10-letter words containing d, e, a, r, i
- landwaiter — a British customs officer who enforces import-export regulations, collects import duties, etc.
- lapidaries — Plural form of lapidary.
- larvicides — Plural form of larvicide.
- laser disc — video, audio format: optical disc
- laser disk — Computers, Television. optical disk.
- lauderhill — a city in SE Florida: suburb of Fort Lauderdale.
- laundering — Present participle of launder.
- laurdalite — a type of pale pink or grey syenite
- leadership — the position or function of a leader, a person who guides or directs a group: He managed to maintain his leadership of the party despite heavy opposition. Synonyms: administration, management, directorship, control, governorship, stewardship, hegemony.
- leichhardt — Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig (ˈfriːdrɪç ˈvɪlhɛlm ˈluːtvɪç). 1813–48, Australian explorer, born in Prussia. He disappeared during an attempt to cross Australia from East to West
- lie around — sb: lounge idly
- lifeguards — Plural form of lifeguard.
- linearized — Simple past tense and past participle of linearize.
- linerboard — a type of paperboard used especially for containers, as corrugated boxes.
- lipreading — the reading or understanding, as by a deaf person, of spoken words from the movements of another's lips without hearing the sounds made.
- lizardlike — Reminding of a lizard.
- longhaired — Having long hair.
- loperamide — a substance, C 29 H 33 ClN 2 O 2 , used in the treatment of diarrhea.
- loratadine — An antihistamine drug used to treat allergies.
- loudhailer — (British) A megaphone or bullhorn.
- lubricated — to apply some oily or greasy substance to (a machine, parts of a mechanism, etc.) in order to diminish friction; oil or grease (something).
- luxuriated — to enjoy oneself without stint; revel: to luxuriate in newly acquired wealth.
- macrolides — Plural form of macrolide.
- macromedia — (company) A company supplying multimedia and interactive television services and digital arts software tools in the US and worldwide. They produce products for Microsoft Windows and the Macintosh including: Macromedia FreeHand, a tool for design and illustration; Macromedia Director, an animation and authoring tool for multimedia production; Authorware Professional, a multiplatform authoring tool for interactive learning; MacroModel, a 3D modelling tool for multimedia, graphics and product design; SoundEdit 16, a digital sound recording and editing system; Fontographer, a typeface editing programme; and Action!, a multimedia presentation application. Chief Executive Officer: Bud Colligan.
- madreporic — Resembling, or pertaining to, the genus Madrepora.
- maidenhair — any fern of the genus Adiantum, the cultivated species of which have fine, glossy stalks and delicate, finely divided fronds.
- mail order — shopping by post
- mail-order — pertaining to or obtained by mail order: a dozen mail-order rosebushes.
- mainlander — a person who lives on a mainland.
- malingered — Simple past tense and past participle of malinger.
- manfredini — Francesco [frahn-ches-kaw] /frɑnˈtʃɛs kɔ/ (Show IPA), 1684–1748, Italian composer.
- manifolder — a machine for making manifolds or copies, as of writing.
- marbleized — Simple past tense and past participle of marbleize.
- marginated — Having a distinct margin.
- marinduque — an island of the Philippines, between Luzon and Mindora islands. 347 sq. mi. (899 sq. km).
- mariticide — The act of killing one's spouse, especially the murder of a husband by his wife.
- marketroid — /mar'k*-troyd/ (Or "marketing slime", "marketeer", "marketing droid", "marketdroid") A member of a company's marketing department, especially one who promises users that the next version of a product will have features that are not actually scheduled for inclusion, are extremely difficult to implement, and/or are in violation of the laws of physics; and/or one who describes existing features (and misfeatures) in ebullient, buzzword-laden adspeak. Derogatory.
- marshfield — a city in SE Massachusetts.
- mastermind — to plan and direct (a usually complex project or activity), especially skillfully: Two colonels had masterminded the revolt.
- matricides — Plural form of matricide.
- matronized — Simple past tense and past participle of matronize.
- maundering — A rambling or pointless discourse.
- mazarinade — a pamphlet criticizing Jules Mazarin
- meandering — to proceed by or take a winding or indirect course: The stream meandered through the valley.
- media star — a person who is well-known because of frequent appearances in the mass media
- medicaster — A quack doctor; someone who pretends to have medical knowledge.
- mediocracy — government or rule by a mediocre person or group.
- medrinaque — A type of fabric from the Philippines, made from the abaca tree.
- meliorated — Made better; improved.
- mercaptide — a metallic salt of a mercaptan.