10-letter words containing h, e, d, r
- derbyshire — a county of N central England: contains the Peak District and several resorts with mineral springs: the geographical and ceremonial county includes the city of Derby, which became an independent unitary authority in 1997. Administrative centre: Matlock. Pop (excluding Derby city): 743 000 (2003 est). Area (excluding Derby city): 2551 sq km (985 sq miles)
- dermatherm — an instrument for measuring skin temperature.
- dermopathy — Disease of the skin.
- dermotherm — an instrument for measuring skin temperature.
- deschooler — an advocate of deschooling
- despatcher — Alternative form of dispatcher.
- destroyeth — Archaic third-person singular form of destroy.
- dethroning — Present participle of dethrone.
- devonshire — 8th Duke of, title of Spencer Compton Cavendish. 1833–1908, British politician, also known (1858–91) as Lord Hartington. He led the Liberal Party (1874–80) and left it to found the Liberal Unionist Party (1886)
- diaphorase — a flavoprotein enzyme operating in mitochondria, acting as a catalyst in the process of dye reduction or oxidation
- diarrhetic — an intestinal disorder characterized by abnormal frequency and fluidity of fecal evacuations.
- diarrhoeal — Standard spelling of diarrheal.
- diathermal — of or relating to diathermy
- diathermic — of or relating to diathermy
- dichloride — a compound in which two atoms of chlorine are combined with another atom or group
- dichlorine — (chemistry, in combination) Two atoms of chlorine in a molecule.
- dichromate — any salt or ester of dichromic acid. Dichromate salts contain the ion Cr2O72–
- dihydrogen — (chemistry) The divalent radical formed from two separate hydrogen atoms or ions.
- dimorphite — a mineral, arsenic sulfide, As 4 S 3 , yellow-orange in color and similar in its properties to orpiment.
- diphtheria — a febrile, infectious disease caused by the bacillus Corynebacterium diphtheriae, and characterized by the formation of a false membrane in the air passages, especially the throat.
- direct hit — If a place suffers a direct hit, a bomb, bullet, or other missile that has been aimed at it lands exactly in that place, rather than some distance away.
- dirt cheap — very inexpensive: The house may need a lot of work, but it was dirt-cheap.
- dirt-cheap — very inexpensive: The house may need a lot of work, but it was dirt-cheap.
- disburthen — (obsolete) disburden.
- discharged — to relieve of a charge or load; unload: to discharge a ship.
- dischargee — a person who has been discharged, as from military service.
- discharger — Someone or something that discharges something, such as pollution or a firearm.
- discharges — Plural form of discharge.
- disencharm — To free from the influence of a charm or spell; to disenchant.
- disenthral — disenthrall.
- dishearted — Simple past tense and past participle of disheart.
- dishearten — to depress the hope, courage, or spirits of; discourage.
- disherison — disinheritance.
- disheritor — someone who disinherits
- dishonored — lack or loss of honor; disgraceful or dishonest character or conduct.
- dishonorer — (American spelling) Alternative form of dishonourer.
- dishwasher — a person who washes dishes.
- disinherit — Law. to exclude from inheritance (an heir or a next of kin).
- dispatcher — a person who dispatches.
- ditchwater — water, especially stagnant and dirty water, that has collected in a ditch.
- ditherings — Plural form of dithering.
- ditrochean — consisting of two trochees
- dogcatcher — a person employed by a municipal pound, humane society, or the like, to find and impound stray or homeless dogs, cats, etc.
- dogfighter — Person who competes in dogfighting.
- door check — a device, usually hydraulic or pneumatic, for controlling the closing of a door and preventing it from slamming.
- doorhandle — A door handle.
- dorchester — a town in S Dorsetshire, in S England, on the Frome River: named Casterbridge in Thomas Hardy's novels.
- downhiller — a skier who competes in downhill races, especially in the downhill.
- dragonhead — any of several mints of the genus Dracocephalum having spikes of double-lipped flowers.
- draughtier — Comparative form of draughty.