10-letter words containing e, s, r, o
- drearisome — Very dreary.
- dress coat — tail coat.
- dress code — a set of rules specifying the garb or type of clothing to be worn by a group or by people under specific circumstances: a military dress code; The restaurant's dress code requires men to wear jackets and ties at dinner.
- dress down — of or for a dress or dresses.
- dress form — an adjustable dummy used in dressmaking that can be made to conform to a person's figure
- dress-down — pertaining to or being a policy that allows employees to dress less formally than usual: dress-down days during the summer.
- dripstones — Plural form of dripstone.
- drolleries — Plural form of drollery.
- droop nose — Aeronautics. a downward-sloping, adjustable aircraft nose, which increases visibility for the pilot during takeoff and landing. an aircraft with this type of nose. an adjustable flap at the leading edge of an aircraft wing.
- droopiness — The characteristic of being droopy.
- drop press — drop forge.
- drop scene — a drop curtain, often of painted or dyed canvas, located downstage and used as the backdrop for a scene played while the set upstage is being changed.
- drop scone — a flat spongy cake made by dropping a spoonful of batter on a griddle
- drosometer — an instrument for measuring the amount of dew formed on a given surface.
- drowsihead — drowsiness.
- drowsiness — half-asleep; sleepy.
- drudgerous — Of or pertaining to drudgery; tedious, menial and exhausting.
- drug store — the place of business of a druggist, usually also selling cosmetics, stationery, toothpaste, mouthwash, cigarettes, etc., and sometimes soft drinks and light meals.
- drugstores — Plural form of drugstore.
- drupaceous — resembling or relating to a drupe; consisting of drupes.
- dry fresco — fresco secco.
- dry offset — letterset.
- dry socket — a painful inflammatory infection of the bone and tissues at the site of an extracted tooth.
- dry-fresco — the technique of painting in watercolors on dry plaster. Also called dry fresco, secco. Compare fresco (def 1).
- duckshover — one who duckshoves, jumps a queue; cheats
- durometers — Plural form of durometer.
- dusseldorf — a state in W Germany; formerly a part of Rhine province. 13,154 sq. mi. (34,070 sq. km). Capital: Düsseldorf.
- dust cover — a cloth or plastic covering used to protect furniture or equipment, as during a period of nonuse.
- e-passport — a passport with an embedded microchip carrying information about the holder
- earthworks — Plural form of earthwork.
- earthworms — Plural form of earthworm.
- east timor — a small country in SE Asia, comprising part of the island of Timor: colonized by Portugal in the 19th century; declared independence in 1975 but immediately invaded by Indonesia; under UN administration from 1999 and an independent state from 2002. It is mountainous with a monsoon climate; subsistence agriculture is the main occupation. Languages: Portuguese, Tetun (a lingua franca), and Bahasa Indonesia. Religion: Roman Catholic majority. Currency: US dollar. Capital: Dili. Pop: 1 172 390 (2013 est). Area: 14 874 sq km (5743 sq miles)
- eastbourne — a seaport in East Sussex, in SE England.
- eastermost — (archaic) easternmost.
- eavesdrops — Plural form of eavesdrop.
- echo verse — a poem in which the words or syllables at the end of a line are repeated as a response in the next line, often for ironic purpose.
- economiser — Alternative form of economizer.
- ecotourism — tourism to places having unspoiled natural resources, with minimal impact on the environment being a primary concern.
- ecotourist — A participant in ecotourism.
- ectomorphs — Plural form of ectomorph.
- ectoprocts — Plural form of ectoproct.
- ectotherms — Plural form of ectotherm.
- editorials — Plural form of editorial.
- editorship — the office or function of an editor.
- effloresce — to burst into bloom; blossom.
- effortless — requiring or involving no effort; displaying no signs of effort; easy: an effortless writing style.
- egosurfing — (Internet) The act of using a search engine to find mentions of one's name on the Internet.
- eiderdowns — Plural form of eiderdown.
- eightscore — one hundred and sixty
- eirenicons — Plural form of eirenicon.