10-letter words containing a, r, d, e
- dune grass — a stout grass, Elymus arenarius, of Eurasia, used as a binder for shifting sand.
- dura mater — the tough, fibrous membrane forming the outermost of the three coverings of the brain and spinal cord. Also called dura. Compare arachnoid (def 6), pia mater.
- durrenmatt — Friedrich [freed-rik;; German free-drikh] /ˈfrid rɪk;; German ˈfri drɪx/ (Show IPA), 1921–90, Swiss dramatist and novelist.
- duumvirate — a coalition of two persons holding the same office, as in ancient Rome.
- dvd player — machine: plays DVDs
- dwarf male — a male animal that is much smaller, and often internally simpler, than its female counterpart. Dwarf males are commonly carried by the female, as in species of angler fish
- dyscrasite — an alloy of antimony and silver
- ear-minded — tending to perceive one's environment in terms of sound and to recall sounds more vividly than sights, smells, etc.
- eared seal — any seal of the family Otariidae, comprising the sea lions and fur seals, having external ears and flexible hind flippers that are used when moving about on land: the front flippers are used in swimming.
- early bird — a person who rises at an early hour.
- early days — initial stages
- early wood — springwood.
- earned run — a run yielded by a pitcher in which no error by the pitcher or the pitcher's teammates and no passed ball by the catcher was involved.
- earthbound — headed for the earth: an earthbound meteorite.
- earthwards — Also, earthwards. toward the earth.
- east ender — a native or inhabitant of the East End of London
- east ridge — a city in SE Tennessee, near Chattanooga.
- east sider — a native or resident of the East Side of Manhattan, in New York City.
- easter day — the Sunday on which the festival of Easter is celebrated
- eastertide — Easter time.
- eastwardly — having an eastward direction or situation.
- eavesdrops — Plural form of eavesdrop.
- ecardinate — (of a mollusc or the shell of a mollusc) having no hinges
- ectodermal — Of or pertaining to the ectoderm.
- ecuadorean — a republic in NW South America. 109,483 sq. mi. (283,561 sq. km). Capital: Quito.
- ecuadorian — person from Ecuador
- edificator — (rare) One who or that which edifies; an edifier.
- edit trace — (in electronic publishing) a record of editorial changes, additions, and deletions that can be displayed on a screen or printed out with edited copy.
- editorials — Plural form of editorial.
- edulcorant — tending to edulcorate
- edulcorate — to free from acids, salts, or impurities by washing; purify.
- edward iii — 1312–77, king of England 1327–77 (son of Edward II).
- edward vii — (Albert Edward"the Peacemaker") 1841–1910, king of Great Britain and Ireland 1901–10 (son of Queen Victoria).
- eglandular — having no glands
- elder days — The heroic age of hackerdom (roughly, pre-1980); the era of the PDP-10, TECO, ITS and the ARPANET. This term has been rather consciously adopted from J. R. R. Tolkien's fantasy epic "The Lord of the Rings". Compare Iron Age. See also elvish and Great Worm.
- elder edda — a collection of mythological Old Norse poems made in the 12th century
- elder hand — (in piquet and similar card games) the nondealer, who has certain advantages in the play
- elucidator — One who elucidates.
- embarassed — Misspelling of embarrassed.
- embassador — Archaic form of ambassador.
- ember days — any of four groups of three days (always Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday) of prayer and fasting, the groups occurring after Pentecost, after the first Sunday of Lent, after the feast of St Lucy (Dec 13), and after the feast of the Holy Cross (Sept 14)
- embrangled — Simple past tense and past participle of embrangle.
- embrocated — Simple past tense and past participle of embrocate.
- emendatory — (archaic) Pertaining to emendation; corrective.
- emeraldine — (organic chemistry) Any of a class of green dyestuffs that have an oligoaniline structure.
- emparadise — to turn (a place or state) into a paradise
- empire day — a former holiday celebrated in the British Empire on May 24, Queen Victoria's birthday
- emu parade — an army exercise devoted to emu-bobbing
- encaptured — Simple past tense and past participle of encapture.
- encouraged — Simple past tense and past participle of encourage.