11-letter words containing r, a, u, s
- draw stumps — to close play, as by pulling out the stumps
- draw trumps — to play the trump suit until the opponents have none left
- dromaeosaur — Any bird-like theropod dinosaur of the family Dromaeosauridae.
- drum'n'bass — a type of electronic dance music using mainly bass guitar and drum sounds
- dry as dust — dull and boring: a dry-as-dust biography.
- dry measure — the system of units of capacity ordinarily used in measuring dry commodities, as grain or fruit. In the U.S. 2 pints = 1 quart (1.101 liters); 8 quarts = 1 peck (8.810 liters); 4 pecks = 1 bushel (35.24 liters). In Great Britain 2 pints = 1 quart (1.136 liters); 4 quarts = 1 gallon (4.546 liters); 8 quarts = 1 peck (9.092 liters); 4 pecks = 1 bushel (36.37 liters); 8 bushels = 1 quarter (291.0 liters).
- dry-as-dust — dull and boring: a dry-as-dust biography.
- duck's arse — a hairstyle in which the hair is swept back to a point at the nape of the neck, resembling a duck's tail
- dumbwaiters — Plural form of dumbwaiter.
- dunderheads — Plural form of dunderhead.
- dundrearies — an expression for long whiskers or side-burns on the side of the face when present without a beard
- duplicators — Plural form of duplicator.
- durableness — Durability.
- dusky shark — a blue-gray shark, Carcharinus obscurus, of warm Atlantic and eastern Pacific seas, reaching a length of 12 feet (3.7 meters).
- duster coat — a woman's loose summer coat with wide sleeves and no buttons, popular in the mid-20th century
- dwarf sumac — a shrub or small tree, Rhus copallina, of the cashew family, native to the eastern U.S., having shiny, pinnate leaves, greenish flowers, and clusters of red, berrylike fruit.
- dyspareunia — painful coitus.
- dysregulate — (biology) To cause a dysfunctional level of an activity or chemical in an organism by disrupting normal function of a regulatory mechanism.
- e-signature — a technology that allows a person to electronically affix a signature or its equivalent to an electronic document, as when consenting to an online contract.
- early music — music of the medieval, Renaissance, and early Baroque periods, especially revived and played on period instruments; European music after ancient music and before the classical music era, from the beginning of the Middle Ages to about 1750.
- earthquakes — Plural form of earthquake.
- easy virtue — loose morals; sexual promiscuity
- eavestrough — gutter (def 3).
- ebola virus — a highly contagious virus of the family Filoviridae that causes Ebola, a usually fatal disease.
- edgar guest — Edgar A(lbert) 1881–1959, U.S. journalist and writer of verse, born in England.
- egg custard — sweet custard made with milk and egg and baked
- electuaries — Plural form of electuary.
- elucidators — Plural form of elucidator.
- emasculator — One who, or that which, emasculates.
- enumerators — Plural form of enumerator.
- enunciators — Plural form of enunciator.
- epigastrium — The part of the upper abdomen immediately over the stomach.
- equestrians — Plural form of equestrian.
- eremacausis — A gradual oxidation from exposure to air and moisture, as in the decay of old trees or dead animals.
- eructations — Plural form of eructation.
- escarmouche — a skirmish
- estremadura — a region of W Spain: arid and sparsely populated except in the valleys of the Tagus and Guardiana rivers. Area: 41 593 sq km (16 059 sq miles)
- eucharistic — (Theosophy) Pertaining to the Eucharist.
- eureka step — In program transformation, a transformation which is not obvious or easy to define as an algorithm.
- eurodollars — deposits of U.S. dollars in banks outside the U.S., especially in Europe
- europeanism — belief in or advocacy of political unification and economic integration among European nations
- euryphagous — eating a wide variety of foods
- facinerious — (in the works of Shakespeare) extremely wicked
- fairgrounds — Alternative spelling of fairground; the grounds where a fair is held.
- false fruit — a fruit, as the apple, strawberry, or pineapple, that contains, in addition to a mature ovary and seeds, a significant amount of other tissue.
- farinaceous — consisting or made of flour or meal, as food.
- farraginous — heterogeneous; mixed: a farraginous collection of random ideas.
- fault scarp — scarp (def 1).
- favouritism — (British) The unfair favouring of one person or group at the expense of another.
- fearfulness — causing or apt to cause fear; frightening: a fearful apparition.