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.