9-letter words containing a, d, u, e
- cum laude — If a college student graduates cum laude, they receive the third highest honor that is possible. The second-highest grade is known as magna cum laude, and the highest grade of all is known as summa cum laude.
- cumulated — to heap up; amass; accumulate.
- cupolated — having a cupola or cupolas.
- curandera — (in Hispanic America) a female healer or shaman
- curandero — a male healer or shaman in Hispanic-America
- curarized — Simple past tense and past participle of curarize.
- curlyhead — a person whose hair is curly.
- curtailed — to cut short; cut off a part of; abridge; reduce; diminish.
- curtained — A curtained window, door, or other opening has a curtain hanging across it.
- cuspidate — having a cusp or cusps
- 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)
- daliesque — of, pertaining to, resembling, or characteristic of the surrealist art of Salvador Dali: giant advertising posters depicting Daliesque distortions of everyday objects.
- damourite — (mineral) A kind of muscovite, or potash mica, containing water.
- danburite — a rare mineral, calcium borosilicate, CaB 2 Si 2 O 8 , occurring in pegmatite in yellow or colorless crystals resembling topaz.
- dangerous — If something is dangerous, it is able or likely to hurt or harm you.
- dantesque — in the style of Dante; characterized by impressive elevation of style with deep solemnity or somberness of feeling.
- daughters — Plural form of daughter.
- dauntless — A dauntless person is brave and confident and not easily frightened.
- day nurse — a nurse who is on duty during the daytime
- de gaulle — Charles (André Joseph Marie) (ʃarl). 1890–1970, French general and statesman. During World War II, he refused to accept Pétain's armistice with Germany and founded the Free French movement in England (1940). He was head of the provisional governments (1944–46) and, as first president of the Fifth Republic (1959–69), he restored political and economic stability to France
- de la rue — Warren, 1815–89, English astronomer and inventor.
- deactuate — to incite or move to action; impel; motivate: actuated by selfish motives.
- dead duck — If you describe someone or something as a dead duck, you are emphasizing that you think they have absolutely no chance of succeeding.
- deadhouse — a mortuary
- deaf-mute — A deaf-mute is someone who cannot hear or speak. This word could cause offence.
- dean rusk — (David) Dean, 1909–94, U.S. statesman: secretary of state 1961–69.
- death cup — a poisonous mushroom of the genus Amanita.
- deauville — a town and resort in NW France: casino. Pop: 3968 (2008)
- debateful — quarrelsome
- debauched — If you describe someone as debauched, you mean they behave in a way that you think is socially unacceptable, for example because they drink a lot of alcohol or have sex with a lot of people.
- debauchee — a man who leads a life of reckless drinking, promiscuity, and self-indulgence
- debaucher — to corrupt by sensuality, intemperance, etc.; seduce.
- debauches — to corrupt by sensuality, intemperance, etc.; seduce.
- debutante — A debutante is a young woman from the upper classes who has started going to social events with other young people.
- debutants — Plural form of debutant.
- decalogue — Ten Commandments
- decaudate — to take off the tail of (an animal)
- deciduate — having or characterized by a decidua.
- decoupage — the art or process of decorating a surface with shapes or illustrations cut from paper, card, etc
- decubital — any position assumed by a patient when lying in bed.
- decurtate — Shortened, curtailed.
- decussate — to cross or cause to cross in the form of the letter X; intersect
- defaulted — failure to act; inaction or neglect: They lost their best client by sheer default.
- defaulter — A defaulter is someone who does not do something that they are legally supposed to do, such as make a payment at a particular time, or appear in a court of law.
- defeature — to blemish or disfigure (a person or thing)
- defrauded — to deprive of a right, money, or property by fraud: Dishonest employees defrauded the firm of millions of dollars.
- defrauder — One who defrauds.
- degaussed — Simple past tense and past participle of degauss.
- degausser — a device that degausses