10-letter words containing r, m
- draft mark — any of a series of figures or marks at the stem or stern of a vessel indicating the distance vertically from the lowermost part of the hull.
- draft mill — smokejack.
- dram glass — joey glass.
- dramatical — Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of drama or the theatre.
- dramatised — Simple past tense and past participle of dramatise.
- dramatises — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dramatise, an alternative spelling of 'dramatize'.
- dramatists — Plural form of dramatist.
- dramatized — Adapt (a novel) or present (a particular incident) as a play or movie.
- dramatizer — One who dramatizes.
- dramatizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dramatize.
- dramaturge — a specialist in dramaturgy, especially one who acts as a consultant to a theater company, advising them on possible repertory.
- dramaturgy — the craft or the techniques of dramatic composition.
- dream 6800 — (computer) A computer based on the Motorola 6800 microprocessor. The DREAM 6800 could be programmed in CHIP-8.
- dream book — a book, pamphlet, etc., that lists common dreams and purports to interpret them, especially in regard to their meaning for the future.
- dream team — A dream team is the best possible group of people to be in a sports team or to do a particular job.
- dreamboats — Plural form of dreamboat.
- dreaminess — of the nature of or characteristic of dreams; visionary.
- dreamingly — In a dreamy manner.
- dreamscape — a dreamlike, often surrealistic scene.
- dreamwhile — the duration of a dream
- dreamworld — A fantastic or idealized view of life.
- dreariment — (obsolete) dreariness.
- drearisome — Very dreary.
- dress form — an adjustable dummy used in dressmaking that can be made to conform to a person's figure
- dressmaker — a person whose occupation is the making or alteration of women's dresses, coats, etc.
- 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.
- dromomania — An irrational impulse to wander or travel without purpose.
- drosometer — an instrument for measuring the amount of dew formed on a given surface.
- drum brake — a brake system in which a pair of brake shoes can be pressed against the inner surface of a shallow metal drum that is rigidly attached to a wheel.
- drum corps — a band, especially a marching band, of drum players usually under the direction of a drum major.
- drum major — the marching leader of a drum corps or a band.
- drum table — a table having a cylindrical top with drawers or shelves in the skirt, rotating on a central post with three or four outwardly curving legs.
- drumbeater — a person who vigorously proclaims or publicizes the merits of a product, idea, movie, etc.; press agent.
- drumsticks — Plural form of drumstick.
- du maurier — Dame Daphne (Lady Browning) 1907–1989, English novelist.
- dumbledore — (dialectal) A bumblebee.
- dumbstruck — temporarily deprived of the power of speech, as by surprise or confusion; dumbfounded.
- 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.
- dumfounder — To dumbfound; to confound.
- 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
- dump truck — a usually open-topped truck having a body that can be tilted to discharge its contents, as sand or gravel, through an open tailgate.
- dura mater — the tough, fibrous membrane forming the outermost of the three coverings of the brain and spinal cord. Also called dura. Compare arachnoid (def 6), pia mater.
- durometers — Plural form of durometer.
- durovernum — the Latin name for a city in SE England, in E Kent: starting point for St Augustine's mission to England (597 ad); cathedral where St Thomas à Becket was martyred (1170); seat of the archbishop and primate of England; seat of the University of Kent (1965). Pop: 43 552 (2001)