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11-letter words containing u, d, a, l

  • baudrillard — Jean. 1929–2007, French sociologist and theorist of postmodernism; his books include Seduction (1979), America (1986), and The Spirit of Terrorism (2002)
  • beau dollar — a silver dollar.
  • bedaux-plan — a system of payment for work on the basis of the number of points of work done in a given amount of time, each point representing one minute of work on a given job at a normal rate of speed.
  • beleaguered — experiencing difficulties, opposition or criticism
  • binucleated — having two nuclei
  • blood sugar — the glucose concentration in the blood: the normal fasting value is between 3.9 and 5.6 mmol/l
  • blubberhead — a stupid, inept person; blockhead.
  • blue island — a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
  • blue monday — a Monday regarded as a depressing workday in contrast to the pleasant relaxation of the weekend.
  • blue riband — If someone or something wins the blue riband in a competition, they win first prize. The prize is sometimes in the shape of a blue ribbon.
  • blue-jeaned — wearing blue jeans.
  • blunderhead — Informal. a blunderer; nincompoop.
  • boatbuilder — A boatbuilder is a person or company that makes boats.
  • bodaciously — in a bodacious manner
  • boulder dam — Hoover Dam
  • brake fluid — an oily liquid used to transmit pressure in a hydraulic brake or clutch system
  • bread flour — wheat flour from which a large part of the starch has been removed, thus increasing the proportion of gluten.
  • bread mould — a black saprotrophic zygomycete fungus, Rhizopus nigricans, occurring on decaying bread and vegetable matter
  • bubble card — blister pack.
  • bucket-load — a large quantity
  • budget plan — the planning of one's spending
  • bulkheading — the construction of bulkheads; bulkheads in general.
  • bull header — Also called bullnose header. a brick having one of the edges across its width rounded for laying as a header in a sill or the like.
  • bull-headed — blindly obstinate; stubborn, headstrong, or stupid
  • bulldog ant — any of several aggressive ants of the genus Myrmecia, mostly of Australia and Tasmania, capable of inflicting a painful and potentially dangerous sting.
  • bundelkhand — a region of central India: formerly native states, now mainly part of Madhya Pradesh
  • bundle scar — any small mark left on the leaf scar from the vascular tissue, where the leaf was once attached to the stem.
  • bush ballad — an old Australian bush poem in a ballad metre dealing with aspects of life and characters in the bush
  • buzz-aldrinEdwin Eugene, Jr ("Buzz") born 1930, U.S. astronaut.
  • call around — If you call around, you phone several people, usually when you are trying to organize something or to find some information.
  • calumniated — Simple past tense and past participle of calumniate.
  • camouflaged — concealed or disguised
  • candelabrum — A candelabrum is the same as a candelabra.
  • capitulated — Simple past tense and past participle of capitulate.
  • caprimulgid — (zoology) Any of the Caprimulgidae, or nightjar family.
  • caterwauled — Simple past tense and past participle of caterwaul.
  • caudillismo — a political system organized under the rule of a caudillo
  • chalcidicum — an annex of an ancient Roman basilica.
  • child abuse — physical, sexual, or emotional ill-treatment or neglect of a child, esp by those responsible for its welfare
  • chlamydeous — (of plants) relating to or possessing sepals and petals
  • chucklehead — a stupid person; blockhead; dolt
  • chugalugged — Simple past tense and past participle of chugalug.
  • ciudad real — a market town in S central Spain. Pop: 65 703 (2003 est)
  • cladanthous — pleurocarpous.
  • clapped out — (of machinery or appliances) worn-out; dilapidated.
  • clapped-out — If you describe a person or a machine as clapped-out, you mean that they are old and no longer able to work properly.
  • claudius ii — full name Marcus Aurelius Claudius, called Gothicus. 214–270 ad, Roman emperor (268–270)
  • cleaned out — free from dirt; unsoiled; unstained: She bathed and put on a clean dress.
  • clear round — an instance of a horse and rider clearing all barriers without making any mistakes
  • click fraud — repeated clicking on an online advert for fraudulent purposes, esp to charge the advertiser for fictitious traffic to their website
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