8-letter words containing d, r, u
- deutero- — second or secondary
- deuteron — the nucleus of a deuterium atom, consisting of one proton and one neutron
- devaluer — One who, or that which, devalues.
- devereux — Robert, 2nd Earl of Essex, 1566–1601, British statesman, soldier, and courtier of Queen Elizabeth I.
- devoured — Simple past tense and past participle of devour.
- devourer — to swallow or eat up hungrily, voraciously, or ravenously.
- dewsbury — a town in N England, in Kirklees unitary authority, West Yorkshire: formerly a centre of the woollen industry. Pop: 54 341 (2001)
- dextrous — dexterous
- dhurries — Plural form of dhurrie.
- diestrus — (in female mammals) an interval of sexual inactivity between periods of estrus.
- diffuser — a person or thing that diffuses.
- diffusor — a person or thing that diffuses.
- diluters — Plural form of diluter.
- dimerous — consisting of or divided into two parts.
- dinosaur — any chiefly terrestrial, herbivorous or carnivorous reptile of the extinct orders Saurischia and Ornithischia, from the Mesozoic Era, certain species of which are the largest known land animals.
- dioscuri — the Greek name for Castor and Pollux, when considered together
- dipluran — Any of various hexapods, of the order Diplura.
- dirgeful — Having the qualities of a dirge; moaning.
- disburse — to pay out (money), especially for expenses; expend.
- discoure — Obsolete form of discover.
- discured — Simple past tense and past participle of discure.
- disinure — to render unaccustomed
- dispurse — Obsolete form of disburse.
- disputer — One who disputes.
- disrupts — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disrupt.
- distrust — to regard with doubt or suspicion; have no trust in.
- disturbs — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disturb.
- diuresis — increased discharge of urine.
- diuretic — increasing the volume of the urine excreted, as by a medicinal substance.
- diurnals — Plural form of diurnal.
- divulger — One who divulges something.
- doldrums — A part of the ocean near the equator, abounding in calms, squalls, and light, baffling winds, which sometimes prevent all progress for weeks – so called by sailors.
- dolorous — full of, expressing, or causing pain or sorrow; grievous; mournful: a dolorous melody; dolorous news.
- dormeuse — mobcap.
- dormouse — any small, furry-tailed, Old World rodent of the family Gliridae, resembling small squirrels in appearance and habits.
- dortmund — a city in W Germany.
- douanier — a customs officer or official.
- doublers — Plural form of doubler.
- doublure — an ornamental lining of a book cover.
- doubters — Plural form of doubter.
- douceurs — Plural form of douceur.
- dounreay — the site in N Scotland of a nuclear power station, which contained the world's first fast-breeder reactor (1962–77). A prototype fast-breeder operated from 1974 until 1994: a nuclear fuel reprocessing plant has also operated at the site
- dourness — sullen; gloomy: The captain's dour look depressed us all.
- douzeper — a member of the douzepers
- downpour — a heavy, drenching rain.
- downrush — (intransitive) To rush down; rush downward.
- downturn — an act or instance of turning down or the state of being turned down: the downturn of a lower lip in a permanent pout.
- drag out — to draw with force, effort, or difficulty; pull heavily or slowly along; haul; trail: They dragged the carpet out of the house.
- drag-out — to draw with force, effort, or difficulty; pull heavily or slowly along; haul; trail: They dragged the carpet out of the house.
- drambuie — a liqueur based on Scotch whisky and made exclusively in Scotland from a recipe dating from the 18th century