10-letter words containing d, r, u
- resounding — making an echoing sound: a resounding thud.
- restituted — to make restitution.
- resurfaced — to give a new surface to.
- reutilized — to put to use; turn to profitable account: to utilize a stream to power a mill.
- revaluated — to make a new or revised valuation of; revalue.
- rheumatoid — resembling rheumatism.
- ridiculing — speech or action intended to cause contemptuous laughter at a person or thing; derision.
- ridiculous — causing or worthy of ridicule or derision; absurd; preposterous; laughable: a ridiculous plan.
- ring round — If you ring round or ring around, you phone several people, usually when you are trying to organize something or to find some information.
- riot squad — a group of police officers having special training and equipment for quelling riots and other public disturbances.
- ritualised — to practice ritualism.
- ritualized — to practice ritualism.
- roadrunner — either of two large terrestrial cuckoos of the genus Geococcyx of arid regions of the western U.S., Mexico, and Central America, especially G. californianus (greater roadrunner)
- rock hound — a geologist.
- rock-bound — hemmed in, enclosed, or covered by rocks; rocky: the rock-bound coast of Maine.
- rock-hound — a geologist.
- roll cloud — arcus.
- roll round — to recur, as in a cycle
- roof guard — any device for preventing snow from sliding off a sloping roof.
- roughrider — a person who breaks horses to the saddle.
- round arch — an arch formed in a continuous curve, especially in a semicircle.
- round clam — quahog.
- round down — express as previous whole number
- round file — circular file.
- round hand — a style of handwriting in which the letters are round, full, and clearly separated.
- round rock — a town in central Texas.
- round tape — (storage, jargon) Industry-standard 1/2-inch magnetic tape (7- or 9-track) on traditional circular reels. See macrotape, opposite: square tape.
- round trip — a trip to a given place and back again: Fares for round trips often have a discount.
- round turn — a complete turn of a rope or the like around an object.
- roundabout — circuitous or indirect, as a road, journey, method, statement or person.
- roundheels — a prostitute.
- roundhouse — a building for the servicing and repair of locomotives, built around a turntable in the form of some part of a circle.
- roundtable — a number of persons gathered together for conference, discussion of some subject, etc., and often seated at a round table.
- routinised — to develop into a regular procedure.
- routinized — to develop into a regular procedure.
- royal duke — a duke who is also a royal prince, being a member of the royal family
- rubberized — coated or impregnated with rubber
- rubricated — (in ancient manuscripts, early printed books, etc.) having titles, catchwords, etc., distinctively colored.
- rudderfish — any of various fishes having the habit of following behind ships, as a pilot fish.
- rudderhead — the upper end of a rudderpost, to which a tiller, quadrant, or yoke is attached.
- rudderless — Nautical. a vertical blade at the stern of a vessel that can be turned horizontally to change the vessel's direction when in motion.
- rudderpost — the vertical member of a stern frame on which the rudder is hung; a sternpost.
- ruddevator — a control surface functioning both as a rudder and as an elevator.
- ruddy duck — a stiff-tailed American duck, Oxyura jamaicensis, the adult male of which has a brownish-red body, black crown, and white cheeks.
- rudimental — pertaining to rudiments or first principles; elementary: a rudimentary knowledge of geometry.
- rugby head — a male follower of rugby culture
- ruggedised — to construct (electronic equipment, cameras, and other delicate instruments) so as to be resistant to shock, vibration, etc.
- ruggedness — having a roughly broken, rocky, hilly, or jagged surface: rugged ground.
- run around — to go quickly by moving the legs more rapidly than at a walk and in such a manner that for an instant in each step all or both feet are off the ground.
- run ragged — to cause to be exhausted, as by constant pressure or harassment