10-letter words containing r, i, t, u
- dracontium — (pharmacy, obsolete) The roots and rhizomes of skunk cabbage, Symplocarpus foetidus.
- drainspout — downspout.
- draughtier — Comparative form of draughty.
- draughting — a drawing, sketch, or design.
- dress suit — a man's suit for formal evening dress, with tail coat and open-front waistcoat.
- drift tube — a conducting enclosure, usually cylindrical, held at a constant potential so that electrons or charged particles within will experience no force, and therefore no change in velocity. Compare Klystron.
- drive-thru — a takeaway restaurant, bank, etc designed so that customers can use it without leaving their cars
- drug habit — addiction to recreational drugs
- druggist's — a shop where medicines and prescription drugs are sold
- drumsticks — Plural form of drumstick.
- drying-out — the process of detoxifying an alcoholic patient: Drying-out takes time.
- 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.
- dump orbit — an earth orbit into which communications satellites may be moved at the end of their operational lives, where there is no risk of their interference or collision with working satellites in the normal orbits
- duplicator — a machine for making duplicates, as a mimeograph.
- durability — able to resist wear, decay, etc., well; lasting; enduring.
- durational — the length of time something continues or exists (often used with the).
- dust whirl — dust devil.
- dutch rise — an increase in wages that is of no benefit to the recipient
- duumvirate — a coalition of two persons holding the same office, as in ancient Rome.
- e-neutrino — electron-neutrino.
- eburnation — an abnormal condition in which bone becomes hard and dense like ivory.
- ecotourism — tourism to places having unspoiled natural resources, with minimal impact on the environment being a primary concern.
- ecotourist — A participant in ecotourism.
- effigurate — having a definite shape or form
- egurgitate — to vomit (something)
- elucidator — One who elucidates.
- elutriator — A simple device used for elutriation.
- 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
- encincture — a cincture
- encrusting — Present participle of encrust.
- entrusting — Present participle of entrust.
- enunciator — One who enunciates or proclaims.
- epicentrum — the focus of an earthquake
- episternum — (anatomy) The upper segment of the sternum.
- equatorial — Of, at, or near the equator.
- equestrian — Of or relating to horse riding.
- equiparate — equivalent
- erubescite — a copper ore that tarnishes to purple when exposed to oxygen
- eructation — A belch.
- eruditions — Plural form of erudition.
- eruptional — relating to volcanic eruption
- estributor — a person or organization that helps an author publish and distribute his or her own work in electronic form
- esuriently — In an esurient manner.
- étourderie — thoughtlessness, blundering
- eubacteria — (biology) Plural form of eubacterium.
- eucaryotic — Alternative spelling of eukaryotic.
- eudiometer — A graduated glass tube in which mixtures of gases can be made to react by an electric spark, used to measure changes in volume of gases during chemical reactions.
- eudiometry — (chemistry, dated) The art or process of determining the constituents of a gaseous mixture by means of the eudiometer, or for ascertaining the purity of the air or the amount of oxygen in it.
- eukaryotic — (biology) Having complex cells in which the genetic material is organized into membrane-bound nuclei.
- eupatorium — (botany) Any of the genus Eupatorium of perennial herbs.