11-letter words containing ou
- deciduously — shedding the leaves annually, as certain trees and shrubs.
- declivitous — fairly steep
- decompounds — Plural form of decompound.
- deleterious — Something that has a deleterious effect on something has a harmful effect on it.
- deliciously — In a delicious manner.
- deliriously — Pathology. affected with or characteristic of delirium.
- demountable — to remove from a mounting, setting, or place of support, as a gun.
- denouements — Plural form of denouement.
- dentigerous — bearing or having teeth
- deuce court — the receiver's right-hand service court, into which the ball is served when the score is deuce.
- deviousness — The characteristic of being devious; sneakiness; underhandedness.
- devouringly — In a devouring manner; rapaciously, consumingly.
- dexterously — skillful or adroit in the use of the hands or body.
- diacoustics — the branch of physics that deals with refracted sound
- diadelphous — (of stamens) having united filaments so that they are arranged in two groups
- diazo group — the bivalent group –N=N– united with one hydrocarbon group and another atom or group, as in benzenediazo hydroxide, C 6 H 5 N=NOH, or the bivalent group =N=N united with one hydrocarbon group, as in diazomethane, CH 2 =N=N.
- dicephalous — having two heads
- dichogamous — having the stamens and pistils maturing at different times, thereby preventing self-pollination, as a monoclinous flower (opposed to homogamous).
- dichotomous — divided or dividing into two parts.
- dick around — to spend time wastefully or unprofitably
- dinner hour — lunch hour
- disasterous — Misspelling of disastrous.
- disc plough — a plough that cuts by means of revolving steel discs
- discolorous — (botany, of leaves) Having upper and lower surfaces of different colours.
- discoloured — (British) alternative spelling of discolored.
- discounters — Plural form of discounter.
- discounting — Present participle of discount.
- discouraged — to deprive of courage, hope, or confidence; dishearten; dispirit.
- discourager — One who discourages.
- discourages — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of discourage.
- discoursing — communication of thought by words; talk; conversation: earnest and intelligent discourse.
- discourtesy — lack or breach of courtesy; incivility; rudeness.
- disenshroud — to free from a shroud
- disfavoured — Simple past tense and past participle of disfavour.
- disfavourer — one who does not favour
- disgracious — Lacking grace; not pleasing; disagreeable.
- dish it out — an open, relatively shallow container of pottery, glass, metal, wood, etc., used for various purposes, especially for holding or serving food.
- dishonoured — Simple past tense and past participle of dishonour.
- dishonourer — One who dishonours.
- dismounting — Present participle of dismount.
- disquietous — causing disquiet
- dissentious — contentious; quarrelsome.
- do sb proud — If someone does you proud, they treat you very well, for example by welcoming you and giving you good food and entertainment.
- do your bit — contribute
- dog fouling — the offence of being in charge of a dog and failing to remove the faeces after it defecates in a public place
- dorsiferous — borne on the back, as the sori on most ferns.
- douay bible — an English translation of the Bible, prepared by Roman Catholic scholars from the Vulgate. The New Testament was published at Rheims in 1582 and the Old Testament was published at Douai in 1609–10.
- double back — twice as large, heavy, strong, etc.; twofold in size, amount, number, extent, etc.: a double portion; a new house double the size of the old one.
- double bass — the largest instrument of the violin family, having three or, usually, four strings, rested vertically on the floor when played.
- double bill — presentation: two films