12-letter words containing u, d, a, l
- boudin blanc — a boiled sausage made with light-colored meat, as veal or chicken, and without blood
- boulder clay — an unstratified glacial deposit consisting of fine clay, boulders, and pebbles
- boulevardier — (originally in Paris) a fashionable man, esp one who frequents public places
- bridal suite — a room or set of rooms in a hotel for newly married couples
- bubble dance — a solo dance by a nude or nearly nude woman, as in a burlesque show, using one or more balloons for covering.
- buffalo bird — a cowbird, Molothrus ater, of North America.
- bumbleheaded — clumsy, plodding, or foolish: He stumbled through the talk in his bumbleheaded way.
- bur marigold — any plant of the genus Bidens that has yellow flowers and pointed fruits that cling to fur and clothing: family Asteraceae (composites)
- burial mound — a barrow
- burnt almond — a sweet consisting of an almond enclosed in burnt sugar
- bushy-tailed — bright-eyed and bushy-tailed, fresh, alert, eager, and lively
- cadaverously — In a cadaverous manner.
- cadmium cell — a photocell with a cadmium electrode that is especially sensitive to ultraviolet radiation
- calculatedly — in a calculated manner
- call of duty — responsibilities
- calycoideous — calycoid
- camelopardus — a faint extensive constellation in the N hemisphere close to Ursa Major and Cassiopeia
- carunculated — Alternative form of carunculate.
- cattle guard — A cattle guard is the same as a cattle grid.
- cattleduffer — a cattle thief.
- cedrelaceous — resembling or having the characteristics of a citron fruit
- child abuser — someone who abuses a child, esp someone convicted of this
- child labour — the full-time employment of children below a minimum age laid down by statute
- chorus pedal — an electronic device that creates the effect of more than one sound from a single source by combining a short delay with slight deviations in pitch
- circularised — Simple past tense and past participle of circularise.
- circularized — Simple past tense and past participle of circularize.
- cladocarpous — pleurocarpous.
- cladosporium — any of the species of fungi in the genus Cladosporium
- clairaudient — the power to hear sounds said to exist beyond the reach of ordinary experience or capacity, as the voices of the dead.
- class a drug — (in Britain) any of the most dangerous group of controlled drugs, including heroin, cocaine, and MDMA
- class b drug — (in Britain) any of the second most dangerous group of controlled drugs, including amphetamine
- class c drug — (in Britain) any of the least dangerous group of controlled drugs, including temazepam and cannabis
- claude monet — Claude [klawd;; French klohd] /klɔd;; French kloʊd/ (Show IPA), 1840–1926, French painter.
- claudication — limping; lameness
- clear as mud — not at all clear
- close-hauled — with the sails flat, so as to sail as close to the wind as possible
- cloud banner — banner cloud.
- cloud-capped — having clouds around the top
- clutch pedal — The clutch pedal is the pedal by which the driver of a vehicle operates the clutch.
- coachbuilder — (historical) A builder of horse-drawn coaches.
- coloquintida — colocynth (defs 1, 2).
- colour guard — a military guard in a parade, ceremony, etc, that carries and escorts the flag or regimental colours
- columbus day — Oct 12, a legal holiday in most states of the US: the date of Columbus' landing in the West Indies (Caribbean) in 1492
- columnarized — columnar (def 3).
- compoundable — That can be compounded.
- conductorial — relating to a conductor
- conduplicate — folded lengthways on itself
- confabulated — Simple past tense and past participle of confabulate.
- counterplead — to plead the opposite of
- cradle vault — barrel vault.