10-letter words containing d, u, r, c
- decamerous — having ten sections or partitions
- decorously — characterized by dignified propriety in conduct, manners, appearance, character, etc.
- decurrency — the action of flowing downwards
- democritus — ?460–?370 bc, Greek philosopher who developed the atomist theory of matter of his teacher, Leucippus
- denouncers — Plural form of denouncer.
- descendeur — a shaped metal piece through which the rope can be fed: used to control the rate of descent in abseiling
- destructed — serving or designed to destroy: a destruct mechanism on a missile.
- destructor — a furnace or incinerator for the disposal of refuse, esp one that uses the resulting heat to generate power
- detruncate — to cut off a part of; truncate
- dicksucker — (vulgar slang) A person who fellates men.
- dicoumarin — any compound formed with two bonded coumarin molecules
- dicoumarol — a substance obtained naturally from sweet clover or produced synthetically as a drug, used as an anticoagulant
- die brücke — a group of German Expressionist painters (1905–13), including Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, Fritz Bleyl, Erich Heckel, and Ernst Ludwig Kirchner. In 1912 they exhibited with der Blaue Reiter
- dinosauric — Of or pertaining to dinosaurs.
- direct sum — a composition of two disjoint sets, as vector spaces, such that every element in the composition can be written uniquely as the sum of two elements, one from each of the given sets.
- disclosure — the act or an instance of disclosing; exposure; revelation.
- discolours — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of discolour.
- discounter — a person who discounts.
- discourage — to deprive of courage, hope, or confidence; dishearten; dispirit.
- discoursal — of or relating to discourse
- discoursed — communication of thought by words; talk; conversation: earnest and intelligent discourse.
- discourser — One who discourses; a narrator or speaker.
- discourses — communication of thought by words; talk; conversation: earnest and intelligent discourse.
- discursion — an instance of discursive writing, speech, etc.; a wandering or logically unconnected statement.
- discursist — a person who engages in discourse
- discursive — passing aimlessly from one subject to another; digressive; rambling.
- discursory — of or relating to discourse
- disjunctor — a small body found in the spores of some fungi
- disulfuric — pyrosulfuric.
- docudramas — Plural form of docudrama.
- documenter — a written or printed paper furnishing information or evidence, as a passport, deed, bill of sale, or bill of lading; a legal or official paper.
- dog tucker — the meat of a sheep killed on a farm and used as dog food
- dolichurus — a dactylic hexameter characterized by a redundant syllable at the end
- doulocracy — Government by slaves.
- downcurved — curved downward at the edges or end: his downcurved mouth conveyed his disappointment; downcurved beak.
- dracontium — (pharmacy, obsolete) The roots and rhizomes of skunk cabbage, Symplocarpus foetidus.
- drum corps — a band, especially a marching band, of drum players usually under the direction of a drum major.
- drumsticks — Plural form of drumstick.
- drupaceous — resembling or relating to a drupe; consisting of drupes.
- du cerceau — Androuet [ahn-droo-e] /ɑ̃ druˈɛ/ (Show IPA), Androuet du Cerceau.
- 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.
- dumbstruck — temporarily deprived of the power of speech, as by surprise or confusion; dumbfounded.
- 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.
- duplicator — a machine for making duplicates, as a mimeograph.
- dust cover — a cloth or plastic covering used to protect furniture or equipment, as during a period of nonuse.
- dutch barn — a farm building consisting of a steel frame and a curved roof
- dutch door — a door consisting of two units horizontally divided so that each half can be opened or closed separately.