10-letter words containing d, e, r, u, s
- dress suit — a man's suit for formal evening dress, with tail coat and open-front waistcoat.
- dressed up — in evening wear
- dressguard — an attachment for a wheel or cycle that prevents damage or the dirtying of clothes
- dreyfusard — a defender or supporter of Alfred Dreyfus.
- drudgeries — Plural form of drudgery.
- drudgerous — Of or pertaining to drudgery; tedious, menial and exhausting.
- drug abuse — addiction to drugs.
- drug store — the place of business of a druggist, usually also selling cosmetics, stationery, toothpaste, mouthwash, cigarettes, etc., and sometimes soft drinks and light meals.
- drugpusher — a person who sells illicit drugs.
- drugs test — a check for the presence of banned substances in someone's blood or urine
- drugstores — Plural form of drugstore.
- 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.
- duckshover — one who duckshoves, jumps a queue; cheats
- duisenberg — Willem Frederik, known as Wim. 1935–2005, Dutch economist; president of the European Central Bank (1998–2003)
- dune grass — a stout grass, Elymus arenarius, of Eurasia, used as a binder for shifting sand.
- durometers — Plural form of durometer.
- dusseldorf — a state in W Germany; formerly a part of Rhine province. 13,154 sq. mi. (34,070 sq. km). Capital: Düsseldorf.
- dust cover — a cloth or plastic covering used to protect furniture or equipment, as during a period of nonuse.
- dutch rise — an increase in wages that is of no benefit to the recipient
- duty-frees — goods sold in a duty-free shop
- end result — product created by a process
- endeavours — Plural form of endeavour.
- endurances — Plural form of endurance.
- enshrouded — Simple past tense and past participle of enshroud.
- eruditions — Plural form of erudition.
- fireguards — Plural form of fireguard.
- fledermaus — an opera (1874) by Johann Strauss, Jr.
- florideous — belonging to the Florideae family of algae, or having the characteristics thereof
- flourished — to be in a vigorous state; thrive: a period in which art flourished.
- fluoresced — Simple past tense and past participle of fluoresce.
- fluoridise — fluoridate
- flustrated — flustered; agitated.
- foederatus — A confederate. One of the tribes bound by treaty, who were neither Roman colonies nor had they been granted Roman citizenship but were expected to provide a contingent of fighting men when trouble arose.
- formulised — formulate.
- founderous — likely to cause foundering; miry; swampy.
- fraudsters — Plural form of fraudster.
- fructoside — a glycoside that yields fructose upon hydrolysis.
- frustrated — Obsolete. frustrated.
- full dress — formal, ceremonial attire
- full-dress — formal and complete in all details: a full-dress uniform.
- fund-raise — to collect by fund-raising: The charity needs to fund-raise more than a million dollars.
- fundraised — to collect by fund-raising: The charity needs to fund-raise more than a million dollars.
- fundraiser — a person who solicits contributions or pledges.
- furanoside — any glycoside compound in the furanose form
- furosemide — A synthetic compound with a strong diuretic action, used especially in the treatment of edema.
- gerundives — Plural form of gerundive.
- glanderous — Characteristic of, pertaining to, or afflicted by glanders.
- gourdiness — the state of being gourdy
- gratitudes — Plural form of gratitude.