9-letter words containing e, r, u, d, i
- drive out — To drive out something means to make it disappear or stop operating.
- dubliners — a collection of short stories (1914) by James Joyce.
- duikerbok — duiker.
- dulcimers — Plural form of dulcimer.
- echiuroid — any wormlike invertebrate of the phylum Echiuroidea, found in sand and mud of tropical and subtropical seas, having at the mouth a ciliated, often elongated prostomium.
- edinburgh — a division of the United Kingdom in the N part of Great Britain. 30,412 sq. mi. (78,772 sq. km). Capital: Edinburgh.
- epidaurus — an ancient port in Greece, in the NE Peloponnese, in Argolis on the Saronic Gulf
- epidurals — Plural form of epidural.
- eruditely — In a learned or scholarly manner.
- erudition — The quality of having or showing great knowledge or learning; scholarship.
- euripides — ?480–406 bc, Greek tragic dramatist. His plays, 18 of which are extant, include Alcestis, Medea, Hippolytus, Hecuba, Trojan Women, Electra, Iphigeneia in Tauris, Iphigeneia in Aulis, and Bacchae
- euro-isdn — European Integrated Services Digital Network. An ETSI standard for Integrated Services Digital Network being phased in in March 1994. Euro-ISDN will allow full transparent interworking between all European countries (members of the CEPT). It is available on a commercial basis in most European countries.
- euthyroid — having a thyroid gland that functions normally
- extruding — Present participle of extrude.
- figuredly — in a figured manner
- fireguard — a person trained in fire prevention and safety: We're looking for volunteer fireguards for Sunday's performance.
- fluidizer — to make (something) fluid.
- fortitude — mental and emotional strength in facing difficulty, adversity, danger, or temptation courageously: Never once did her fortitude waver during that long illness.
- foundries — Plural form of foundry.
- friendful — Full of friendlihood; friendly.
- frusemide — Former BAN name of the drug furosemide.
- fulleride — a compound of a fullerene in which atoms are trapped inside the cage of carbon atoms
- fundraise — to collect by fund-raising: The charity needs to fund-raise more than a million dollars.
- furbished — to restore to freshness of appearance or good condition (often followed by up): to furbish a run-down neighborhood; to furbish up one's command of a foreign language.
- furnished — to supply (a house, room, etc.) with necessary furniture, carpets, appliances, etc.
- gerundial — (in certain languages, as Latin) a form regularly derived from a verb and functioning as a noun, having in Latin all case forms but the nominative, as Latin dicendī gen., dicendō, dat., abl., etc., “saying.”. See also gerundive (def 1).
- gerundive — (in Latin) a verbal adjective similar to the gerund in form and noting the obligation, necessity, or worthiness of the action to be done, as legendus in Liber legendus est, “The book is worth reading.”. See also gerund (def 1).
- glyburide — a hypoglycemic substance, C 23 H 28 ClN 3 O 5 S, used orally in the treatment of diabetes mellitus.
- gratitude — the quality or feeling of being grateful or thankful: He expressed his gratitude to everyone on the staff.
- guideword — A watchword; a word or phrase that serves as one's guide.
- gurdjieff — George Ivanovich (George S. Georgiades) 1872–1949, Armenian-born spiritual leader and author.
- hierodule — a slave in service in an ancient Greek temple.
- hired gun — a person hired to kill someone, as a gunfighter or professional killer.
- hirudinea — the class comprising the leeches.
- hirundine — of, relating to, or resembling the swallow.
- humdinger — a person, thing, action, or statement of remarkable excellence or effect.
- hurriedly — moving or working rapidly, especially forced or required to hurry, as a person.
- immatured — Not having matured.
- impounder — One who impounds.
- imprudent — not prudent; lacking discretion; incautious; rash.
- impurpled — Simple past tense and past participle of impurple.
- in sunder — into pieces; apart
- incrusted — Alternative spelling of encrusted.
- indeavour — Archaic form of endeavour.
- indecorum — indecorous behavior or character.
- indenture — a deed or agreement executed in two or more copies with edges correspondingly indented as a means of identification.
- indurable — Archaic form of endurable.
- indurance — Obsolete form of endurance.
- indurated — to make hard; harden, as rock, tissue, etc.: Cold indurates the soil.
- inerudite — Not erudite; unlearned; ignorant.