8-letter words containing u, t
- draw out — to cause to move in a particular direction by or as if by a pulling force; pull; drag (often followed by along, away, in, out, or off).
- drawtube — a tube sliding within another tube, as the tube carrying the eyepiece in a microscope.
- drop out — a small quantity of liquid that falls or is produced in a more or less spherical mass; a liquid globule.
- dropouts — Plural form of dropout.
- droughts — Plural form of drought.
- droughty — dry.
- druggist — a person who compounds or prepares drugs according to medical prescriptions; apothecary; pharmacist; dispensing chemist.
- drum kit — percussion: set of drums
- drum out — a musical percussion instrument consisting of a hollow, usually cylindrical, body covered at one or both ends with a tightly stretched membrane, or head, which is struck with the hand, a stick, or a pair of sticks, and typically produces a booming, tapping, or hollow sound.
- drum set — kit consisting of several drums
- drumbeat — the rhythmic sound of a drum.
- drumette — the thick first section of a chicken wing that resembles a drumstick.
- drunkest — Superlative form of drunk.
- drupelet — a little drupe, as one of the individual pericarps composing the blackberry.
- druthers — one's own way, choice, or preference: If I had my druthers, I'd dance all night.
- dry suit — a close-fitting, double-layered synthetic garment worn by a scuba diver in especially cold water, protecting the skin from contact with water and having an internal, warming layer of air that can be added to in order to equalize pressure during descent.
- drymouth — a condition of insufficient saliva, known medically as xerostomia
- duathlon — An athletic contest consisting of running and cycling.
- dubitate — to doubt or be uncertain
- dubonnet — (lowercase) a deep purple-red color.
- dubplate — An acetate recording disk, typically one featuring a dub version of a reggae song that is not yet on general release.
- dubuffet — Jean [zhahn] /ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1901–85, French painter.
- ducatoon — a former silver coin of the Netherlands, used through the 17th and 18th centuries: equal to three gulden.
- duck out — leave secretly
- ducktail — DA.
- ductless — any tube, canal, pipe, or conduit by which a fluid, air, or other substance is conducted or conveyed.
- ductwork — a system of ducts used for a particular purpose, as in a ventilation or heating system.
- dudettes — Plural form of dudette.
- dudevant — Madame Amandine Lucile Aurore [French a-mahn-deen ly-seel oh-rawr] /French a mɑ̃ˈdin lüˈsil oʊˈrɔr/ (Show IPA), Sand, George.
- due date — deadline for payment
- duecento — the 13th century, with reference to Italy, especially to its art or literature.
- duelists — Plural form of duelist.
- duellist — a person who participates in a duel.
- duetting — turn-taking by two birds in the execution of a song pattern.
- duettino — a duet that is brief and to the point
- dulcetly — In a dulcet manner.
- dulcitol — a water-soluble sugar alcohol, C 6 H 14 O 6 , isomeric with sorbitol, that is found in many plant species and is prepared in the laboratory by galactose reduction.
- dumbshit — (vulgar, pejorative, colloquial) A stupid person or someone who makes or has just made a significant mistake.
- dumetose — (botany) dumose.
- dummiest — a representation or copy of something, as for displaying to indicate appearance: a display of lipstick dummies made of colored plastic.
- dumosity — the condition of being filled with bushes
- dumpcart — a cart with a body that can be tilted or a bottom that can be opened downward to discharge the contents.
- dumpsite — dump (def 17).
- dumpster — a large metal bin for refuse designed to be hoisted onto a specially equipped truck for emptying or hauling away.
- dunnarts — Plural form of dunnart.
- duntroon — a suburb of Canberra: seat of the Royal Military College of Australia
- duo-tang — a type of folder with flexible metal fasteners
- dupattas — Plural form of dupatta.
- duration — the length of time something continues or exists (often used with the).
- durative — noting or pertaining to a verb aspect expressing incomplete or continued action. Beat and walk are durative in contrast to strike and step.