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10-letter words containing d, r, u

  • run scared — 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.
  • rural dean — a cleric ranking just below an archdeacon, in charge of an archdeaconry.
  • rush order — an order for goods required urgently
  • rutherford — Daniel, 1749–1819, Scottish physician and chemist: discoverer of nitrogen.
  • sandgrouse — any of several birds of the family Pteroclididae inhabiting sandy areas of the Old World, resembling both pigeons and shorebirds and having precocial young.
  • sandsucker — the flatfish Platessa limandoides
  • scordatura — the tuning of a stringed instrument in other than the usual way to facilitate the playing of certain compositions.
  • screwed up — a metal fastener having a tapered shank with a helical thread, and topped with a slotted head, driven into wood or the like by rotating, especially by means of a screwdriver.
  • scrub bird — either of two Australian passerine birds of the genus Atrichornis, related to the lyrebirds, having a loud voice and reduced powers of flight: A. clamosus is endangered.
  • scrub-bird — either of two Australian passerine birds of the genus Atrichornis, related to the lyrebirds, having a loud voice and reduced powers of flight: A. clamosus is endangered.
  • scrubboard — washboard (defs 1, 2).
  • sculduddry — unchaste behaviour
  • sculptured — having a surface or shape molded, marked, carved, indented, etc., by or as if by sculpture: sculptured leather belts.
  • scum-board — a board or strip of material partly immersed in flowing water to hold back scum.
  • sdrucciola — (of rhymes) triple
  • second-run — designating or of:
  • seductress — a woman who seduces.
  • self-guard — to keep safe from harm or danger; protect; watch over: to guard the ruler.
  • send round — to cause, permit, or enable to go: to send a messenger; They sent their son to college.
  • shear stud — a stud that transfers shear stress between metal and concrete in composite structural members in which the stud is welded to the metal component
  • shin guard — a protective covering, usually of leather or plastic and often padded, for the shins and sometimes the knees, worn chiefly by catchers in baseball and goalkeepers in ice hockey.
  • showground — outdoor events venue
  • 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.
  • sit around — be idle, lounge about
  • slanderous — defamation; calumny: rumors full of slander.
  • 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.
  • sludgeworm — a small freshwater worm, Tubifex tubifex, often inhabiting sewage sludge and the muddy bottoms of lakes, rivers, and pools.
  • sluggardly — like or befitting a sluggard; slothful; lazy.
  • smart drug — a drug or other substance that is claimed to enhance memory, concentration, or other mental functions.
  • 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.
  • snow under — Meteorology. a precipitation in the form of ice crystals, mainly of intricately branched, hexagonal form and often agglomerated into snowflakes, formed directly from the freezing of the water vapor in the air. Compare ice crystals, snow grains, snow pellets.
  • soundboard — sounding board.
  • soundproof — impervious to sound.
  • soundtrack — the narrow band on one or both sides of a motion-picture film on which sound is recorded.
  • sour crude — Sour crude is crude oil with a high sulfur content.
  • sour gourd — the acid fruit of any of several African or Australian trees belonging to the genus Adansonia, of the bombax family, as the baobab, A. digitata.
  • sour-faced — bad-tempered and unfriendly
  • sourdeline — a type of bagpipe
  • southwards — moving, bearing, facing, or situated toward the south.
  • spermaduct — a spermatic passage found in male animals
  • spread out — extend, splay
  • squad room — a room in a police station where police officers assemble, as for inspection, roll call, or duty assignments.
  • squadronal — belonging or relating to a squadron or squadrons
  • squanderer — to spend or use (money, time, etc.) extravagantly or wastefully (often followed by away).
  • square rod — a unit of area measurement equal to a square measuring one rod on each side.
  • squarehead — a stupid person.
  • squaretoed — having a broad, square toe, as a shoe.
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