9-letter words containing u, d, o
- countdown — A countdown is the counting aloud of numbers in reverse order before something happens, especially before a spacecraft is launched.
- countered — in the wrong way; contrary to the right course; in the reverse or opposite direction.
- coupledom — the state of living as a couple, esp when regarded as being interested in each other to the exclusion of the outside world
- couriered — Simple past tense and past participle of courier.
- courtside — the area closest to the court
- courtyard — A courtyard is an open area of ground which is surrounded by buildings or walls.
- credulous — If you describe someone as credulous, you have a low opinion of them because they are too ready to believe what people tell them and are easily deceived.
- crop-dust — to subject (a field) to crop-dusting.
- cropbound — (of poultry) having a congested crop
- croqueted — Simple past tense and past participle of croquet.
- croustade — a hollowed pastry case or piece of cooked bread, potato, etc, in which food is served
- crowd out — If one thing crowds out another, it is so successful or common that the other thing does not have the opportunity to be successful or exist.
- crowdfund — To fund (a project) by having many individuals pool their money together, usually via the Internet.
- crude oil — Crude oil is oil in its natural state before it has been processed or refined.
- crusadoes — Plural form of crusado.
- cuckolded — the husband of an unfaithful wife.
- cuckoldly — having the qualities of a cuckold
- cuckoldom — the state of being a cuckold
- cuckoldry — the act of making someone's husband a cuckold.
- cupboards — Plural form of cupboard.
- cupboardy — (rare) Cupboardlike: for example small, fusty or poorly lit.
- cupholder — a competitor who has won or successfully defended a specific cup, trophy, championship, etc.; champion.
- cupolated — having a cupola or cupolas.
- curandero — a male healer or shaman in Hispanic-America
- cushioned — provided with cushions
- cuspidors — Plural form of cuspidor.
- cusswords — Plural form of cussword.
- custodial — Custodial means relating to keeping people in prison.
- custodian — The custodian of an official building, a companies' assets, or something else valuable is the person who is officially in charge of it.
- custodier — a custodian
- custodies — Plural form of custody.
- d-glucose — a sugar, C 6 H 12 O 6 , having several optically different forms, the common dextrorotatory form (dextroglucose, or -glucose) occurring in many fruits, animal tissues and fluids, etc., and having a sweetness about one half that of ordinary sugar, and the rare levorotatory form (levoglucose, or -glucose) not naturally occurring.
- dacquoise — a cake with nut meringue layers and buttercream
- dalhousie — 9th Earl of, title of George Ramsay. 1770–1838, British general; governor of the British colonies in Canada (1819–28)
- damourite — (mineral) A kind of muscovite, or potash mica, containing water.
- dangerous — If something is dangerous, it is able or likely to hurt or harm you.
- dartmouth — a port in SW England, in S Devon: Royal Naval College (1905). Pop: 5512 (2001)
- de-couple — to cause to become separated, disconnected, or divergent; uncouple.
- deadhouse — a mortuary
- debouched — Simple past tense and past participle of debouche.
- debouches — to march out from a narrow or confined place into open country, as a body of troops: The platoon debouched from the defile into the plain.
- decalogue — Ten Commandments
- deciduous — A deciduous tree or bush is one that loses its leaves in the autumn every year.
- deckhouse — a houselike cabin on the deck of a ship
- declivous — having a declining slope or gradient
- decocture — the essence or liquor resulting from decoction
- decoupage — the art or process of decorating a surface with shapes or illustrations cut from paper, card, etc
- decoupled — Simple past tense and past participle of decouple.
- decoupler — a person or device that disconnects parts that are joined
- decouples — Separate, disengage, or dissociate (something) from something else.