10-letter words containing d, i, u, r, e, s
- preludious — characteristic of a prelude
- prudentius — Aurelius Clemens (ɔːˈriːlɪəs ˈklɛmɛnz). 348–410 ad, Latin Christian poet, born in Spain. His works include the allegory Psychomachia
- quadriceps — a large muscle in front of the thigh, the action of which extends the leg or bends the hip joint.
- quadrilles — Plural form of quadrille.
- quadrisect — to divide (something) into four equal parts.
- quandaries — Plural form of quandary.
- quasiorder — (set theory) A preorder.
- radiculose — having small roots or rhizoids
- re-discuss — to consider or examine by argument, comment, etc.; talk over or write about, especially to explore solutions; debate: to discuss the proposed law on taxes.
- recidivous — repeated or habitual relapse, as into crime.
- red squill — a variety of squill whose bulbs are red, used chiefly as a rat poison.
- redisburse — to refund or reimburse
- rediscount — to discount again.
- residually — in a residual manner.
- resin duct — a tube or duct in a woody stem or a leaf, especially in conifers, lined with glandular epithelium that secretes resins.
- resounding — making an echoing sound: a resounding thud.
- restituted — to make restitution.
- ritualised — to practice ritualism.
- routinised — to develop into a regular procedure.
- rudderfish — any of various fishes having the habit of following behind ships, as a pilot fish.
- ruggedised — to construct (electronic equipment, cameras, and other delicate instruments) so as to be resistant to shock, vibration, etc.
- 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.
- 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.
- sourdeline — a type of bagpipe
- 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.
- stridulate — to produce a shrill, grating sound, as a cricket does, by rubbing together certain parts of the body; shrill.
- sturbridge — a town in central Massachusetts: reconstruction of early American village.
- sturdiness — strongly built; stalwart; robust: sturdy young athletes.
- sub-editor — A sub-editor is a person whose job it is to check and correct articles in newspapers or magazines before they are printed.
- subcarbide — a carbide containing less than the normal proportion of carbon.
- subjoinder — something subjoined, as an additional comment.
- suit-dress — a costume ensemble for women, consisting of a dress and matching coat or jacket.
- summarised — to make a summary of; state or express in a concise form.
- summerised — to prepare (a house, car, etc.) so as to counteract the hot weather of summer: to summerize a house by adding air conditioning.
- summerized — to prepare (a house, car, etc.) so as to counteract the hot weather of summer: to summerize a house by adding air conditioning.
- summertide — summer time
- sun spider — any predatory, scorpionlike arachnid of the order Solifugae (or Solpugida), having enormously developed mouth pincers and a long body covered with tactile hairs, inhabiting deserts and plains regions in all warm parts of the world except Australia.
- superdrive — (storage) Apple Computer, Inc.'s name for a combined DVD-ROM, DVD-RW, CD-RW drive that appeared in the iMac in 2002.
- superfluid — a fluid that exhibits frictionless flow, very high heat conductivity, and other unusual physical properties, helium below 2.186 K being the only known example.
- superoxide — a compound containing the univalent ion O 2 − .
- supervised — to oversee (a process, work, workers, etc.) during execution or performance; superintend; have the oversight and direction of.
- surge tide — a powerful and often destructive tide that may occur when an abnormally high tide (e.g. at the autumn equinox) coincides with high wind and low atmospheric pressure
- surveilled — to place under surveillance.
- tendrilous — a threadlike, leafless organ of climbing plants, often growing in spiral form, which attaches itself to or twines round some other body, so as to support the plant.
- trisulfide — a sulfide containing three sulfur atoms.
- tweedsmuir — Baron, Buchan, John.