10-letter words containing u, d, a, i
- radiopaque — opaque to radiation; visible in x-ray photographs and under fluoroscopy (opposed to radiotransparent).
- radius rod — (in a feathering paddle wheel) any of the rods, meeting in a hub mounted eccentrically with the paddle-wheel shaft, for feathering the paddles while in the water.
- raduliform — rasp-like
- rain cloud — a cloud or a mass of clouds that yields rain.
- rain-cloud — a cloud or a mass of clouds that yields rain.
- repudiable — to reject as having no authority or binding force: to repudiate a claim.
- residually — in a residual manner.
- rheumatoid — resembling rheumatism.
- riot squad — a group of police officers having special training and equipment for quelling riots and other public disturbances.
- ritualised — to practice ritualism.
- ritualized — to practice ritualism.
- rubricated — (in ancient manuscripts, early printed books, etc.) having titles, catchwords, etc., distinctively colored.
- rudimental — pertaining to rudiments or first principles; elementary: a rudimentary knowledge of geometry.
- saint jude — the author of this, stated to be the brother of James (Jude 1) and almost certainly identical with Thaddaeus (Matthew 10:2–4). Feast day: Oct 28 or June 19
- salmagundi — a mixed dish consisting usually of cubed poultry or fish, chopped meat, anchovies, eggs, onions, oil, etc., often served as a salad.
- sanctitude — holiness; saintliness; sanctity.
- scindapsus — any plant of the tropical Asiatic climbing genus Scindapsus, typically stem rooting, esp S. aureus and S. pictus, grown as greenhouse or house plants for their leathery heart-shaped variegated leaves: family Araceae
- scuba dive — go deep-sea swimming
- scuba-dive — to descend and swim underwater using a scuba device.
- sdrucciola — (of rhymes) triple
- seguidilla — Prosody. a stanza of four to seven lines with a distinctive rhythmic pattern.
- seleucidan — Seleucid.
- semifeudal — partly feudal
- sexualised — to render sexual; endow with sexual characteristics.
- shin guard — a protective covering, usually of leather or plastic and often padded, for the shins and sometimes the knees, worn chiefly by catchers in baseball and goalkeepers in ice hockey.
- sinusoidal — Mathematics. of or relating to a sinusoid.
- sit around — be idle, lounge about
- soundalike — a person or thing that sounds like another, especially a better known or more famous prototype: a whole spate of Elvis Presley soundalikes.
- spadiceous — Botany. of the nature of a spadix. bearing a spadix.
- spiculated — covered with spicules or needle-like
- staudinger — Hermann [her-mahn] /ˈhɛr mɑn/ (Show IPA), 1881–1965, German chemist: Nobel prize 1953.
- stimulated — to rouse to action or effort, as by encouragement or pressure; spur on; incite: to stimulate his interest in mathematics.
- stipulated — to make an express demand or arrangement as a condition of agreement (often followed by for).
- stridulate — to produce a shrill, grating sound, as a cricket does, by rubbing together certain parts of the body; shrill.
- subaudible — capable of being heard; loud enough to be heard; actually heard.
- subcarbide — a carbide containing less than the normal proportion of carbon.
- subdialect — a division of a larger dialect
- subheading — a subordinate division of a title or heading.
- submediant — the sixth tone of a diatonic scale, being midway between the subdominant and the upper tonic.
- subordinal — of, relating to, or ranked as a suborder.
- subsidiary — serving to assist or supplement; auxiliary; supplementary.
- sudatorium — a hot-air bath for inducing sweating.
- sugar bird — any of various honeycreepers that feed on nectar.
- suicidally — pertaining to, involving, or suggesting suicide.
- summarised — to make a summary of; state or express in a concise form.
- synandrium — a peculiar fusion of stamens
- tamil nadu — a large state in S India: formerly a presidency; boundaries readjusted on a linguistic basis 1956. 50,216 sq. mi. (130,058 sq. km). Capital: Chennai.
- taxi squad — (formerly) a group of players under contract to and practicing with a professional team who are not on the team's roster as playing members and therefore are ineligible to play in official games.
- tepidarium — a warm room in Roman baths
- testudinal — pertaining to or resembling a tortoise or tortoise shell.