10-letter words containing d, e, n, r
- boy wonder — a young man who is extremely good at a particular activity or who has a particular talent or skill
- brain-dead — If someone is declared brain-dead, they have suffered brain death.
- brake band — a strip of fabric, leather, or metal tightened around a pulley or shaft to act as a brake
- brand name — The brand name of a product is the name the manufacturer gives it and under which it is sold.
- brand-name — having or being a brand name: nationally known brand-name food products.
- brandering — furring (def 4b).
- brandished — to shake or wave, as a weapon; flourish: Brandishing his sword, he rode into battle.
- brandywine — creek in SE Pa. & N Del.: site of a battle (1777) of the Revolutionary War, in which Washington's army failed to check the British advance on Philadelphia
- bread line — a line of people waiting to be given food as government relief or private charity
- breadknife — a knife, usually with a serrated blade, used for cutting slices from a loaf of bread
- break down — If a machine or a vehicle breaks down, it stops working.
- break wind — to emit wind from the anus
- breakdance — to perform break dancing.
- brian reid — (person) The person who cofounded Usenet's anarchic alt.* newsgroup hierarchy with John Gilmore.
- bridgetown — the capital of Barbados, a port on the SW coast. Pop: 144 000 (2005 est)
- brigandage — plundering by brigands
- brigandine — a coat of mail, invented in the Middle Ages to increase mobility, consisting of metal rings or sheets sewn on to cloth or leather
- broad bean — Broad beans are flat round beans that are light green in colour and are eaten as a vegetable.
- broodiness — moody; gloomy.
- brown deer — a town in SE Wisconsin.
- brownfield — Brownfield land is land in a town or city where houses or factories have been built in the past, but which is not being used at the present time.
- brunnhilde — the heroine of Wagner's Ring of the Nibelungs. Compare Siegfried.
- bug-ridden — full of insects
- buildering — the practice of climbing tall urban buildings, for sport or publicity.
- bundeswehr — the armed forces of Germany.
- bunt order — a dominance hierarchy seen in herds of cattle, established and maintained by bunting.
- burdensome — If you describe something as burdensome, you mean it is worrying or hard to deal with.
- burgenland — a state of E Austria. Capital: Eisenstadt. Pop: 276 419 (2003 est). Area: 3965 sq km (1531 sq miles)
- burned-out — consumed; rendered unserviceable or ineffectual by maximum use: a burned-out tube.
- cadaverine — a toxic diamine with an unpleasant smell, produced by protein hydrolysis during putrefaction of animal tissue. Formula: NH2(CH2)5NH2
- calamander — the hard black-and-brown striped wood of several trees of the genus Diospyros, esp D. quaesita of India and Sri Lanka, used in making furniture: family Ebenaceae
- calendared — a table or register with the days of each month and week in a year: He marked the date on his calendar.
- calendarer — a person who calendars
- calendered — Simple past tense and past participle of calender.
- calenderer — a person who operates a calender
- candelabra — A candelabra is an ornamental holder for two or more candles.
- cankeredly — spitefully or crabbedly
- cannelured — a groove or fluting around the cylindrical part of a bullet.
- caravanned — a group of travelers, as merchants or pilgrims, journeying together for safety in passing through deserts, hostile territory, etc.
- carbonated — Carbonated drinks are drinks that contain small bubbles of carbon dioxide.
- carbondale — a city in SW Illinois.
- carbonised — Alternative spelling of carbonized.
- carbonized — Simple past tense and past participle of carbonize.
- carbonnade — a thick stew of beef, onions, herbs, etc., cooked in beer.
- carbuncled — infected with a carbuncle.
- card index — A card index is a number of cards with information written on them which are arranged in a particular order, usually alphabetical, so that you can find the information you want easily.
- cardphones — Plural form of cardphone.
- cardueline — of or relating to the passerine subfamily Carduelinae, including the goldfinches, siskins, canaries and crossbills.
- carnalized — Simple past tense and past participle of carnalize.
- carotenoid — any of a group of red or yellow pigments, including carotenes, found in plants and certain animal tissues