10-letter words containing a, r, u, n
- depurating — Present participle of depurate.
- depuration — The action or process of freeing something of impurities.
- detruncate — to cut off a part of; truncate
- deurbanize — to divest (a city or locality) of urban characteristics.
- dicoumarin — any compound formed with two bonded coumarin molecules
- dig around — If you dig around in a place or container, you search for something in every part of it.
- dinosauric — Of or pertaining to dinosaurs.
- disnatured — deprived or destitute of natural feelings; unnatural
- disruptant — That which disrupts.
- disturbant — having a disturbing effect, disquieting
- diurnalist — a person who writes a diurnal; a journalist
- down quark — a type of quark with a mass of c. 0.005 to 0.015 GeV/c2, a negative charge that is 1⁄3 the charge of an electron, zero charm, and zero strangeness
- dracontium — (pharmacy, obsolete) The roots and rhizomes of skunk cabbage, Symplocarpus foetidus.
- drag queen — Slang. a male transvestite, especially a performer who dresses as a woman to entertain the public.
- draguignan — a department in SE France. 2326 sq. mi. (6025 sq. km). Capital: Draguignan.
- drain plug — A drain plug is a plug which is taken out to allow a fluid to be drained from a tank such as an engine oil pan or sump.
- drainspout — downspout.
- draughting — a drawing, sketch, or design.
- drug baron — the head of an organization that deals in illegal drugs
- drunk dial — a phone call made by someone who is intoxicated.
- drunk tank — a large jail cell where persons arrested for drunkenness are kept, usually overnight.
- drunkathon — a session in which excessive quantities of alcohol are consumed
- drury lane — a street in London, England, formerly notable for its theaters, named after the house Sir William Drury built there in the reign of Henry VIII.
- dude ranch — a ranch operated primarily as a vacation resort.
- dunderhead — a dunce; blockhead; numbskull.
- dunderpate — a dunce; blockhead; numbskull.
- dune grass — a stout grass, Elymus arenarius, of Eurasia, used as a binder for shifting sand.
- durational — the length of time something continues or exists (often used with the).
- durnovaria — the Latin name for a town in S England, administrative centre of Dorset: associated with Thomas Hardy, esp as the Casterbridge of his novels. Pop: 16 171 (2001)
- durrenmatt — Friedrich [freed-rik;; German free-drikh] /ˈfrid rɪk;; German ˈfri drɪx/ (Show IPA), 1921–90, Swiss dramatist and novelist.
- dutch barn — a farm building consisting of a steel frame and a curved roof
- ear fungus — a smooth, reddish-brown ear-shaped fungus, Otidia smithii, abundant in North America.
- 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.
- eastbourne — a seaport in East Sussex, in SE England.
- eburnation — an abnormal condition in which bone becomes hard and dense like ivory.
- ecuadorean — a republic in NW South America. 109,483 sq. mi. (283,561 sq. km). Capital: Quito.
- ecuadorian — person from Ecuador
- edulcorant — tending to edulcorate
- eglandular — having no glands
- el mansûra — a city in NE Egypt: scene of a battle (1250) in which the Crusaders were defeated by the Mamelukes and Louis IX of France was captured; cotton-manufacturing centre. Pop: 423 000 (2005 est)
- enamouring — Present participle of enamour.
- encaptured — Simple past tense and past participle of encapture.
- encaptures — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of encapture.
- encouraged — Simple past tense and past participle of encourage.
- encourager — One who gives encouragement.
- encourages — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of encourage.
- end around — a play in which an offensive end or wide receiver, after running across the field behind the line of scrimmage and taking a handoff from the quarterback, attempts to advance downfield
- endeavours — Plural form of endeavour.
- endopleura — the internal coating of a seed