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10-letter words containing r, e, a, d, s

  • tawdriness — (of finery, trappings, etc.) gaudy; showy and cheap.
  • ted spread — the difference in value between three-month futures contracts for Treasury bills and for Eurodollars, used to gauge the willingness of banks to lend money
  • the absurd — the conception of the world, esp in Existentialist thought, as neither designed nor predictable but irrational and meaningless
  • the boards — the acting profession; the stage
  • the grades — elementary school
  • the strand — a street in W central London, parallel to the Thames: famous for its hotels and theatres
  • third base — the third in counterclockwise order of the bases from home plate.
  • threadfish — any of several jacks of the genus Alectis, especially A. ciliaris, having the front rays of the dorsal and anal fins greatly elongated.
  • threadless — a fine cord of flax, cotton, or other fibrous material spun out to considerable length, especially when composed of two or more filaments twisted together.
  • trade show — show (def 22).
  • trade-last — Informal Older Use. a compliment that one has heard and that one offers to tell the person so complimented under the condition that that person will first report a compliment made about oneself. Abbreviation: T.L.
  • tradescant — John. 1570–1638, English botanist and gardener to Charles I. He introduced many plants from overseas into Britain
  • traditores — an early Christian who betrayed other Christians at the time of the Roman persecutions.
  • transcoder — a technology, such as a software package, used to transfer data from one format to another
  • transducer — a device that receives a signal in the form of one type of energy and converts it to a signal in another form: A microphone is a transducer that converts acoustic energy into electrical impulses.
  • transected — to cut across; dissect transversely.
  • transfixed — to make or hold motionless with amazement, awe, terror, etc.
  • transpired — to occur; happen; take place.
  • transudate — the act or process of transuding.
  • turn heads — to be so beautiful, unusual, or impressive as to attract a lot of attention
  • ultradense — having the component parts closely compacted together; crowded or compact: a dense forest; dense population.
  • ultrasuede — a synthetic fabric much like suede, used for clothes, upholstery, etc.
  • unabsorbed — not absorbed or taken in
  • unanswered — a spoken or written reply or response to a question, request, letter, etc.: He sent an answer to my letter promptly.
  • unapprised — not informed or apprised of something
  • unarrested — to seize (a person) by legal authority or warrant; take into custody: The police arrested the burglar.
  • unasserted — resting on a statement or claim unsupported by evidence or proof; alleged: The asserted value of the property was twice the amount anyone offered.
  • unassorted — consisting of different or various kinds; miscellaneous: assorted flavors; assorted sizes.
  • under arms — ready for armed combat
  • under sail — If you cross the sea under sail, you cross it in a ship that has sails rather than an engine.
  • under seal — If a document is under seal, it is in a sealed envelope and cannot be looked at, for example because it is private.
  • underclass — a social stratum consisting of impoverished persons with very low social status.
  • underlease — a sublet
  • underpants — drawers or shorts worn under outer clothing, usually next to the skin.
  • understand — to perceive the meaning of; grasp the idea of; comprehend: to understand Spanish; I didn't understand your question.
  • understate — to state or represent less strongly or strikingly than the facts would bear out; set forth in restrained, moderate, or weak terms: The casualty lists understate the extent of the disaster.
  • underwaist — a blouse worn under another.
  • unharassed — to disturb persistently; torment, as with troubles or cares; bother continually; pester; persecute.
  • unmastered — a person with the ability or power to use, control, or dispose of something: a master of six languages; to be master of one's fate.
  • unmeasured — of undetermined or indefinitely great extent or amount; unlimited; measureless: the unmeasured heavens.
  • unparadise — to deprive of or expel from paradise
  • unpastured — not used as pasture
  • unransomed — (of a person, prisoner, etc) not ransomed or released from captivity by a payment for freedom
  • unravished — to rape (a woman).
  • unreasoned — inability or unwillingness to think or act rationally, reasonably, or sensibly; irrationality.
  • unsalaried — worker: hourly wage
  • unsearched — not sought after
  • unserrated — having a notched edge or sawlike teeth, especially for cutting; serrate: the serrated blade of a bread knife.
  • unstrained — not under strain or tension: an easy, unstrained manner.
  • unstreamed — (of children) not divided into groups or streams according to ability
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