9-letter words starting with du
- dumb-bell — A dumb-bell is a short bar with weights on either side which people use for physical exercise to strengthen their arm and shoulder muscles.
- dumb-cane — a West Indian foliage plant, Dieffenbachia seguine, of the arum family, having yellow-blotched leaves that cause temporary speechlessness when chewed.
- dumb-dumb — a silly, stupid person.
- dumbarton — Also, Dunbarton [duhn-bahr-tn] /dʌnˈbɑr tn/ (Show IPA). Also called Dumbartonshire [duhm-bahr-tn-sheer, -sher] /dʌmˈbɑr tnˌʃɪər, -ʃər/ (Show IPA). a historic county in W Scotland.
- dumbass's — a thoroughly stupid person; blockhead.
- dumbbells — Plural form of dumbbell.
- dumbfound — to make speechless with amazement; astonish.
- dumminess — the condition of being one who contributes nothing or has no comment to make on proceedings
- dummkopfs — Plural form of dummkopf.
- dummy run — trial or practice
- dump scow — a barge for disposing of garbage, dredged material, etc., having hoppers in the bottom through which such cargo can be dumped.
- dumpiness — The quality of being dumpy.
- dumpishly — in a downhearted and despondent manner
- dumplings — Plural form of dumpling.
- dumpsters — Plural form of dumpster.
- dumptruck — a small truck used on building sites, having a load-bearing container at the front that can be tipped up to unload the contents
- dunbarton — former county of W Scotland
- dunce cap — a tall, cone-shaped hat formerly worn by slow or lazy students as a punishment in school.
- duncishly — in a dullard-like manner
- dundonian — a native or inhabitant of Dundee
- dung heap — a heap of dung
- dungannon — a district of S Northern Ireland, in Co Tyrone. Pop: 48 695 (2003 est). Area: 783 sq km (302 sq miles)
- dungareed — wearing dungarees
- dungarees — dungarees. work clothes, overalls, etc., of blue denim. blue jeans.
- dungeness — a low shingle headland on the S coast of England, in Kent: two nuclear power stations: automatic lighthouse
- dungeoner — a thing which or a jailer who confines in, or as if in, a dungeon
- dunghills — Plural form of dunghill.
- dunk shot — a shot in which a player near the basket jumps with the ball and thrusts it through the basket with one hand or both hands held above the rim. See also slam dunk (def 1).
- dunkerque — French Dunkerque [dœn-kerk] /dœ̃ˈkɛrk/ (Show IPA). a seaport in N France: site of the evacuation of a British expeditionary force of over 330,000 men under German fire May 29–June 4, 1940.
- dunnaging — baggage or personal effects.
- dunnville — a town in SE Ontario, in S Canada.
- dunsinane — a hill NE of Perth, in central Scotland: a ruined fort on its summit is traditionally called Macbeth's Castle. 1012 feet (308 meters).
- dunstable — John, c1390–1453, English composer.
- duobinary — denoting a communications system for coding digital data in which three data bands are used, 0, +1, –1
- duodecimo — Also called twelvemo. a book size of about 5 × 7½ inches (13 × 19 cm), determined by printing on sheets folded to form 12 leaves or 24 pages. Symbol: 12 mo, 12°.
- duodenary — duodecimal.
- duologues — Plural form of duologue.
- duopolies — Plural form of duopoly.
- duotheism — Belief in and worship in two deities, usually framed as a god and goddess of roughly equal power.
- duotheist — A person who adheres to duotheism.
- duplation — multiplication by two; doubling.
- duplexing — duplex apartment.
- duplexity — duplex apartment.
- duplicand — the twofold increase of feu-duty for the period of a year, or the feu-duty paid, as occasioned at specific times
- duplicate — a copy exactly like an original.
- duplicity — deceitfulness in speech or conduct, as by speaking or acting in two different ways to different people concerning the same matter; double-dealing. Synonyms: deceit, deception, dissimulation, fraud, guile, hypocrisy, trickery. Antonyms: candidness, directness, honesty, straightforwardness.
- dupondius — a coin of ancient Rome, equal to two asses.
- duralumin — an alloy of aluminum that is 4 percent copper and contains small amounts of magnesium, manganese, iron, and silicon: used for applications requiring lightness and strength, as in airplane construction.
- durations — Plural form of duration.
- duricrust — a hard crust that forms on or in soil in semiarid climates owing to cementation of soil particles. Compare caliche, hardpan (defs 1, 2).