10-letter words containing d, n, r
- drownproof — to teach (a person) the technique of drownproofing.
- drowsiness — half-asleep; sleepy.
- drudgingly — a person who does menial, distasteful, dull, or hard work.
- drug baron — the head of an organization that deals in illegal drugs
- drugs ring — an organized group of people involved in drug dealing
- drunk dial — a phone call made by someone who is intoxicated.
- drunk tank — a large jail cell where persons arrested for drunkenness are kept, usually overnight.
- drunk text — a text message sent by someone who is intoxicated.
- drunkathon — a session in which excessive quantities of alcohol are consumed
- drury lane — a street in London, England, formerly notable for its theaters, named after the house Sir William Drury built there in the reign of Henry VIII.
- dry ginger — ginger ale
- drying oil — any of a group of oily, organic liquids occurring naturally, as linseed, soybean, or dehydrated castor oil, or synthesized, that when applied as a thin coating absorb atmospheric oxygen, forming a tough, elastic layer.
- drying-out — the process of detoxifying an alcoholic patient: Drying-out takes time.
- dude ranch — a ranch operated primarily as a vacation resort.
- duisenberg — Willem Frederik, known as Wim. 1935–2005, Dutch economist; president of the European Central Bank (1998–2003)
- dukkeripen — fortune-telling
- dumfounder — To dumbfound; to confound.
- dunderfunk — a combination of ship's biscuit and molasses that is baked
- dunderhead — a dunce; blockhead; numbskull.
- dunderpate — a dunce; blockhead; numbskull.
- dune grass — a stout grass, Elymus arenarius, of Eurasia, used as a binder for shifting sand.
- durational — the length of time something continues or exists (often used with the).
- durnovaria — the Latin name for a town in S England, administrative centre of Dorset: associated with Thomas Hardy, esp as the Casterbridge of his novels. Pop: 16 171 (2001)
- durovernum — the Latin name for a city in SE England, in E Kent: starting point for St Augustine's mission to England (597 ad); cathedral where St Thomas à Becket was martyred (1170); seat of the archbishop and primate of England; seat of the University of Kent (1965). Pop: 43 552 (2001)
- durrenmatt — Friedrich [freed-rik;; German free-drikh] /ˈfrid rɪk;; German ˈfri drɪx/ (Show IPA), 1921–90, Swiss dramatist and novelist.
- dutch barn — a farm building consisting of a steel frame and a curved roof
- dvd burner — A DVD burner is a piece of computer equipment that you use for copying data from a computer onto a DVD.
- dyscontrol — The inability to control one's behavior.
- dysenteric — Of, relating, or pertaining to dysentery.
- dystrophin — a protein, the absence of which is believed to cause muscular dystrophy
- dzerzhinsk — a city in the central Russian Federation in Europe, W of Nizhni Novgorod.
- ear-minded — tending to perceive one's environment in terms of sound and to recall sounds more vividly than sights, smells, etc.
- earned run — a run yielded by a pitcher in which no error by the pitcher or the pitcher's teammates and no passed ball by the catcher was involved.
- earthbound — headed for the earth: an earthbound meteorite.
- east ender — a native or inhabitant of the East End of London
- ecardinate — (of a mollusc or the shell of a mollusc) having no hinges
- echinoderm — any marine animal of the invertebrate phylum Echinodermata, having a radiating arrangement of parts and a body wall stiffened by calcareous pieces that may protrude as spines and including the starfishes, sea urchins, sea cucumbers, etc.
- ecuadorean — a republic in NW South America. 109,483 sq. mi. (283,561 sq. km). Capital: Quito.
- ecuadorian — person from Ecuador
- edulcorant — tending to edulcorate
- eglandular — having no glands
- eiderdowns — Plural form of eiderdown.
- elder hand — (in piquet and similar card games) the nondealer, who has certain advantages in the play
- emboldener — a person or thing that emboldens
- embrangled — Simple past tense and past participle of embrangle.
- emendatory — (archaic) Pertaining to emendation; corrective.
- emeraldine — (organic chemistry) Any of a class of green dyestuffs that have an oligoaniline structure.
- encaptured — Simple past tense and past participle of encapture.
- enciphered — Simple past tense and past participle of encipher.
- encouraged — Simple past tense and past participle of encourage.