10-letter words containing d, e, u, r
- middelburg — a province in the SW Netherlands, consisting largely of islands. 1041 sq. mi. (2695 sq. km). Capital: Middelburg.
- minauderie — affectionate behaviour or flirtation
- minaudiere — a small, sometimes jeweled case for a woman's cosmetics or other personal objects, often carried as a handbag.
- mistrusted — Simple past tense and past participle of mistrust.
- modern cut — any of several modifications or combinations of the brilliant cut, step cut, or table cut, having the girdle outline often in some novel form.
- modularise — to form or organize into modules, as for flexibility.
- modularize — to form or organize into modules, as for flexibility.
- mont perdu — a mountain in NE Spain, in the central Pyrenees. Height: 3352 m (10 997 ft)
- moudiewart — a mole
- mouldering — to turn to dust by natural decay; crumble; disintegrate; waste away: a house that had been left to molder.
- mouse deer — chevrotain
- muckspread — to muckrake
- mud dauber — any of several wasps of the family Sphecidae that build a nest of mud cells and provision it with spiders or insects.
- mud stream — mudflow.
- mud turtle — any of several small, freshwater turtles of the family Kinosternidae, of North and South America, as the dark-brown Kinosternon subrubrum, of the U.S.
- mudskipper — any of several gobies of the genera Periophthalmus and Boleophthalmus, of tropical seas from Africa to the East Indies and Japan, noted for the habit of remaining out of water on mud flats for certain periods and jumping about when disturbed.
- mudslinger — One who casts aspersion, who insults. Especially a political candidate who makes negative statements about the opposition.
- multiarmed — having multiple arms
- multigrade — a degree or step in a scale, as of rank, advancement, quality, value, or intensity: the best grade of paper.
- murder one — first-degree murder. See under murder (def 1).
- murder two — second-degree murder. See under murder (def 1).
- murderball — A team sport resembling dodgeball in which players are eliminated (\"murdered\") by being struck with the ball.
- murphy bed — a bed constructed so that it can be folded or swung into a closet.
- muscardine — any of several fungi which cause disease in silkworms
- mushroomed — Simple past tense and past participle of mushroom.
- muster day — the annual day for enrollment in the militia of all able men aged 18 to 45, according to a law established in 1792 and in effect until after the Civil War.
- nephridium — the excretory organ of many invertebrates, consisting of a tubule with one end opening into the body cavity and the other opening into a pore at the body surface.
- neurodynia — (pathology) nerve pain; neuralgia.
- neuropodia — Plural form of neuropodium.
- neverendum — A series of referendums on the same issue held in an attempt to achieve an unpopular result.
- nondurable — not resistant to wear, decay, etc.; not sturdy: nondurable fabrics.
- noninsured — Not insured.
- nontenured — not having tenure.
- nordhausen — a city in central Germany: site of a former Nazi concentration camp.
- nose guard — middle guard.
- noseguards — Plural form of noseguard.
- nursehound — a species of European dogfish, Scyliorrhinus caniculus
- nursemaids — Plural form of nursemaid.
- obdurately — In an obdurate manner; stubbornly, intractably or inflexibly.
- objurgated — Simple past tense and past participle of objurgate.
- obstructed — Simple past tense and past participle of obstruct.
- odour-free — not having any particular or distinctive scent or smell
- ogdensburg — a city in NE New York, on the St. Lawrence River.
- otterhound — one of an English breed of water dogs having a thick, shaggy, oily coat, trained to hunt otter.
- outcropped — Simple past tense and past participle of outcrop.
- outcrossed — Simple past tense and past participle of outcross.
- outdeliver — to surpass or outdo in delivery
- outdweller — a person who dwells away from or is remote from a particular place.
- outfielder — one of the players, especially in baseball, stationed in the outfield.
- outlanders — Plural form of outlander.