10-letter words containing d, e, u, r
- routinised — to develop into a regular procedure.
- routinized — to develop into a regular procedure.
- royal duke — a duke who is also a royal prince, being a member of the royal family
- rubberized — coated or impregnated with rubber
- rubricated — (in ancient manuscripts, early printed books, etc.) having titles, catchwords, etc., distinctively colored.
- rudderfish — any of various fishes having the habit of following behind ships, as a pilot fish.
- rudderhead — the upper end of a rudderpost, to which a tiller, quadrant, or yoke is attached.
- rudderless — Nautical. a vertical blade at the stern of a vessel that can be turned horizontally to change the vessel's direction when in motion.
- rudderpost — the vertical member of a stern frame on which the rudder is hung; a sternpost.
- ruddevator — a control surface functioning both as a rudder and as an elevator.
- rudimental — pertaining to rudiments or first principles; elementary: a rudimentary knowledge of geometry.
- rugby head — a male follower of rugby culture
- ruggedised — to construct (electronic equipment, cameras, and other delicate instruments) so as to be resistant to shock, vibration, etc.
- ruggedness — having a roughly broken, rocky, hilly, or jagged surface: rugged ground.
- run ragged — to cause to be exhausted, as by constant pressure or harassment
- run scared — to go quickly by moving the legs more rapidly than at a walk and in such a manner that for an instant in each step all or both feet are off the ground.
- rural dean — a cleric ranking just below an archdeacon, in charge of an archdeaconry.
- rush order — an order for goods required urgently
- rutherford — Daniel, 1749–1819, Scottish physician and chemist: discoverer of nitrogen.
- sandgrouse — any of several birds of the family Pteroclididae inhabiting sandy areas of the Old World, resembling both pigeons and shorebirds and having precocial young.
- sandsucker — the flatfish Platessa limandoides
- 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.
- second-run — designating or of:
- seductress — a woman who seduces.
- self-guard — to keep safe from harm or danger; protect; watch over: to guard the ruler.
- send round — to cause, permit, or enable to go: to send a messenger; They sent their son to college.
- shear stud — a stud that transfers shear stress between metal and concrete in composite structural members in which the stud is welded to the metal component
- shuddering — trembling or quivering with fear, dread, cold, etc.
- sideburned — having sideburns
- sir edmund — Clara, 1821–1912, U.S. philanthropist who organized the American Red Cross in 1881.
- slanderous — defamation; calumny: rumors full of slander.
- slide rule — a device for performing mathematical calculations, consisting essentially of a ruler having a sliding piece moving along it, both marked with graduated, usually logarithmic, scales: now largely replaced by the electronic calculator.
- slide-rule — a device for performing mathematical calculations, consisting essentially of a ruler having a sliding piece moving along it, both marked with graduated, usually logarithmic, scales: now largely replaced by the electronic calculator.
- sludgeworm — a small freshwater worm, Tubifex tubifex, often inhabiting sewage sludge and the muddy bottoms of lakes, rivers, and pools.
- snare drum — a small double-headed drum, carried at the side or placed on a stationary stand, having snares across the lower head to produce a rattling or reverberating effect.
- snow under — Meteorology. a precipitation in the form of ice crystals, mainly of intricately branched, hexagonal form and often agglomerated into snowflakes, formed directly from the freezing of the water vapor in the air. Compare ice crystals, snow grains, snow pellets.
- sour crude — Sour crude is crude oil with a high sulfur content.
- sour-faced — bad-tempered and unfriendly
- sourdeline — a type of bagpipe
- spermaduct — a spermatic passage found in male animals
- spread out — extend, splay
- squanderer — to spend or use (money, time, etc.) extravagantly or wastefully (often followed by away).
- square rod — a unit of area measurement equal to a square measuring one rod on each side.
- squarehead — a stupid person.
- squaretoed — having a broad, square toe, as a shoe.
- squirreled — any of numerous arboreal, bushy-tailed rodents of the genus Sciurus, of the family Sciuridae.
- staudinger — Hermann [her-mahn] /ˈhɛr mɑn/ (Show IPA), 1881–1965, German chemist: Nobel prize 1953.
- steel drum — Music. a bowl-shaped percussion instrument common in the West Indies, made from a steel barrel divided into sections producing different notes when struck.
- stridulate — to produce a shrill, grating sound, as a cricket does, by rubbing together certain parts of the body; shrill.