10-letter words containing m, r, a, d
- dressmaker — a person whose occupation is the making or alteration of women's dresses, coats, etc.
- drill team — a group trained, especially for exhibition purposes, in precision marching, the manual of arms, etc.
- dromomania — An irrational impulse to wander or travel without purpose.
- drum brake — a brake system in which a pair of brake shoes can be pressed against the inner surface of a shallow metal drum that is rigidly attached to a wheel.
- drum major — the marching leader of a drum corps or a band.
- drum table — a table having a cylindrical top with drawers or shelves in the skirt, rotating on a central post with three or four outwardly curving legs.
- drumbeater — a person who vigorously proclaims or publicizes the merits of a product, idea, movie, etc.; press agent.
- du maurier — Dame Daphne (Lady Browning) 1907–1989, English novelist.
- dumbwaiter — a small elevator, manually or electrically operated, consisting typically of a box with shelves, used in apartment houses, restaurants, and large private dwellings for moving dishes, food, garbage, etc., between floors.
- 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.
- durrenmatt — Friedrich [freed-rik;; German free-drikh] /ˈfrid rɪk;; German ˈfri drɪx/ (Show IPA), 1921–90, Swiss dramatist and novelist.
- 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
- dyrrachium — a port in W Albania, on the Adriatic. Pop: 86 900 (1991 est)
- dyschromia — Abnormal alteration of the color of the skin or nails.
- dysmorphia — Deformity or abnormality in the shape or size of a specified part of the body.
- ear-minded — tending to perceive one's environment in terms of sound and to recall sounds more vividly than sights, smells, etc.
- ectodermal — Of or pertaining to the ectoderm.
- embarassed — Misspelling of embarrassed.
- embassador — Archaic form of ambassador.
- 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)
- embrangled — Simple past tense and past participle of embrangle.
- embrocated — Simple past tense and past participle of embrocate.
- emendatory — (archaic) Pertaining to emendation; corrective.
- emeraldine — (organic chemistry) Any of a class of green dyestuffs that have an oligoaniline structure.
- emparadise — to turn (a place or state) into a paradise
- 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
- endearment — A word or phrase expressing love or affection.
- endermical — relating to an endermic process
- endodermal — Of or pertaining to the endoderm.
- endometria — Plural form of endometrium.
- enthraldom — the condition of being enthralled
- enumerated — Simple past tense and past participle of enumerate.
- epicardium — A serous membrane that forms the innermost layer of the pericardium and the outer surface of the heart.
- exam board — an organization that sets and corrects exams, especially GCSEs and A levels
- fairminded — Alternative form of fair-minded.
- farmsteads — Plural form of farmstead.
- federalism — the federal principle of government.
- field army — army (def 2).
- fimbriated — Having a fringe or border of hairlike or fingerlike projections.
- fledermaus — an opera (1874) by Johann Strauss, Jr.
- floodmarks — Plural form of floodmark.
- fluid dram — the eighth part of a fluid ounce. Symbol: f. Abbreviation: fl dr;
- foredamned — condemned at some earlier time to eternal damnation
- formalised — Simple past tense and past participle of formalise.
- formalized — Simple past tense and past participle of formalize.
- formidable — causing fear, apprehension, or dread: a formidable opponent.
- formidably — causing fear, apprehension, or dread: a formidable opponent.
- formulated — Simple past tense and past participle of formulate.