10-letter words containing d, y, e, r
- lead story — the principal story in a newspaper
- leftwardly — leftwards
- leyden jar — a device for storing electric charge, consisting essentially of a glass jar lined inside and outside, for about two-thirds of its height, with tinfoil.
- lumberyard — a yard where lumber is stored for sale.
- make ready — the state or condition of being ready.
- make-ready — Printing. the process of preparing a form for printing by overlays or underlays to equalize the impression.
- market day — the day on which a regular market is held
- marmaladey — Covered with marmalade.
- marylander — a person born or living in Maryland
- mcreynolds — James Clark, 1862–1946, U.S. jurist: associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1914–41.
- measuredly — In a measured fashion.
- mediocracy — government or rule by a mediocre person or group.
- mediocrely — In a mediocre way.
- mediocrity — the state or quality of being mediocre.
- medium-dry — Medium-dry wine or sherry is not very sweet.
- merseyside — a metropolitan county in W England. 250 sq. mi. (648 sq. km).
- methyl red — a water-insoluble solid occurring as a dark-red powder or violet crystals, C 1 5 H 1 5 N 3 O 2 , used chiefly as an acid-base indicator.
- midcentury — Occurring around the center or middle of the century.
- mistrayned — deluded or incorrectly trained
- moderately — kept or keeping within reasonable or proper limits; not extreme, excessive, or intense: a moderate price.
- modern-day — Modern-day is used to refer to the new or modern aspects of a place, an activity, or a society.
- monorhymed — rhymed on a single rhyme
- murphy bed — a bed constructed so that it can be folded or swung into a closet.
- muster day — the annual day for enrollment in the militia of all able men aged 18 to 45, according to a law established in 1792 and in effect until after the Civil War.
- negri body — any of the microscopic bodies found in the nerve cells of animals affected with rabies.
- neurodynia — (pathology) nerve pain; neuralgia.
- obdurately — In an obdurate manner; stubbornly, intractably or inflexibly.
- odorimetry — the measurement of the strength and permanence of odours
- ordinately — in an ordered manner
- oven-ready — (of various foods) bought already prepared so that they are ready to be cooked in the oven
- overboldly — in too bold a manner; incautiously
- overfondly — with excessive affection
- overgreedy — too greedy
- oxidimetry — a technique of analytical chemistry that utilizes oxidizing agents for titrations.
- oyster bed — a place where oysters breed or are cultivated.
- peary land — a peninsula in N Greenland, extending into the Arctic Ocean: Cape Morris Jesup is at its N end. 200 miles (320 km) long.
- peroxyacid — an acid derived from hydrogen peroxide and containing the –O–O– group, as peroxysulfuric acid, H 2 S 2 O 8 .
- person-day — a unit of measurement, especially in accountancy, based on an ideal amount of work done by one person in one working day.
- playleader — a person who leads or assists with organized children's play
- playreader — a person who reads and evaluates plays, as for a publisher, producer, or theatrical company.
- polyhedral — of, relating to, or having the shape of a polyhedron.
- polyhedric — resembling a polyhedron
- polyhedron — a solid figure having many faces.
- powder boy — powder monkey (def 1).
- prebendary — a canon or member of the clergy who is entitled to a prebend for special services at a cathedral or collegiate church.
- precedency — precedence.
- predestiny — predestination; pre-determined destiny
- predictory — predictive.
- preholiday — relating to the period before a holiday
- presidency — the office, function, or term of office of a president.