10-letter words containing r, u, d, a
- studebaker — Clement, 1831–1901, U.S. wagon maker and pioneer automobile designer.
- sub-leader — a person or thing that leads.
- subcarbide — a carbide containing less than the normal proportion of carbon.
- subcordate — almost heart-shaped
- subdeanery — the position or office of a subdean
- subordinal — of, relating to, or ranked as a suborder.
- subsidiary — serving to assist or supplement; auxiliary; supplementary.
- subtrahend — a number that is subtracted from another.
- sudatorium — a hot-air bath for inducing sweating.
- sugar bird — any of various honeycreepers that feed on nectar.
- sulfa drug — any of a group of drugs closely related in chemical structure to sulfanilamide, having a bacteriostatic rather than a bacteriocidal effect: used in the treatment of various wounds, burns, and infections.
- summarised — to make a summary of; state or express in a concise form.
- sunderance — to separate; part; divide; sever.
- sunderland — a seaport in Tyne and Wear, in NE England.
- super band — the band of frequencies between 216 and 600 megahertz, used for cable television channels and Citizens Band.
- superadded — to add over and above; join as a further addition; add besides.
- superboard — a wooden board with exceptional properties of some kind
- supergrade — a high-level rank, Grade 16, 17, or 18, in the federal civil service.
- sutherland — Earl Wilbur, Jr. 1915–74, U.S. biochemist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1971.
- synandrium — a peculiar fusion of stamens
- synandrous — with united stamens
- take guard — (of a batsman) to choose a position in front of the wicket to receive the bowling, esp by requesting the umpire to indicate his position relative to the stumps
- talk round — If you talk someone round, you persuade them to change their mind so that they agree with you, or agree to do what you want them to do
- tax burden — the amount of tax paid by a person, company, or country in a specified period considered as a proportion of total income in that period.
- tax refund — rebate on overpaid tax
- tepidarium — a warm room in Roman baths
- the absurd — the conception of the world, esp in Existentialist thought, as neither designed nor predictable but irrational and meaningless
- torquemada — Tomás de [taw-mahs th e] /tɔˈmɑs ðɛ/ (Show IPA), 1420–98, Spanish inquisitor general.
- traduction — a transmission or communication
- traductive — able to be deduced or transmitted
- 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.
- translucid — translucent.
- transudate — the act or process of transuding.
- tripudiary — pertaining to dancing
- tripudiate — to dance for joy
- trivandrum — a city in and the capital of Kerala state, in S India: Vishnu pilgrimage center.
- troubadour — one of a class of medieval lyric poets who flourished principally in southern France from the 11th to 13th centuries, and wrote songs and poems of a complex metrical form in langue d'oc, chiefly on themes of courtly love. Compare trouvère.
- trump card — Cards. trump1 (def 1a).
- trunk road — A trunk road is a major road that has been specially built for travelling long distances. A trunk road is not as wide or as fast as a motorway.
- tudor arch — a four-centered arch, the inner pair of curves having a radius much greater than that of the outer pair.
- turbinated — shaped like a top
- turn heads — to be so beautiful, unusual, or impressive as to attract a lot of attention
- turnaround — the total time consumed in the round trip of a ship, aircraft, vehicle, etc.
- turtlehead — any of several North American plants belonging to the genus Chelone, of the figwort family, having opposite, serrated leaves and spikes of purple or white, two-lipped flowers.
- uberlandia — a city in E Brazil.
- ultradense — having the component parts closely compacted together; crowded or compact: a dense forest; dense population.
- ultrarapid — extraordinarily quick or fast
- ultrasound — Physics. sound with a frequency greater than 20,000 Hz, approximately the upper limit of human hearing.
- ultrasuede — a synthetic fabric much like suede, used for clothes, upholstery, etc.
- un-awarded — to give as due or merited; assign or bestow: to award prizes.