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10-letter words containing a, d, u

  • bullheaded — blindly stubborn; headstrong
  • bum around — If you bum around, you go from place to place without any particular destination, either for enjoyment or because you have nothing else to do.
  • bundesbank — the central bank of Germany
  • burckhardt — Jacob Christoph. 1818–97, Swiss art and cultural historian; author of The Civilisation of the Renaissance in Italy (1860)
  • burgenland — a state of E Austria. Capital: Eisenstadt. Pop: 276 419 (2003 est). Area: 3965 sq km (1531 sq miles)
  • burgundian — of or relating to Burgundy or its inhabitants
  • burma road — the route extending from Lashio in Burma (now Myanmar) to Chongqing in China, which was used by the Allies during World War II to supply military equipment to Chiang Kai-shek's forces in China
  • butt heads — an extremely stupid or inept person.
  • butt-naked — completely naked
  • by default — If something happens by default, it happens only because something else which might have prevented it or changed it has not happened.
  • cadaverous — If you describe someone as cadaverous, you mean they are extremely thin and pale.
  • calculated — If something is calculated to have a particular effect, it is specially done or arranged in order to have that effect.
  • calendulas — Plural form of calendula.
  • calmodulin — a protein found in most living cells; it regulates many enzymic processes that are dependent on calcium
  • campground — A campground is the same as a campsite.
  • campuswide — Throughout a campus.
  • candaulism — A practice or in which a man exposes his female partner, or images of her, to other people for their pleasure.
  • candlenuts — Plural form of candlenut.
  • candy pull — a social gathering at which taffy or molasses candy is made.
  • candytufts — Plural form of candytuft.
  • cannelured — a groove or fluting around the cylindrical part of a bullet.
  • cannulated — Simple past tense and past participle of cannulate.
  • cape dutch — (in South Africa) a distinctive style of furniture or architecture
  • capsulated — Enclosed in a capsule.
  • capsulised — Simple past tense and past participle of capsulise.
  • capsulized — Simple past tense and past participle of capsulize.
  • carbuncled — infected with a carbuncle.
  • carbureted — (of a vehicle or engine) having fuel supplied through a carburetor, rather than an injector.
  • carburized — Simple past tense and past participle of carburize.
  • card punch — keypunch (def 1).
  • card-punch — Also, key punch. Also called card punch. a machine, operated by a keyboard, for coding information by punching holes in cards or paper tape in specified patterns.
  • cardueline — of or relating to the passerine subfamily Carduelinae, including the goldfinches, siskins, canaries and crossbills.
  • case study — A case study is a written account that gives detailed information about a person, group, or thing and their development over a period of time.
  • cash audit — an audit confined to cash transactions for a prescribed period, for the purpose of determining the amount of cash on hand or on deposit in a bank.
  • cat around — to search promiscuously for sexual partners; be promiscuous
  • catalogued — a list or record, as of items for sale or courses at a university, systematically arranged and often including descriptive material: a stamp catalog.
  • catapulted — an ancient military engine for hurling stones, arrows, etc.
  • caudal fin — the tail fin of fishes and some other aquatic vertebrates, used for propulsion during locomotion
  • caudle cup — a deep drinking cup having two handles and, usually, a cover.
  • cauterised — Simple past tense and past participle of cauterise.
  • cauterized — Simple past tense and past participle of cauterize.
  • celebutard — (informal, pejorative, offensive, slang) A celebrity viewed as unintelligent; especially a celebrity who behaves badly in public.
  • cellulated — of, relating to, resembling, or composed of very small cells
  • chairbound — unable to walk; dependent on a wheelchair for mobility
  • charged up — to impose or ask as a price or fee: That store charges $25 for leather gloves.
  • chaudfroid — a sweet or savoury jellied sauce used to coat cold meat, chicken, etc
  • churchward — in the direction of the church
  • churchyard — A churchyard is an area of land around a church where dead people are buried.
  • cingulated — Having a cingulum.
  • circulated — to move in a circle or circuit; move or pass through a circuit back to the starting point: Blood circulates throughout the body.
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