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10-letter words containing d, e, p, r

  • drop forge — a device for forging metal between two dies, one of which is fixed, the other acting by gravity or by steam or hydraulic pressure
  • drop press — drop forge.
  • drop scene — a drop curtain, often of painted or dyed canvas, located downstage and used as the backdrop for a scene played while the set upstage is being changed.
  • drop scone — a flat spongy cake made by dropping a spoonful of batter on a griddle
  • drop table — a tabletop hinged to a wall, held in a horizontal position by a bracket while in use.
  • drop valve — a valve, as for a steam engine, that drops freely to close.
  • drop-forge — to form in a drop forge.
  • drop-panel — a small quantity of liquid that falls or is produced in a more or less spherical mass; a liquid globule.
  • droperidol — a phenothiazine, C 22 H 22 FN 3 O 2 , used as an anesthetic or antiemetic, or for emergency control of severe behavioral disturbance.
  • dropkicked — Simple past tense and past participle of dropkick.
  • dropkicker — One who dropkicks.
  • dropper-in — drop-in (def 1).
  • dropperful — the amount contained in a dropper
  • drugpusher — a person who sells illicit drugs.
  • drupaceous — resembling or relating to a drupe; consisting of drupes.
  • duck press — a cooked duck sprinkled with red wine and then pressed in a device (duck press) so that the juices can be collected and served as a sauce over the breast meat and legs.
  • dukkeripen — fortune-telling
  • dunderpate — a dunce; blockhead; numbskull.
  • dup killer — /d[y]oop kill'r/ Software that is supposed to detect and delete duplicates of a message that may have reached the FidoNet system via different routes. See also dup loop.
  • dvd player — machine: plays DVDs
  • eavesdrops — Plural form of eavesdrop.
  • editorship — the office or function of an editor.
  • edo period — the period of Japanese history from 1603 to 1867, when Japan was ruled by the Tokugawa shoguns
  • 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.
  • enciphered — Simple past tense and past participle of encipher.
  • endomorphs — Plural form of endomorph.
  • endopleura — the internal coating of a seed
  • endorphins — Plural form of endorphin.
  • endosphere — (biology) All the endophytes of a plant.
  • endospores — Plural form of endospore.
  • endproduct — Alternative spelling of end product.
  • enraptured — Simple past tense and past participle of enrapture.
  • ephemeride — Of, pertaining to, or used in an ephemeris.
  • ephemerids — Plural form of ephemerid.
  • epicardial — Of or pertaining to the epicardium.
  • epicardium — A serous membrane that forms the innermost layer of the pericardium and the outer surface of the heart.
  • epidendrum — an orchid belonging to the Epidendrum genus
  • epidermoid — Of, pertaining to or composed of epidermal tissue.
  • epidiorite — metamorphosed diorite, with a fibrous amphibole component
  • espadrille — A light canvas shoe with a plaited fiber sole.
  • espaliered — Simple past tense and past participle of espalier.
  • eurypterid — An extinct marine arthropod of a group occurring in the Paleozoic era. They are related to horseshoe crabs and resemble large scorpions with a terminal pair of paddle-shaped swimming appendages.
  • evaporated — Simple past tense and past participle of evaporate.
  • expeditors — Plural form of expeditor.
  • expurgated — Remove matter thought to be objectionable or unsuitable from (a book or account).
  • extirpated — Simple past tense and past participle of extirpate.
  • eyedropper — A dropper for administering eye-drops.
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