8-letter words containing d, u, r
- druthers — one's own way, choice, or preference: If I had my druthers, I'd dance all night.
- dry bulk — a category of cargo stowed in bulk, consisting of grain, cotton, coal, etc.
- dry suit — a close-fitting, double-layered synthetic garment worn by a scuba diver in especially cold water, protecting the skin from contact with water and having an internal, warming layer of air that can be added to in order to equalize pressure during descent.
- dry-hump — to engage in non-penetrative sexual activity
- drybrush — a technique of drawing or painting in which a brush having a small quantity of pigment or medium is applied to or dragged across a surface.
- drymouth — a condition of insufficient saliva, known medically as xerostomia
- du barry — Comtesse (Marie Jeanne Bécu) 1746–93, mistress of Louis XV.
- dubliner — Ireland; magazine
- ductwork — a system of ducts used for a particular purpose, as in a ventilation or heating system.
- duisburg — a city in W Germany, at the junction of the Rhine and Ruhr rivers: the largest river port in Europe; formed 1929 from the cities of Duisburg and Hamborn.
- dukhobor — Doukhobor.
- dulcimer — Also called hammered dulcimer, hammer dulcimer. a trapezoidal zither with metal strings that are struck with light hammers.
- dullards — Plural form of dullard.
- dumfries — Also called Dumfriesshire [duhm-frees-sheer, -sher] /dʌmˈfrisˌʃɪər, -ʃər/ (Show IPA). a historic county in S Scotland.
- dummerer — a cant expression for a tramp who feigns that he or she is unable to speak
- dumpcart — a cart with a body that can be tilted or a bottom that can be opened downward to discharge the contents.
- dumpster — a large metal bin for refuse designed to be hoisted onto a specially equipped truck for emptying or hauling away.
- dunaburg — German name of Daugavpils.
- dungaree — dungarees. work clothes, overalls, etc., of blue denim. blue jeans.
- dungmere — a hole or a trench for the collection of waste matter
- dunleary — a port in E Republic of Ireland, on Dublin Bay. Pop: 24 447 (2002)
- dunnarts — Plural form of dunnart.
- duntroon — a suburb of Canberra: seat of the Royal Military College of Australia
- duplexer — an automatic electronic switching device that permits the use of the same antenna for transmitting and receiving.
- durables — (economics) Plural form of durable; durable goods.
- duration — the length of time something continues or exists (often used with the).
- durative — noting or pertaining to a verb aspect expressing incomplete or continued action. Beat and walk are durative in contrast to strike and step.
- duressor — a person who subjects another to duress.
- durgapur — a city in S West Bengal State, NE India.
- durkheim — Émile [ey-meel] /eɪˈmil/ (Show IPA), 1858–1917, French sociologist and philosopher.
- durocher — Leo Ernest ("The Lip") 1905–91, U.S. baseball player and manager.
- durukuli — Alternative form of douroucouli.
- dustcart — a garbage truck.
- duumvirs — Plural form of duumvir.
- duvalier — François [frahn-swa] /frɑ̃ˈswa/ (Show IPA), ("Papa Doc") 1907–71, Haitian physician and dictator: president 1957–71.
- eardrums — Plural form of eardrum.
- echiurid — any of various unsegmented marine worms of the phylum Echiura, comprising the spoonworms.
- edinburg — a city in S Texas.
- educator — a person or thing that educates, especially a teacher, principal, or other person involved in planning or directing education.
- end user — consumer
- end-user — (job) The person who uses a computer application, as opposed to those who developed or support it. The end-user may or may not know anything about computers, how they work, or what to do if something goes wrong. End-users do not usually have administrative responsibilities or privileges. End users are certain to have a different set of assumptions than the developers who created the application.
- endurant — Capable of enduring fatigue, pain, hunger, etc.
- endureth — (archaic) Third-person singular simple present indicative form of endure.
- enduring — Continuing or long-lasting.
- enquired — Simple past tense and past participle of enquire.
- enshroud — Envelop completely and hide from view.
- epidural — On or around the dura mater, in particular (of an anesthetic) introduced into the space around the dura mater of the spinal cord.
- eridanus — a long twisting constellation in the S hemisphere extending from Orion to Hydrus and containing the first magnitude star Achernar
- eupatrid — One well born, or of noble birth.
- eurobond — Eurobonds are bonds which are issued in a particular European currency and sold to people from a country with a different currency.