10-letter words containing r, e, t, h
- dermotherm — an instrument for measuring skin temperature.
- despatcher — Alternative form of dispatcher.
- destroyeth — Archaic third-person singular form of destroy.
- dethroning — Present participle of dethrone.
- diarrhetic — an intestinal disorder characterized by abnormal frequency and fluidity of fecal evacuations.
- diathermal — of or relating to diathermy
- diathermic — of or relating to diathermy
- dichromate — any salt or ester of dichromic acid. Dichromate salts contain the ion Cr2O72–
- dimorphite — a mineral, arsenic sulfide, As 4 S 3 , yellow-orange in color and similar in its properties to orpiment.
- diphtheria — a febrile, infectious disease caused by the bacillus Corynebacterium diphtheriae, and characterized by the formation of a false membrane in the air passages, especially the throat.
- direct hit — If a place suffers a direct hit, a bomb, bullet, or other missile that has been aimed at it lands exactly in that place, rather than some distance away.
- dirt cheap — very inexpensive: The house may need a lot of work, but it was dirt-cheap.
- dirt-cheap — very inexpensive: The house may need a lot of work, but it was dirt-cheap.
- disburthen — (obsolete) disburden.
- disenthral — disenthrall.
- dishearted — Simple past tense and past participle of disheart.
- dishearten — to depress the hope, courage, or spirits of; discourage.
- disheritor — someone who disinherits
- disinherit — Law. to exclude from inheritance (an heir or a next of kin).
- dispatcher — a person who dispatches.
- ditchwater — water, especially stagnant and dirty water, that has collected in a ditch.
- ditherings — Plural form of dithering.
- ditrochean — consisting of two trochees
- dogcatcher — a person employed by a municipal pound, humane society, or the like, to find and impound stray or homeless dogs, cats, etc.
- dogfighter — Person who competes in dogfighting.
- dorchester — a town in S Dorsetshire, in S England, on the Frome River: named Casterbridge in Thomas Hardy's novels.
- draughtier — Comparative form of draughty.
- draw-sheet — a sheet that can be easily removed from underneath a patient in a bed
- drive-thru — a takeaway restaurant, bank, etc designed so that customers can use it without leaving their cars
- driveshaft — A rotating shaft that transmits torque in an engine.
- dutch rise — an increase in wages that is of no benefit to the recipient
- each other — Although some insist that each other be used only in reference to two (The two candidates respected each other) and one another in reference to three or more (The three nations threaten one another), in standard practice they are interchangeable. Each other is not restricted to two, nor is one another restricted to three or more. The possessive of each other is each other's; the possessive of one another is one another's.
- earth sign — any of the three astrological signs, Taurus, Virgo, or Capricorn, that are grouped together because of the shared attributes of practicality and interest in material things.
- earth tone — any of various warm, muted colors ranging basically from neutral to deep brown.
- earth wave — any elastic wave traveling through the material of the earth, as a wave caused by an earthquake.
- earth wire — a wire connecting an appliance to earth
- earthbound — headed for the earth: an earthbound meteorite.
- earthiness — of the nature of or consisting of earth or soil.
- earthlight — earthshine.
- earthlings — Plural form of earthling.
- earthmover — a vehicle, as a bulldozer, for pushing or carrying excavated earth from place to place.
- earthquake — something that is severely disruptive; upheaval.
- earthrises — Plural form of earthrise.
- earthshine — the faint illumination of the part of the moon not illuminated by sunlight, as during a crescent phase, caused by the reflection of light from the earth.
- earthstars — Plural form of earthstar.
- earthwards — Also, earthwards. toward the earth.
- earthwoman — a female inhabitant or native of the planet Earth.
- earthwomen — Plural form of earthwoman.
- earthworks — Plural form of earthwork.
- earthworms — Plural form of earthworm.