10-letter words containing d, e, t, r, s
- broadsheet — A broadsheet is a newspaper that is printed on large sheets of paper. Broadsheets are generally considered to be more serious than other newspapers. Compare tabloid.
- buttressed — any external prop or support built to steady a structure by opposing its outward thrusts, especially a projecting support built into or against the outside of a masonry wall.
- cardcastle — a tower built with playing cards
- cartridges — Plural form of cartridge.
- castleford — a town in N England, in Wakefield unitary authority, West Yorkshire on the River Aire. Pop: 37 525 (2001)
- cathedrals — Plural form of cathedral.
- cauterised — Simple past tense and past participle of cauterise.
- ceratopsid — a dinosaur belonging to the family Ceratopsidae, characterized by their parrot-like beaks, horns and neck frills
- certitudes — Plural form of certitude.
- chesterbed — a sofa or chesterfield that opens into a bed.
- chondrites — Plural form of chondrite.
- christened — to receive into the Christian church by baptism; baptize.
- cloistered — If you have a cloistered way of life, you live quietly and are not involved in the normal busy life of the world around you.
- coat dress — a lightweight button-through garment that can be worn either as a dress or as a coat
- cold store — A cold store is a building or room which is artificially cooled so that food can be preserved in it.
- cold-store — to store in cold storage.
- coldstream — a town in SE Scotland, in Scottish Borders on the English border: the Coldstream Guards were formed here (1660). Pop: 1813 (2001)
- contenders — Plural form of contender.
- contrasted — to compare in order to show unlikeness or differences; note the opposite natures, purposes, etc., of: Contrast the political rights of Romans and Greeks.
- coresident — one of two or more computer programs stored in a computer memory simultaneously
- coruscated — Simple past tense and past participle of coruscate.
- crash diet — a strict diet which is intended to produce drastic results in a relatively short period
- crassitude — gross ignorance or stupidity.
- creditless — commendation or honor given for some action, quality, etc.: Give credit where it is due.
- crescented — having the shape of a crescent
- criticised — to censure or find fault with.
- crookedest — Superlative form of crooked.
- cropduster — an aeroplane used to spray crops with fertilizer or insecticide
- croustades — Plural form of croustade.
- dastardize — To make cowardly; to intimidate or dispirit.
- davenports — Plural form of davenport.
- deaspirate — to remove any audible breath sound from (a sound)
- death star — ["Star Wars" film] 1. The AT&T corporate logo, which appears on computers sold by AT&T and bears an uncanny resemblance to the Death Star in the movie. This usage is particularly common among partisans of BSD Unix, who tend to regard the AT&T versions as inferior and AT&T as a bad guy. Copies still circulate of a poster printed by Mt. Xinu showing a starscape with a space fighter labelled 4.2BSD streaking away from a broken AT&T logo wreathed in flames. 2. AT&T's internal magazine, "Focus", uses "death star" to describe an incorrectly done AT&T logo in which the inner circle in the top left is dark instead of light - a frequent result of dark-on-light logo images.
- deathtraps — Plural form of deathtrap.
- debentures — Plural form of debenture.
- decaliters — Plural form of decaliter.
- decameters — Plural form of decameter.
- decembrist — a participant in the unsuccessful revolt against Tsar Nicolas I in Dec 1825
- deciliters — Plural form of deciliter.
- decimeters — Plural form of decimeter.
- declarants — Plural form of declarant.
- decorators — Plural form of decorator.
- decreaseth — (archaic) Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decrease.
- decrements — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decrement.
- decrescent — (esp of the moon) decreasing; waning
- defaulters — Plural form of defaulter.
- deferments — Plural form of deferment.
- deflectors — Plural form of deflector.
- deforested — Simple past tense and past participle of deforest.
- defrosters — Plural form of defroster.