10-letter words containing d, u, r, i, o
- ridiculous — causing or worthy of ridicule or derision; absurd; preposterous; laughable: a ridiculous plan.
- ring round — If you ring round or ring around, you phone several people, usually when you are trying to organize something or to find some information.
- riot squad — a group of police officers having special training and equipment for quelling riots and other public disturbances.
- roughrider — a person who breaks horses to the saddle.
- round file — circular file.
- round trip — a trip to a given place and back again: Fares for round trips often have a discount.
- routinised — to develop into a regular procedure.
- routinized — to develop into a regular procedure.
- sdrucciola — (of rhymes) triple
- sit around — be idle, lounge about
- sourdeline — a type of bagpipe
- stridulous — Also, stridulant. making or having a harsh or grating sound.
- sub-editor — A sub-editor is a person whose job it is to check and correct articles in newspapers or magazines before they are printed.
- subjoinder — something subjoined, as an additional comment.
- subordinal — of, relating to, or ranked as a suborder.
- sudatorium — a hot-air bath for inducing sweating.
- superoxide — a compound containing the univalent ion O 2 − .
- tendrilous — a threadlike, leafless organ of climbing plants, often growing in spiral form, which attaches itself to or twines round some other body, so as to support the plant.
- tour guide — A tour guide is a person employed by a travel company to assist people who are on vacation.
- traduction — a transmission or communication
- tripehound — an objectionable person
- undervoice — an undertone or low voice
- undesirous — having or feeling no desire for something
- undivorced — not divorced; still married
- undrooping — not drooping, not sinking down; unfaltering
- unimodular — (of a matrix) having its determinant equal to 1.
- unimplored — to beg urgently or piteously, as for aid or mercy; beseech; entreat: They implored him to go.
- unimproved — not developed to full potential, as resources or the mind.
- uninformed — having or prepared with information or knowledge; apprised: an informed audience that asked intelligent questions.
- union card — a card identifying one as a member of a particular labor union.
- unitholder — a person who owns a unit of something
- unliquored — without alcoholic drink, esp spirits; sober
- unmortised — not mortised
- unordained — to invest with ministerial or sacerdotal functions; confer holy orders upon.
- unordinary — of no special quality or interest; commonplace; unexceptional: One novel is brilliant, the other is decidedly ordinary; an ordinary person.
- unpaid-for — not paid for.
- unprofited — lacking profit or gain
- unpromised — not engaged or promised in marriage
- unprovided — not provided or supplied
- unrejoiced — not feeling joy or delight
- untailored — (of a woman's garment) in a simple or plain style with fitted lines. Compare dressmaker (def 2).
- whip-round — When a group of people have a whip-round, money is collected from each person so that it can be used to buy something for all of them or for someone they all know.