10-letter words containing m, u, r, e
- crunchtime — the tense, critical phase of an activity
- cub master — a man who organizes a pack of cub scouts
- cumberland — (until 1974) a county of NW England, now part of Cumbria
- cumberless — unencumbered
- cumberment — an obstruction or hindrance
- cumbersome — Something that is cumbersome is large and heavy and therefore difficult to carry, wear, or handle.
- cummerbund — A cummerbund is a wide piece of cloth worn round the waist as part of a man's evening dress.
- cuneiforms — Plural form of cuneiform.
- curmudgeon — If you call someone a curmudgeon, you do not like them because they are mean or bad-tempered.
- curtmantle — ("Henry the Saint") 973–1024, king of Germany 1002–24 and emperor of the Holy Roman Empire 1014–24.
- 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.
- demeasnure — demeanour
- demiquaver — a sixteenth note; semiquaver.
- democritus — ?460–?370 bc, Greek philosopher who developed the atomist theory of matter of his teacher, Leucippus
- demureness — characterized by shyness and modesty; reserved.
- demurrages — Plural form of demurrage.
- dendrobium — a genus of tropical orchid, predominantly growing from trees or occasionally from rocks
- desiderium — a powerful desire or yearning, especially for something once had
- deus ramos — João de [zhwoun duh] /ʒwãʊ̃ də/ (Show IPA), 1830–96, Portuguese poet.
- devourment — the act of devouring
- direct sum — a composition of two disjoint sets, as vector spaces, such that every element in the composition can be written uniquely as the sum of two elements, one from each of the given sets.
- dispermous — having two seeds.
- dissimuler — (obsolete) A dissembler.
- 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.
- dramaturge — a specialist in dramaturgy, especially one who acts as a consultant to a theater company, advising them on possible repertory.
- 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 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.
- dumbledore — (dialectal) A bumblebee.
- 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.
- dumfounder — To dumbfound; to confound.
- 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.
- duumvirate — a coalition of two persons holding the same office, as in ancient Rome.
- ecotourism — tourism to places having unspoiled natural resources, with minimal impact on the environment being a primary concern.
- el mansûra — a city in NE Egypt: scene of a battle (1250) in which the Crusaders were defeated by the Mamelukes and Louis IX of France was captured; cotton-manufacturing centre. Pop: 423 000 (2005 est)
- 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.
- embrasures — Plural form of embrasure.
- embryulcia — the act of forcibly removing a fetus
- emplastrum — a medicated plaster
- empurpling — Present participle of empurple.