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10-letter words containing d, a, r, t, e

  • round tape — (storage, jargon)   Industry-standard 1/2-inch magnetic tape (7- or 9-track) on traditional circular reels. See macrotape, opposite: square tape.
  • roundtable — a number of persons gathered together for conference, discussion of some subject, etc., and often seated at a round table.
  • rubricated — (in ancient manuscripts, early printed books, etc.) having titles, catchwords, etc., distinctively colored.
  • ruddevator — a control surface functioning both as a rudder and as an elevator.
  • rudimental — pertaining to rudiments or first principles; elementary: a rudimentary knowledge of geometry.
  • sacerdotal — of priests; priestly.
  • saddletree — the frame of a saddle.
  • saltigrade — moving by leaping.
  • sand tiger — any of several sharks of the family Odontaspididae, especially Odontaspis taurus, inhabiting shallow waters on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean, having sharp, jagged teeth and sometimes dangerous to humans.
  • sandlotter — a youngster who plays baseball in a sandlot.
  • segregated — characterized by or practicing racial segregation: a segregated school system.
  • shade tree — a tree planted or valued for its shade.
  • shade-tree — a tree planted or valued for its shade.
  • shear stud — a stud that transfers shear stress between metal and concrete in composite structural members in which the stud is welded to the metal component
  • shetlander — a native or inhabitant of Shetland
  • short head — a distance shorter than the length of a horse's head
  • shortbread — a butter cookie commonly made in thick, pie-shaped wheels or rolled and cut in fancy shapes.
  • sideration — sudden paralysis of a part of the body
  • siderostat — a telescopic device for reflecting the light of a star in a constant direction, the chief component of which is a plane mirror turned by a clock mechanism to correct for the rotation of the earth.
  • sidestream — (of cigarette smoke) inhaled by passive smokers
  • sight-read — Someone who can sight-read can play or sing music from a printed sheet the first time they see it, without practising it beforehand.
  • skateboard — a device for riding upon, usually while standing, consisting of a short, oblong piece of wood, plastic, or aluminum mounted on large roller-skate wheels, used on smooth surfaces and requiring better balance of the rider than the ordinary roller skate does.
  • smaragdite — a green, foliated member of the amphibole group.
  • smartdrive — (storage, product)   A Microsoft MS DOS disk cache program to speed up disk access. For most users, a 1MB cache is sufficient. Devoting more memory to the cache offers diminishing returns, since the additional cache hits become fewer (and the extra memory could be better used to reduce swapping). Typing SMARTDRV /S at a DOS prompt shows the cache size, a hit-and-miss report, and information about which drives are being cached. The hit-and-miss statistics are crucial for gauging the effectiveness of SmartDrive settings. A score in the high 80s shows that SmartDrive is well configured. Run SMARTDRV /S several times during a Windows session and note the-hit-and-miss figures each time. If your percentage usually falls below 80 percent, you should consider increasing the cache size. You can edit the SMARTDRV line in your AUTOEXEC.BAT file to increase both the InitCacheSize and the WinCacheSize parameters. SmartDrive Monitor is an undocumented Windows program that comes with DOS 6.0 for logging and controling the cache.
  • soda niter — a white or transparent mineral, sodium nitrate, NaNO 3 , used chiefly as a fertilizer and in the manufacture of sulfuric and nitric acids and potassium nitrate.
  • soda water — an effervescent beverage consisting of water charged with carbon dioxide.
  • sodertalje — a city in SE Sweden: suburb of Stockholm.
  • sordamente — (of a piece of music) to be played softly or gently
  • speed trap — a section of a road where hidden police, radar, etc., carefully check the speed of motorists and strictly enforce traffic regulations: sometimes characterized by hard-to-see signals, hidden traffic signs, etc.
  • spermaduct — a spermatic passage found in male animals
  • spermatoid — resembling sperm.
  • spread out — extend, splay
  • squaretoed — having a broad, square toe, as a shoe.
  • stableford — a scoring system in which points are awarded according to the number of strokes taken at each hole, whereby a hole completed in one stroke over par counts as one point, a hole completed in level par counts as two points, etc
  • stadholder — the chief magistrate of the former republic of the United Provinces of the Netherlands.
  • stadimeter — an instrument for determining the distance between an observer and an object of known height by measurement of the angle subtended by the object.
  • staffrider — a person who illegally rides on the outside of a suburban train
  • stage door — a door at the back or side of a theater, used by performers and theater personnel.
  • stampeders — a sudden, frenzied rush or headlong flight of a herd of frightened animals, especially cattle or horses.
  • stand over — (of a person) to be in an upright position on the feet.
  • starchedly — in a starched manner
  • stare down — to gaze fixedly and intently, especially with the eyes wide open.
  • starfished — lying with arms and legs outstretched; spread-eagled
  • state bird — a bird chosen as an official symbol of a U.S. state.
  • statesider — a person who lives in one of the forty-eight contiguous states of the U.S.
  • staudinger — Hermann [her-mahn] /ˈhɛr mɑn/ (Show IPA), 1881–1965, German chemist: Nobel prize 1953.
  • stepdancer — a person who engages in stepdancing
  • stepladder — a ladder having flat steps or treads in place of rungs.
  • stereocard — a card showing two stereoscopic pictures
  • sternboard — a backward motion of a boat
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