10-letter words containing m, o, u, r
- cucumiform — shaped like a cucumber
- culiciform — resembling a gnat
- cultriform — (botany, zoology) Shaped like a pruning knife; cultrate.
- cumbersome — Something that is cumbersome is large and heavy and therefore difficult to carry, wear, or handle.
- cumbrously — In a cumbrous manner.
- cumuliform — resembling a cumulus cloud
- cuneiforms — Plural form of cuneiform.
- curmudgeon — If you call someone a curmudgeon, you do not like them because they are mean or bad-tempered.
- currycombs — Plural form of currycomb.
- custom car — a car that is built to the buyer's own specifications
- customizer — a person who customizes
- dampcourse — a horizontal layer of impervious material in a brick wall, fairly close to the ground, to stop moisture rising
- decamerous — having ten sections or partitions
- deer mouse — any of various mice of the genus Peromyscus, esp P. maniculatus, of North and Central America, having brownish fur with white underparts: family Cricetidae
- demeanours — Plural form of demeanour.
- democritus — ?460–?370 bc, Greek philosopher who developed the atomist theory of matter of his teacher, Leucippus
- dendrobium — a genus of tropical orchid, predominantly growing from trees or occasionally from rocks
- deus ramos — João de [zhwoun duh] /ʒwãʊ̃ də/ (Show IPA), 1830–96, Portuguese poet.
- devourment — the act of devouring
- diadromous — of or possessing a leaf venation in the shape of a fan
- dicoumarin — any compound formed with two bonded coumarin molecules
- dicoumarol — a substance obtained naturally from sweet clover or produced synthetically as a drug, used as an anticoagulant
- digitorium — a small portable keyboard for a pianist to play finger exercises on
- dimorphous — having two forms.
- dispermous — having two seeds.
- docudramas — Plural form of docudrama.
- 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.
- dracontium — (pharmacy, obsolete) The roots and rhizomes of skunk cabbage, Symplocarpus foetidus.
- drum corps — a band, especially a marching band, of drum players usually under the direction of a drum major.
- drum major — the marching leader of a drum corps or a band.
- dumbledore — (dialectal) A bumblebee.
- dumfounder — To dumbfound; to confound.
- dump orbit — an earth orbit into which communications satellites may be moved at the end of their operational lives, where there is no risk of their interference or collision with working satellites in the normal orbits
- 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)
- dust storm — a storm of strong winds and dust-filled air over an extensive area during a period of drought over normally arable land (distinguished from sandstorm).
- dysprosium — a rare-earth metallic element, highly reactive and paramagnetic, found in small amounts in various rare-earth minerals, as euxenite and monazite: used to absorb neutrons in nuclear reactors. Symbol: Dy; atomic weight: 162.50; atomic number: 66.
- ecotourism — tourism to places having unspoiled natural resources, with minimal impact on the environment being a primary concern.
- elasmosaur — a very long-necked extinct marine reptile: a type of plesiosaur
- embothrium — any evergreen shrub of the genus Embothrium, esp E. coccineum, native to South America but widely cultivated as an ornamental for its scarlet flowers: family Proteaceae
- embouchure — The way in which a player applies the mouth to the mouthpiece of a brass or wind instrument.
- enamouring — Present participle of enamour.
- enormously — To a very great degree or extent; considerably.
- enumerator — A person employed in taking a census of the population.
- ephemerous — relating to an ephemeron
- eriophorum — cotton grass
- eudiometer — A graduated glass tube in which mixtures of gases can be made to react by an electric spark, used to measure changes in volume of gases during chemical reactions.
- eudiometry — (chemistry, dated) The art or process of determining the constituents of a gaseous mixture by means of the eudiometer, or for ascertaining the purity of the air or the amount of oxygen in it.
- euharmonic — producing perfect concord or harmony
- eupatorium — (botany) Any of the genus Eupatorium of perennial herbs.