10-letter words containing d, i, t, r
- routinised — to develop into a regular procedure.
- routinized — to develop into a regular procedure.
- rubricated — (in ancient manuscripts, early printed books, etc.) having titles, catchwords, etc., distinctively colored.
- rudimental — pertaining to rudiments or first principles; elementary: a rudimentary knowledge of geometry.
- saltigrade — moving by leaping.
- sand tiger — any of several sharks of the family Odontaspididae, especially Odontaspis taurus, inhabiting shallow waters on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean, having sharp, jagged teeth and sometimes dangerous to humans.
- semidesert — an extremely dry area characterized by sparse vegetation.
- shirtdress — shirtwaist (def 2).
- short-laid — hard-laid.
- shrovetide — the three days before Ash Wednesday, once a time of confession and absolution.
- siddhartha — an epithet of Buddha meaning “he who has attained his goal.”.
- sideration — sudden paralysis of a part of the body
- siderocyte — an erythrocyte that contains iron in forms other than hematin.
- siderolite — stony-iron meteorite.
- siderostat — a telescopic device for reflecting the light of a star in a constant direction, the chief component of which is a plane mirror turned by a clock mechanism to correct for the rotation of the earth.
- sidestream — (of cigarette smoke) inhaled by passive smokers
- sidestroke — a stroke in which the body is turned sideways in the water, the hands pull alternately, and the legs perform a scissors kick.
- sight-read — Someone who can sight-read can play or sing music from a printed sheet the first time they see it, without practising it beforehand.
- sisterhood — the state of being a sister.
- sit around — be idle, lounge about
- slide rest — a stack of platforms that sits on a lathe saddle and carries a tool post, and is adjustable in rotation and at right angles by a lathe operator
- smaragdite — a green, foliated member of the amphibole group.
- smartdrive — (storage, product) A Microsoft MS DOS disk cache program to speed up disk access. For most users, a 1MB cache is sufficient. Devoting more memory to the cache offers diminishing returns, since the additional cache hits become fewer (and the extra memory could be better used to reduce swapping). Typing SMARTDRV /S at a DOS prompt shows the cache size, a hit-and-miss report, and information about which drives are being cached. The hit-and-miss statistics are crucial for gauging the effectiveness of SmartDrive settings. A score in the high 80s shows that SmartDrive is well configured. Run SMARTDRV /S several times during a Windows session and note the-hit-and-miss figures each time. If your percentage usually falls below 80 percent, you should consider increasing the cache size. You can edit the SMARTDRV line in your AUTOEXEC.BAT file to increase both the InitCacheSize and the WinCacheSize parameters. SmartDrive Monitor is an undocumented Windows program that comes with DOS 6.0 for logging and controling the cache.
- soda niter — a white or transparent mineral, sodium nitrate, NaNO 3 , used chiefly as a fertilizer and in the manufacture of sulfuric and nitric acids and potassium nitrate.
- soft drink — a beverage that is not alcoholic or intoxicating and is usually carbonated, as root beer or ginger ale.
- solidarist — a person who adheres to solidarism
- solidarity — union or fellowship arising from common responsibilities and interests, as between members of a group or between classes, peoples, etc.: to promote solidarity among union members.
- soricident — having shrewlike teeth
- spermatoid — resembling sperm.
- spiderwort — any plant of the genus Tradescantia, having blue, purple, or rose-colored flowers.
- splintered — a small, thin, sharp piece of wood, bone, or the like, split or broken off from the main body.
- spoondrift — spindrift.
- stadia rod — rod (def 19).
- stadia-rod — a stick, wand, staff, or the like, of wood, metal, or other material.
- stadimeter — an instrument for determining the distance between an observer and an object of known height by measurement of the angle subtended by the object.
- staffrider — a person who illegally rides on the outside of a suburban train
- stalingrad — former name of Volgograd.
- stand firm — be resolute
- standfirst — an introductory paragraph in an article, printed in larger or bolder type or in capitals, that summarizes the article
- star drill — a chisellike drill for masonry or plasterwork, having a pointed head faceted in alternately projecting and reentering angles.
- starfished — lying with arms and legs outstretched; spread-eagled
- state bird — a bird chosen as an official symbol of a U.S. state.
- statesider — a person who lives in one of the forty-eight contiguous states of the U.S.
- staudinger — Hermann [her-mahn] /ˈhɛr mɑn/ (Show IPA), 1881–1965, German chemist: Nobel prize 1953.
- stemwinder — a stemwinding watch.
- sterilized — Something that is sterilized has been made free from bacteria or other microorganisms.
- stewarding — a person who manages another's property or financial affairs; one who administers anything as the agent of another or others.
- stir-fried — stir-fried.
- stockrider — a cowboy.
- stradivari — Antonio [an-toh-nee-oh;; Italian ahn-taw-nyaw] /ænˈtoʊ ni oʊ;; Italian ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1644?–1737, Italian violinmaker of Cremona (pupil of Nicolò Amati).