10-letter words containing r, i, e, m
- dreariment — (obsolete) dreariness.
- drearisome — Very dreary.
- dried milk — dehydrated milk from which about 95 percent of the moisture has been evaporated.
- drift mine — a mine the opening of which is dug into an outcrop of coal or ore.
- drill stem — A drill stem is all the parts of the equipment used for rotary drilling.
- drill team — a group trained, especially for exhibition purposes, in precision marching, the manual of arms, etc.
- drive home — to cause to penetrate to the fullest extent
- drive time — the time or estimated time to drive between two points or to one's destination.
- drive-time — driving time.
- 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.
- duumvirate — a coalition of two persons holding the same office, as in ancient Rome.
- ear-minded — tending to perceive one's environment in terms of sound and to recall sounds more vividly than sights, smells, etc.
- earmarking — Present participle of earmark.
- east timor — a small country in SE Asia, comprising part of the island of Timor: colonized by Portugal in the 19th century; declared independence in 1975 but immediately invaded by Indonesia; under UN administration from 1999 and an independent state from 2002. It is mountainous with a monsoon climate; subsistence agriculture is the main occupation. Languages: Portuguese, Tetun (a lingua franca), and Bahasa Indonesia. Religion: Roman Catholic majority. Currency: US dollar. Capital: Dili. Pop: 1 172 390 (2013 est). Area: 14 874 sq km (5743 sq miles)
- echinoderm — any marine animal of the invertebrate phylum Echinodermata, having a radiating arrangement of parts and a body wall stiffened by calcareous pieces that may protrude as spines and including the starfishes, sea urchins, sea cucumbers, etc.
- ecmascript — (language) (ECMA standard 262, ISO standard 16262) The standardised version of the core JavaScript language.
- economiser — Alternative form of economizer.
- economizer — a person who economizes.
- ecotourism — tourism to places having unspoiled natural resources, with minimal impact on the environment being a primary concern.
- ectromelia — Medicine/Medical. the congenital absence or imperfection of a limb or limbs.
- eliminator — One who, or that which, eliminates.
- elytriform — having the form of an elytron
- emarginate — (botany, mycology) Roughly the same height for most of its length, becoming much shallower before reaching the attachment point.
- embargoing — Present participle of embargo.
- emberizids — Plural form of emberizid.
- embittered — Simple past tense and past participle of embitter.
- emboliform — Plug-shaped.
- 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
- embowering — Present participle of embower.
- embrittled — Simple past tense and past participle of embrittle.
- embrittles — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of embrittle.
- embroiders — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of embroider.
- embroidery — The art or pastime of embroidering cloth.
- embroiling — Present participle of embroil.
- embryulcia — the act of forcibly removing a fetus
- emeraldine — (organic chemistry) Any of a class of green dyestuffs that have an oligoaniline structure.
- emigrating — Present participle of emigrate.
- emigration — The act of emigrating; movement of a person or persons out of a country or national region, for the purpose of permanent relocation of residence.
- emissaries — Plural form of emissary.
- emmetropia — The condition of perfect vision, where images are correctly brought to a focus on the retina.
- emmetropic — Pertaining to emmetropia.
- emparadise — to turn (a place or state) into a paradise
- empathizer — One who empathizes.
- emphractic — medication that closes the pores of the skin
- empire day — a former holiday celebrated in the British Empire on May 24, Queen Victoria's birthday
- empiricism — The theory that all knowledge is derived from sense-experience. Stimulated by the rise of experimental science, it developed in the 17th and 18th centuries, expounded in particular by John Locke, George Berkeley, and David Hume.
- empiricist — An advocate or supporter of empiricism.
- empowering — Give (someone) the authority or power to do something.
- empurpling — Present participle of empurple.