10-letter words containing d, r, y
- disorderly — characterized by disorder; irregular; untidy; confused: a disorderly desk.
- disparency — (proscribed) A significant discrepancy.
- dispensary — a place where something is dispensed, especially medicines.
- dissuasory — dissuasive
- distillery — a place or establishment where distilling, especially the distilling of liquors, is done.
- dithyrambs — Plural form of dithyramb.
- ditriglyph — the distance, on centers, between a metope and the second one distant.
- diuturnity — a long period of time; lastingness
- divergency — divergence; deviation.
- divinatory — the practice of attempting to foretell future events or discover hidden knowledge by occult or supernatural means.
- diyarbakir — a city in SE Turkey in Asia, on the Tigris River.
- dollar day — a sale day on which retail merchandise is reduced to a dollar or very low price.
- dolorously — In a dolorous manner.
- donkeywork — Informal. tedious, repetitious work; drudgery.
- donn-byrne — Brian Oswald ("Donn Byrne") 1889–1928, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- donnybrook — an inordinately wild fight or contentious dispute; brawl; free-for-all.
- doomsayers — Plural form of doomsayer.
- doomsdayer — a doomsayer.
- door money — admission fee to a place of entertainment or recreation.
- dory skiff — an open boat similar to but smaller than a dory.
- doulocracy — Government by slaves.
- downwardly — Also, downwards. from a higher to a lower place or condition.
- draggingly — In a way that drags; with a dragging motion.
- drainlayer — a person trained to build or repair drains
- dramaturgy — the craft or the techniques of dramatic composition.
- drawlingly — Speaking with a drawl.
- dray horse — a draft horse used for pulling a dray.
- dreadfully — in a dreadful way: The pain has increased dreadfully.
- dreadingly — With dread.
- dreamingly — In a dreamy manner.
- dreyfusard — a defender or supporter of Alfred Dreyfus.
- driftingly — In a way that drifts.
- drive away — depart in a vehicle
- droolingly — In a drooling manner or fashion.
- droopingly — In a drooping manner.
- drudgingly — a person who does menial, distasteful, dull, or hard work.
- druidology — the study of the religion, customs, and practices of the Druids.
- 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.
- dry freeze — the occurrence of freezing temperatures without the formation of hoarfrost.
- dry fresco — fresco secco.
- dry ginger — ginger ale
- dry offset — letterset.
- dry socket — a painful inflammatory infection of the bone and tissues at the site of an extracted tooth.
- dry valley — a valley originally produced by running water but now waterless
- dry-fresco — the technique of painting in watercolors on dry plaster. Also called dry fresco, secco. Compare fresco (def 1).
- drying oil — any of a group of oily, organic liquids occurring naturally, as linseed, soybean, or dehydrated castor oil, or synthesized, that when applied as a thin coating absorb atmospheric oxygen, forming a tough, elastic layer.
- drying-out — the process of detoxifying an alcoholic patient: Drying-out takes time.
- drysaltery — The articles kept by a drysalter for sale.
- durability — able to resist wear, decay, etc., well; lasting; enduring.
- duty-frees — goods sold in a duty-free shop