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10-letter words containing d, r, u

  • underearth — the soil found beneath the surface of something
  • underfired — supplied with fuel or heat from beneath.
  • underfloor — that part of a room, hallway, or the like, that forms its lower enclosing surface and upon which one walks.
  • underframe — the lower frame on which a vehicular structure rests: the underframe of a bus.
  • underglaze — (of a color or decoration) applied to a piece before the piece is glazed.
  • undergrove — a covered grove
  • undergrown — not grown to normal size or height: sickly and undergrown cattle.
  • underguard — to keep safe from harm or danger; protect; watch over: to guard the ruler.
  • underjawed — with a heavy or underhung lower jaw
  • underlayer — a layer lying beneath another; substratum.
  • underlease — a sublet
  • underlined — to mark with a line or lines underneath; underscore.
  • underlinen — fabric woven from flax yarns.
  • underliner — to mark with a line or lines underneath; underscore.
  • underlying — lying or situated beneath, as a substratum.
  • undermined — to injure or destroy by insidious activity or imperceptible stages, sometimes tending toward a sudden dramatic effect.
  • undernamed — noted below
  • underneath — below the surface or level of; directly or vertically beneath; at or on the bottom of.
  • undernoted — well-known; celebrated; famous: a noted scholar.
  • underpants — drawers or shorts worn under outer clothing, usually next to the skin.
  • underpitch — of or relating to a type of groin-vaulted ceiling construction
  • underplant — any member of the kingdom Plantae, comprising multicellular organisms that typically produce their own food from inorganic matter by the process of photosynthesis and that have more or less rigid cell walls containing cellulose, including vascular plants, mosses, liverworts, and hornworts: some classification schemes may include fungi, algae, bacteria, blue-green algae, and certain single-celled eukaryotes that have plantlike qualities, as rigid cell walls or photosynthesis.
  • underprice — to price (goods or merchandise) lower than the standard price or fair value.
  • underprize — to prize insufficiently
  • underproof — containing a smaller proportion of alcohol than proof spirit.
  • underquote — to offer (stocks, merchandise, etc.) at a price lower than the market price or some other quoted price; offer at a price reduced by (a specified amount).
  • underrated — to rate or evaluate too low; underestimate.
  • underreact — to react with less than the expected or appropriate emotion.
  • underscore — to mark with a line or lines underneath; underline, as for emphasis.
  • underscrub — small vegetation
  • undersense — the underlying meaning
  • underserve — to offer inadequate services or facilities to.
  • undersexed — having a weaker sexual drive than is considered usual or normal.
  • undershirt — a collarless, usually pullover undergarment for the torso, usually of cotton and either sleeveless and low-cut or with sleeves, worn chiefly by men and children.
  • undershoot — to shoot or launch a projectile that strikes under or short of (a target).
  • undershrub — a low shrub.
  • undersight — the power or faculty of seeing; perception of objects by use of the eyes; vision.
  • undersized — smaller than the usual or normal size.
  • underskirt — a skirt, as a petticoat, worn under another skirt or a dress.
  • undersleep — to take the rest afforded by a suspension of voluntary bodily functions and the natural suspension, complete or partial, of consciousness; cease being awake.
  • underslept — to take the rest afforded by a suspension of voluntary bodily functions and the natural suspension, complete or partial, of consciousness; cease being awake.
  • underslung — suspended from an upper support, as the chassis of a vehicle from the axles.
  • underspend — to pay out, disburse, or expend; dispose of (money, wealth, resources, etc.): resisting the temptation to spend one's money.
  • understand — to perceive the meaning of; grasp the idea of; comprehend: to understand Spanish; I didn't understand your question.
  • understate — to state or represent less strongly or strikingly than the facts would bear out; set forth in restrained, moderate, or weak terms: The casualty lists understate the extent of the disaster.
  • understeer — a handling characteristic of an automotive vehicle that causes it to turn less sharply than the driver intends because the front wheels slide to the outside of the turn before the rear wheels lose traction.
  • understock — to provide an insufficient quantity, as of merchandise, supplies, or livestock.
  • understood — simple past tense and past participle of understand.
  • understory — the shrubs and plants growing beneath the main canopy of a forest.
  • understudy — to learn (a role) in order to replace the regular actor or actress when necessary.
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