8-letter words containing d, i, r, u
- durative — noting or pertaining to a verb aspect expressing incomplete or continued action. Beat and walk are durative in contrast to strike and step.
- durkheim — Émile [ey-meel] /eɪˈmil/ (Show IPA), 1858–1917, French sociologist and philosopher.
- durukuli — Alternative form of douroucouli.
- duumvirs — Plural form of duumvir.
- duvalier — François [frahn-swa] /frɑ̃ˈswa/ (Show IPA), ("Papa Doc") 1907–71, Haitian physician and dictator: president 1957–71.
- echiurid — any of various unsegmented marine worms of the phylum Echiura, comprising the spoonworms.
- edinburg — a city in S Texas.
- enduring — Continuing or long-lasting.
- enquired — Simple past tense and past participle of enquire.
- epidural — On or around the dura mater, in particular (of an anesthetic) introduced into the space around the dura mater of the spinal cord.
- eridanus — a long twisting constellation in the S hemisphere extending from Orion to Hydrus and containing the first magnitude star Achernar
- eupatrid — One well born, or of noble birth.
- eurydice — a dryad married to Orpheus, who sought her in Hades after she died. She could have left Hades with him had he not broken his pact and looked back at her
- exordium — The beginning or introductory part, especially of a discourse or treatise.
- firdausi — (Abul Qasim Mansu or Hasan) 932–1020, Persian poet.
- fired up — enthusiastic, excited
- fissured — Simple past tense and past participle of fissure.
- fixtured — Simple past tense and past participle of fixture.
- fluoride — a salt of hydrofluoric acid consisting of two elements, one of which is fluorine, as sodium fluoride, NaF.
- fluoroid — (crystallography) A tetrahexahedron.
- flurried — marked by confusion or agitation.
- freudian — of or relating to Sigmund Freud or his doctrines, especially with respect to the causes and treatment of neurotic and psychopathic states, the interpretation of dreams, etc.
- froideur — an attitude of haughty aloofness; cold superiority.
- furibund — Choleric, irate, propense to being furious.
- groupoid — an algebraic system closed under a binary operation. Also called monoid. Compare group (def 9), semigroup.
- grudging — done, arranged, etc., in order to settle a grudge: The middleweight fight was said to be a grudge match.
- grundies — men's underpants
- guardian — a person who guards, protects, or preserves.
- guarding — to keep safe from harm or danger; protect; watch over: to guard the ruler.
- gueridon — a small table or stand, as for holding a candelabrum.
- guilders — Plural form of guilder.
- guilford — a town in S Connecticut, on Long Island Sound.
- guiscard — Robert [French raw-ber] /French rɔˈbɛr/ (Show IPA), (Robert de Hauteville) c1015–85, Norman conqueror in Italy.
- gurindji — an Aboriginal people of N central Australia
- hari rud — a river in NW Afghanistan, NE Iran, and S Turkmenistan, flowing W and then N to the Kara Kum desert. 700 miles (1126 km) long.
- huidobro — Vicente [bee-sen-te] /biˈsɛn tɛ/ (Show IPA), 1893–1948, Chilean poet.
- humidors — Plural form of humidor.
- hurdling — (athletics) A track and field running event where the runners have to jump over a number of hurdles.
- imbursed — Simple past tense and past participle of imburse.
- incurred — to come into or acquire (some consequence, usually undesirable or injurious): to incur a huge number of debts.
- incurved — Turned inwards.
- indevour — Obsolete spelling of endeavour.
- inducers — Plural form of inducer.
- inductor — Also called inductance. Electricity. a coil used to introduce inductance into an electric circuit.
- indulger — to yield to an inclination or desire; allow oneself to follow one's will (often followed by in): Dessert came, but I didn't indulge. They indulged in unbelievable shopping sprees.
- indurain — Miguel [mee-gel] /miˈgɛl/ (Show IPA), born 1964, Spanish cyclist: first with five consecutive victories (1991–95) in the Tour de France.
- indurate — to make hard; harden, as rock, tissue, etc.: Cold indurates the soil.
- industry — the aggregate of manufacturing or technically productive enterprises in a particular field, often named after its principal product: the automobile industry; the steel industry.
- inground — sunk into the ground; built into the ground
- inquired — to seek information by questioning; ask: to inquire about a person.