10-letter words containing d, r, u, m, e
- 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.
- spermaduct — a spermatic passage found in male animals
- 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.
- 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
- summerwood — the part of an annual ring of wood, characterized by compact, thick-walled cells, formed during the later part of the growing season.
- supermodel — an extremely prominent and successful model who can command very high fees.
- surmounted — to mount upon; get on the top of; mount upon and cross over: to surmount a hill.
- tepidarium — a warm room in Roman baths
- thrum-eyed — (of flowers, esp primulas) having the stigma on a short style below the anthers, which lie in the mouth of the corolla on big stamens
- torquemada — Tomás de [taw-mahs th e] /tɔˈmɑs ðɛ/ (Show IPA), 1420–98, Spanish inquisitor general.
- tremendous — extraordinarily great in size, amount, or intensity: a tremendous ocean liner; tremendous talent.
- trumped up — spuriously devised; fraudulent; fabricated: He was arrested on some trumped-up charge.
- trumped-up — spuriously devised; fraudulent; fabricated: He was arrested on some trumped-up charge.
- trumpeldor — Joseph, 1880–1920, Zionist leader, born in Russia.
- tumble-dry — to dry (washing) in a clothes drier in which articles are rotated vertically through heated air.
- tweedsmuir — Baron, Buchan, John.
- unaffirmed — to state or assert positively; maintain as true: to affirm one's loyalty to one's country; He affirmed that all was well.
- unarmoured — (of a ship) without armour
- uncompared — to examine (two or more objects, ideas, people, etc.) in order to note similarities and differences: to compare two pieces of cloth; to compare the governments of two nations.
- uncrumpled — rumpled; wrinkled; crushed.
- uncumbered — to hinder; hamper.
- undeformed — having the form changed, especially with loss of beauty; misshapen; disfigured: After the accident his arm was permanently deformed.
- under arms — ready for armed combat
- underarmed — not having sufficient weapons.
- underframe — the lower frame on which a vehicular structure rests: the underframe of a bus.
- undermined — to injure or destroy by insidious activity or imperceptible stages, sometimes tending toward a sudden dramatic effect.
- undernamed — noted below
- undertimed — (of a photograph) underexposed
- undertrump — to play a lower trump on a trick to which a higher trump has already been played
- underwhelm — to fail to interest or astonish: After all the ballyhoo, most critics were underwhelmed by the movie.
- undreaming — not dreaming; not having dreams
- unhampered — to hold back; hinder; impede: A steady rain hampered the progress of the work.
- unimpaired — weakened, diminished, or damaged: impaired hearing; to rebuild an impaired bridge.
- unimparted — not communicated (to another person)
- unimplored — to beg urgently or piteously, as for aid or mercy; beseech; entreat: They implored him to go.
- unimproved — not developed to full potential, as resources or the mind.
- uninformed — having or prepared with information or knowledge; apprised: an informed audience that asked intelligent questions.
- unmannered — lacking good manners; rude or ill-bred.
- unmarketed — an open place or a covered building where buyers and sellers convene for the sale of goods; a marketplace: a farmers' market.
- unmastered — a person with the ability or power to use, control, or dispose of something: a master of six languages; to be master of one's fate.
- unmeasured — of undetermined or indefinitely great extent or amount; unlimited; measureless: the unmeasured heavens.
- unmortised — not mortised
- unnumbered — having no number or numbers as identification: unnumbered pages.
- unpampered — not pampered
- unperfumed — (esp of cosmetics) not perfumed or scented
- unpromised — not engaged or promised in marriage