10-letter words containing e, r, c, u
- cursedness — The state or quality of being cursed.
- curselarie — (in the works of Shakespeare) cursory
- curtilages — Plural form of curtilage.
- curtmantle — ("Henry the Saint") 973–1024, king of Germany 1002–24 and emperor of the Holy Roman Empire 1014–24.
- curtseying — Present participle of curtsey.
- curvaceous — If someone describes a woman as curvaceous, they think she is attractive because of the curves of her body.
- curvatures — Plural form of curvature.
- curve ball — a continuously bending line, without angles.
- curve-ball — a continuously bending line, without angles.
- curveballs — Plural form of curveball.
- curvetting — Present participle of curvet.
- customizer — a person who customizes
- cut flower — any pretty flower cut for a floral arrangement.
- cut square — a stamp cut from the envelope on which it has been printed so as to leave a square margin.
- cutis vera — cutis.
- cutter bar — Also called sickle bar. (in a mower, binder, or combine) a bar with triangular guards along which a knife or blade runs.
- cyberbully — someone who uses electronic communication to hurt, persecute or intimidate people
- cyberbunny — (abuse) Someone who knows absolutely nothing about computers and advises people who know absolutely nothing about computers. The term is used mostly on AOL, Prodigy, Compuserve, etc.
- cybergroup — A group based in cyberspace or on the Internet.
- cypherpunk — A person who uses encryption when accessing a computer network in order to ensure privacy, especially from government authorities.
- dampcourse — a horizontal layer of impervious material in a brick wall, fairly close to the ground, to stop moisture rising
- debauchery — You use debauchery to refer to the drinking of alcohol or to sexual activity if you disapprove of it or regard it as excessive.
- 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.
- 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
- 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.
- discounter — a person who discounts.
- discourage — to deprive of courage, hope, or confidence; dishearten; dispirit.
- 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.
- discursive — passing aimlessly from one subject to another; digressive; rambling.
- 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
- downcurved — curved downward at the edges or end: his downcurved mouth conveyed his disappointment; downcurved beak.
- 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.
- duckshover — one who duckshoves, jumps a queue; cheats
- dude ranch — a ranch operated primarily as a vacation resort.
- dust cover — a cloth or plastic covering used to protect furniture or equipment, as during a period of nonuse.