse
- deutschmark — the former standard monetary unit of Germany, divided into 100 pfennigs; replaced by the euro in 2002: until 1990 the standard monetary unit of West Germany
- dextrocular — favoring the right eye, rather than the left, by habit or for effective vision (opposed to sinistrocular).
- diascordium — a herbal medicine, no longer in use, containing among other ingredients the herb scordium and opium
- diazo group — the bivalent group –N=N– united with one hydrocarbon group and another atom or group, as in benzenediazo hydroxide, C 6 H 5 N=NOH, or the bivalent group =N=N united with one hydrocarbon group, as in diazomethane, CH 2 =N=N.
- dick around — to spend time wastefully or unprofitably
- die walküre — an opera by Wagner (1870), one of four in a cycle based on the German myth of the Ring of the Nibelung
- dilutionary — causing, involving, or relating to the dilution of company stocks
- dinosaurian — pertaining to or of the nature of a dinosaur.
- dirt dauber — mud dauber.
- disannuller — a person who disannuls
- disasterous — Misspelling of disastrous.
- disbursable — to pay out (money), especially for expenses; expend.
- discouraged — to deprive of courage, hope, or confidence; dishearten; dispirit.
- discourager — One who discourages.
- discourages — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of discourage.
- disfavoured — Simple past tense and past participle of disfavour.
- disfavourer — one who does not favour
- disfeatured — Simple past tense and past participle of disfeature.
- disgraceful — bringing or deserving disgrace; shameful; dishonorable; disreputable.
- disgracious — Lacking grace; not pleasing; disagreeable.
- displeasure — dissatisfaction, disapproval, or annoyance.
- disregulate — Misspelling of dysregulate.
- disruptable — Capable of being disrupted.
- disruptants — Plural form of disruptant.
- distractful — (archaic) distracting.
- disturbance — the act of disturbing.
- diurnal arc — the portion of the diurnal circle that is above the horizon at a given point.
- diverticula — a blind, tubular sac or process branching off from a canal or cavity, especially an abnormal, saclike herniation of the mucosal layer through the muscular wall of the colon.
- divulgatory — to make publicly known; publish.
- do a runner — escape, run away
- documentary — Also, documental [dok-yuh-men-tl] /ˌdɒk yəˈmɛn tl/ (Show IPA). pertaining to, consisting of, or derived from documents: a documentary history of France.
- dog curtain — a flap on a canvas cover for a binnacle, affording a view of the compass when raised.
- dorsolumbar — of, relating to, or affecting the back in the region of the lumbar vertebrae.
- double star — two stars that appear as one if not viewed through a telescope with adequate magnification, such as two stars that are separated by a great distance but are nearly in line with each other and an observer (optical double star) or those that are relatively close together and comprise a single physical system (physical double star)
- double-park — If someone double-parks their car or their car double-parks, they park in a road by the side of another parked car.
- douglas fir — a coniferous tree, Pseudotsuga menziesii, of western North America, often more than 200 feet (60 meters) high, having reddish-brown bark, flattened needles, and narrow, light-brown cones, and yielding a strong, durable timber: the state tree of Oregon.
- downdraught — Alternative spelling of downdraft.
- dracunculus — A fish, the dragonet.
- drag out of — to obtain or extract (a confession, statement, etc), esp by force
- drama queen — Informal. a person who often has exaggerated or overly emotional reactions to events or situations: You're such a drama queen! You always have to have all the attention.
- dramaturges — Plural form of dramaturge.
- dramaturgic — Of or relating to the art of dramatic composition for the stage.
- draughtiest — Superlative form of draughty.
- draughtsman — a checker, as used in the game of checkers.
- draughtsmen — Plural form of draughtsman.
- draw runner — loper.