10-letter words containing d, r, u
- superseded — to replace in power, authority, effectiveness, acceptance, use, etc., as by another person or thing.
- supersound — sound that is inaudible, either because its frequency is too high or because it is too intense to endure
- superspeed — constructed or intended to function at a very high speed.
- supervised — to oversee (a process, work, workers, etc.) during execution or performance; superintend; have the oversight and direction of.
- suppressed — to put an end to the activities of (a person, body of persons, etc.): to suppress the Communist and certain left-leaning parties.
- surefooted — not likely to stumble, slip, or fall.
- surfriding — surfing.
- 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
- surmounted — to mount upon; get on the top of; mount upon and cross over: to surmount a hill.
- surrounded — to enclose on all sides; encompass: She was surrounded by reporters.
- surveilled — to place under surveillance.
- suspenders — Suspenders are a pair of straps that go over someone's shoulders and are fastened to their pants at the front and back to prevent the pants from falling down.
- sutherland — Earl Wilbur, Jr. 1915–74, U.S. biochemist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1971.
- synandrium — a peculiar fusion of stamens
- synandrous — with united stamens
- take guard — (of a batsman) to choose a position in front of the wicket to receive the bowling, esp by requesting the umpire to indicate his position relative to the stumps
- talk round — If you talk someone round, you persuade them to change their mind so that they agree with you, or agree to do what you want them to do
- tax burden — the amount of tax paid by a person, company, or country in a specified period considered as a proportion of total income in that period.
- tax refund — rebate on overpaid tax
- 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.
- tenpounder — ladyfish.
- tepidarium — a warm room in Roman baths
- texturized — that has been given a particular texture; specif., designating a synthetic fabric, as polyester, whose filaments have been processed to give them added bulk and resilience
- the absurd — the conception of the world, esp in Existentialist thought, as neither designed nor predictable but irrational and meaningless
- the dergue — the socialist ruling body of Ethiopia, established in 1974
- thereunder — under or beneath that.
- 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
- thunderbox — a portable boxlike lavatory seat that can be placed over a hole in the ground
- thundering — of, relating to, or accompanied by thunder.
- thunderous — producing thunder or a loud noise like thunder: thunderous applause.
- torquemada — Tomás de [taw-mahs th e] /tɔˈmɑs ðɛ/ (Show IPA), 1420–98, Spanish inquisitor general.
- tour guide — A tour guide is a person employed by a travel company to assist people who are on vacation.
- traduction — a transmission or communication
- traductive — able to be deduced or transmitted
- transducer — a device that receives a signal in the form of one type of energy and converts it to a signal in another form: A microphone is a transducer that converts acoustic energy into electrical impulses.
- translucid — translucent.
- transudate — the act or process of transuding.
- tremendous — extraordinarily great in size, amount, or intensity: a tremendous ocean liner; tremendous talent.
- tripehound — an objectionable person
- tripudiary — pertaining to dancing
- tripudiate — to dance for joy
- trisulfide — a sulfide containing three sulfur atoms.
- trivandrum — a city in and the capital of Kerala state, in S India: Vishnu pilgrimage center.
- troubadour — one of a class of medieval lyric poets who flourished principally in southern France from the 11th to 13th centuries, and wrote songs and poems of a complex metrical form in langue d'oc, chiefly on themes of courtly love. Compare trouvère.
- troubledly — in a troubled manner
- trump card — Cards. trump1 (def 1a).
- 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.
- trunk road — A trunk road is a major road that has been specially built for travelling long distances. A trunk road is not as wide or as fast as a motorway.