10-letter words containing d, r, u
- drudgeries — Plural form of drudgery.
- drudgerous — Of or pertaining to drudgery; tedious, menial and exhausting.
- drudgework — work that is menial and tedious and therefore distasteful; drudgery.
- drudgingly — a person who does menial, distasteful, dull, or hard work.
- drug abuse — addiction to drugs.
- drug baron — the head of an organization that deals in illegal drugs
- drug habit — addiction to recreational drugs
- drug squad — a police unit dedicated to the investigation of drugs offences
- drug store — the place of business of a druggist, usually also selling cosmetics, stationery, toothpaste, mouthwash, cigarettes, etc., and sometimes soft drinks and light meals.
- drug-taker — someone who takes illegal drugs
- druggist's — a shop where medicines and prescription drugs are sold
- drugpusher — a person who sells illicit drugs.
- drugs raid — a sudden and unexpected visit by the police, often involving forced entry, with the aim of finding any illegal drugs
- drugs ring — an organized group of people involved in drug dealing
- drugs test — a check for the presence of banned substances in someone's blood or urine
- drugstores — Plural form of drugstore.
- druidology — the study of the religion, customs, and practices of the Druids.
- drum brake — a brake system in which a pair of brake shoes can be pressed against the inner surface of a shallow metal drum that is rigidly attached to a wheel.
- drum corps — a band, especially a marching band, of drum players usually under the direction of a drum major.
- drum major — the marching leader of a drum corps or a band.
- drum table — a table having a cylindrical top with drawers or shelves in the skirt, rotating on a central post with three or four outwardly curving legs.
- drumbeater — a person who vigorously proclaims or publicizes the merits of a product, idea, movie, etc.; press agent.
- drumsticks — Plural form of drumstick.
- drunk dial — a phone call made by someone who is intoxicated.
- drunk tank — a large jail cell where persons arrested for drunkenness are kept, usually overnight.
- drunk text — a text message sent by someone who is intoxicated.
- drunkathon — a session in which excessive quantities of alcohol are consumed
- drupaceous — resembling or relating to a drupe; consisting of drupes.
- drury lane — a street in London, England, formerly notable for its theaters, named after the house Sir William Drury built there in the reign of Henry VIII.
- drying-out — the process of detoxifying an alcoholic patient: Drying-out takes time.
- du cerceau — Androuet [ahn-droo-e] /ɑ̃ druˈɛ/ (Show IPA), Androuet du Cerceau.
- du maurier — Dame Daphne (Lady Browning) 1907–1989, English novelist.
- duck press — a cooked duck sprinkled with red wine and then pressed in a device (duck press) so that the juices can be collected and served as a sauce over the breast meat and legs.
- duckboards — Plural form of duckboard.
- duckshover — one who duckshoves, jumps a queue; cheats
- dude ranch — a ranch operated primarily as a vacation resort.
- duisenberg — Willem Frederik, known as Wim. 1935–2005, Dutch economist; president of the European Central Bank (1998–2003)
- dukkeripen — fortune-telling
- dumbledore — (dialectal) A bumblebee.
- dumbstruck — temporarily deprived of the power of speech, as by surprise or confusion; dumbfounded.
- dumbwaiter — a small elevator, manually or electrically operated, consisting typically of a box with shelves, used in apartment houses, restaurants, and large private dwellings for moving dishes, food, garbage, etc., between floors.
- dumfounder — To dumbfound; to confound.
- dump orbit — an earth orbit into which communications satellites may be moved at the end of their operational lives, where there is no risk of their interference or collision with working satellites in the normal orbits
- dump truck — a usually open-topped truck having a body that can be tilted to discharge its contents, as sand or gravel, through an open tailgate.
- dunderfunk — a combination of ship's biscuit and molasses that is baked
- dunderhead — a dunce; blockhead; numbskull.
- dunderpate — a dunce; blockhead; numbskull.
- dune grass — a stout grass, Elymus arenarius, of Eurasia, used as a binder for shifting sand.
- dup killer — /d[y]oop kill'r/ Software that is supposed to detect and delete duplicates of a message that may have reached the FidoNet system via different routes. See also dup loop.
- duplicator — a machine for making duplicates, as a mimeograph.