10-letter words containing d, e, r, p
- red pepper — cayenne.
- red spider — spider mite.
- red spruce — a spruce, Picea rubens, of eastern North America, having reddish-brown bark and cones and yielding a light, soft wood used for pulp, in the construction of boxes, etc.
- red-pencil — to delete, censor, correct, or abridge (written material) with or as if with a pencil having a red lead: His book was heavily red-penciled before it got clearance.
- redemption — an act of redeeming or atoning for a fault or mistake, or the state of being redeemed.
- redemptive — serving to redeem.
- redemptory — of or relating to redemption; redemptive.
- redispatch — to send off or away with speed, as a messenger, telegram, body of troops, etc.
- redisperse — to drive or send off in various directions; scatter: to disperse a crowd.
- redisposed — to give a tendency or inclination to; incline: His temperament disposed him to argue readily with people.
- repeatedly — done, made, or said again and again: repeated attempts.
- reply card — a usually postage-paid postcard or coupon that can be mailed back to the sender to place an order, request information, or the like.
- reply-paid — having the cost of sending a reply (of a letter, etc) prepaid by the sender
- reportedly — according to report or rumor: Reportedly, he is a billionaire.
- reprepared — to put in proper condition or readiness: to prepare a patient for surgery.
- reprimands — a severe reproof or rebuke, especially a formal one by a person in authority.
- reproached — to find fault with (a person, group, etc.); blame; censure.
- reproducer — to make a copy, representation, duplicate, or close imitation of: to reproduce a picture.
- repudiable — to reject as having no authority or binding force: to repudiate a claim.
- respondent — a person who responds or makes reply.
- rhapsodize — to talk with extravagant enthusiasm.
- rhodophane — the red colour found in the inner cones of the retina in animals
- rice paddy — a field planted with rice
- rinderpest — an acute, usually fatal infectious disease of cattle, sheep, etc., caused by a paramyxovirus of the genus Morbillivirus and characterized by high fever, diarrhea, and lesions of the skin and mucous membranes.
- ripidolite — a mineral of the chlorite group, essentially hydrated magnesium and aluminum silicate with some ferrous iron.
- road apple — a piece of horse manure on or at the side of a road.
- rood spire — a spire over the crossing of a church.
- roodepoort — an industrial city in NE South Africa, in the Witwatersrand. Pop: 172 601 (2001)
- rope's end — a short piece of rope, esp as formerly used for flogging sailors
- ropedancer — a person who walks across or performs acrobatics upon a rope stretched at some height above the floor or ground.
- rose aphid — a dark green aphid, Macrosiphum rosae, that feeds on roses and related plants.
- round tape — (storage, jargon) Industry-standard 1/2-inch magnetic tape (7- or 9-track) on traditional circular reels. See macrotape, opposite: square tape.
- rudderpost — the vertical member of a stern frame on which the rudder is hung; a sternpost.
- sand perch — squirrelfish.
- sand viper — hognose snake.
- sandgroper — a nickname for a Western Australian
- sandpapery — of or suggesting the grating sound of sandpaper rubbing against wood or the rough texture of sandpaper.
- scorpaenid — belonging or pertaining to the Scorpaenidae, a family of marine fishes with spiny fins, including the rockfishes, scorpionfishes, and lionfishes.
- scrapegood — a stingy person; a miser
- screwed up — a metal fastener having a tapered shank with a helical thread, and topped with a slotted head, driven into wood or the like by rotating, especially by means of a screwdriver.
- sculptured — having a surface or shape molded, marked, carved, indented, etc., by or as if by sculpture: sculptured leather belts.
- sea spider — any member of the arthropod class Pycnogonida, marine invertebrates with eight long walking legs attached to a small body consisting of a cephalothorax and vestigial abdomen.
- seed pearl — a pearl weighing less than ¼ grain.
- self-pride — pride in one's abilities, status, possessions, etc.; self-esteem.
- sharp-eyed — having keen sight or perception.
- shepherded — a person who herds, tends, and guards sheep.
- ship-bread — hardtack.
- spear side — the male side, or line of descent, of a family (opposed to distaff side or spindle side).
- speed gear — an adjustable gear for driving a machine at various speeds.
- speed ramp — a raised band across a road, designed to make motorists reduce their speed, esp in built-up areas