10-letter words containing d, r, u
- unbuffered — an apparatus at the end of a railroad car, railroad track, etc., for absorbing shock during coupling, collisions, etc.
- unbuttered — not buttered; not spread with butter
- uncaptured — to take by force or stratagem; take prisoner; seize: The police captured the burglar.
- uncarpeted — having no carpet
- uncensored — an official who examines books, plays, news reports, motion pictures, radio and television programs, letters, cablegrams, etc., for the purpose of suppressing parts deemed objectionable on moral, political, military, or other grounds.
- uncensured — strong or vehement expression of disapproval: The newspapers were unanimous in their censure of the tax proposal.
- unchurched — not being a member of a church; not attending any church.
- uncoloured — with no colour or with no colour added
- 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.
- uncorseted — Sometimes, corsets. a close-fitting undergarment, stiffened with whalebone or similar material and often capable of being tightened by lacing, enclosing the trunk: worn, especially by women, to shape and support the body; stays.
- uncredible — not able to be believed
- uncredited — commendation or honor given for some action, quality, etc.: Give credit where it is due.
- uncrippled — not crippled
- uncrumpled — rumpled; wrinkled; crushed.
- uncultured — the lack or absence of culture: Much modern fiction is a product of unculture.
- uncumbered — to hinder; hamper.
- undebarred — unhindered or undeterred
- undeclared — publicly avowed or professed; self-confessed: a declared liberal.
- undeferred — postponed or delayed.
- undeformed — having the form changed, especially with loss of beauty; misshapen; disfigured: After the accident his arm was permanently deformed.
- undeplored — not hopeless or lamented
- undepraved — not corrupted
- undeprived — marked by deprivation; lacking the necessities of life, as adequate food and shelter: a deprived childhood.
- under arms — ready for armed combat
- under fire — a state, process, or instance of combustion in which fuel or other material is ignited and combined with oxygen, giving off light, heat, and flame.
- under foot — on the ground; beneath one's feet
- under oath — having sworn to tell the truth
- under sail — If you cross the sea under sail, you cross it in a ship that has sails rather than an engine.
- under seal — If a document is under seal, it is in a sealed envelope and cannot be looked at, for example because it is private.
- under-hang — to fasten or attach (a thing) so that it is supported only from above or at a point near its own top; suspend.
- under-work — to do less work on than is necessary or required: to underwork an idea.
- underactor — a secondary actor or agent
- underagent — a secondary agent
- underarmed — not having sufficient weapons.
- underbelly — the lower abdomen; posterior ventral area, as of an animal's body.
- underbough — a low-lying tree branch
- underbrush — shrubs, saplings, low vines, etc., growing under the large trees in a wood or forest.
- underbuild — (in the construction trade) to strengthen by building a support underneath
- underburnt — not sufficiently burnt
- underclass — a social stratum consisting of impoverished persons with very low social status.
- undercliff — a low cliff created by extreme weather
- undercount — to count less than the full number or amount of: The mayor claimed the census had undercounted the city's population.
- undercover — working or done out of public sight; secret: an undercover investigation.
- undercrest — to support with a crest
- undercroft — a vault or chamber under the ground, especially in a church.
- underdraft — a tendency of a rolled piece to curve downward after passing through a stand, occurring when the upper roll is faster than the lower. Compare overdraft (def 7).
- underdrain — a drain placed beneath the surface of cultivated fields, streets, etc.
- underdrawn — to line the underside of (a structure, as a floor) with plasterwork, boarding, or the like.
- underdress — to clothe oneself less completely or formally than is usual or fitting for the circumstances.
- underdrive — a speed-reducing gear device in a motor vehicle that causes the output drive shaft to rotate at a slower rate.