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10-letter words containing m, e, d

  • dura mater — the tough, fibrous membrane forming the outermost of the three coverings of the brain and spinal cord. Also called dura. Compare arachnoid (def 6), pia mater.
  • durometers — Plural form of durometer.
  • durovernum — the Latin name for a city in SE England, in E Kent: starting point for St Augustine's mission to England (597 ad); cathedral where St Thomas à Becket was martyred (1170); seat of the archbishop and primate of England; seat of the University of Kent (1965). Pop: 43 552 (2001)
  • durrenmatt — Friedrich [freed-rik;; German free-drikh] /ˈfrid rɪk;; German ˈfri drɪx/ (Show IPA), 1921–90, Swiss dramatist and novelist.
  • dust mouse — a dust ball.
  • duumvirate — a coalition of two persons holding the same office, as in ancient Rome.
  • dwarf male — a male animal that is much smaller, and often internally simpler, than its female counterpart. Dwarf males are commonly carried by the female, as in species of angler fish
  • dwell time — the amount of time a customer spends waiting in a queue
  • dysphemism — the substitution of a harsh, disparaging, or unpleasant expression for a more neutral one.
  • eadmund ii — ("Ironside") a.d. c980–1016, English king 1016: defeated by Canute.
  • ear-minded — tending to perceive one's environment in terms of sound and to recall sounds more vividly than sights, smells, etc.
  • echinoderm — any marine animal of the invertebrate phylum Echinodermata, having a radiating arrangement of parts and a body wall stiffened by calcareous pieces that may protrude as spines and including the starfishes, sea urchins, sea cucumbers, etc.
  • economised — (UK) Simple past tense and past participle of economise.
  • economized — Simple past tense and past participle of economize.
  • ectodermal — Of or pertaining to the ectoderm.
  • edmundston — a city in NW New Brunswick, in SE Canada, on the upper part of the St. John River.
  • edo memory — Extended Data Out Dynamic Random Access Memory
  • edumacated — Simple past tense and past participle of edumacate.
  • eliminated — Simple past tense and past participle of eliminate.
  • emaculated — Simple past tense and past participle of emaculate.
  • embarassed — Misspelling of embarrassed.
  • embassador — Archaic form of ambassador.
  • embeddable — That can be embedded.
  • ember days — any of four groups of three days (always Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday) of prayer and fasting, the groups occurring after Pentecost, after the first Sunday of Lent, after the feast of St Lucy (Dec 13), and after the feast of the Holy Cross (Sept 14)
  • emberizids — Plural form of emberizid.
  • embittered — Simple past tense and past participle of embitter.
  • emblazoned — Simple past tense and past participle of emblazon.
  • emblemized — Simple past tense and past participle of emblemize.
  • embodiment — A tangible or visible form of an idea, quality, or feeling.
  • emboldened — Having been made bold.
  • emboldener — a person or thing that emboldens
  • embrangled — Simple past tense and past participle of embrangle.
  • embrittled — Simple past tense and past participle of embrittle.
  • embrocated — Simple past tense and past participle of embrocate.
  • embroiders — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of embroider.
  • embroidery — The art or pastime of embroidering cloth.
  • emendation — The process of making a revision or correction to a text.
  • emendatory — (archaic) Pertaining to emendation; corrective.
  • emeraldine — (organic chemistry) Any of a class of green dyestuffs that have an oligoaniline structure.
  • emolliated — Simple past tense and past participle of emolliate.
  • empanelled — Simple past tense and past participle of empanel.
  • emparadise — to turn (a place or state) into a paradise
  • empathised — Simple past tense and past participle of empathise.
  • empathized — Simple past tense and past participle of empathize.
  • empedocles — ?490–430 bc, Greek philosopher and scientist, who held that the world is composed of four elements, air, fire, earth, and water, which are governed by the opposing forces of love and discord
  • emphasised — Simple past tense and past participle of emphasise.
  • emphasized — Simple past tense and past participle of emphasize.
  • empire day — a former holiday celebrated in the British Empire on May 24, Queen Victoria's birthday
  • emu parade — an army exercise devoted to emu-bobbing
  • emulsified — Simple past tense and past participle of emulsify.
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