10-letter words containing r, u, d, a
- denaturize — denature.
- deodourant — Rare spelling of deodorant.
- depanneurs — Plural form of depanneur.
- departures — Plural form of departure.
- depurating — Present participle of depurate.
- depuration — The action or process of freeing something of impurities.
- depurative — used for or capable of depurating; purifying; purgative
- depuratory — Tending to depurate or cleanse; depurative.
- derailleur — a mechanism for changing gear on bicycles, consisting of a device that lifts the driving chain from one sprocket wheel to another of different size
- deregulate — To deregulate something means to remove controls and regulations from it.
- desaturase — (enzyme) Any enzyme that catalyzes the conversion of single to double bonds, especially in the production of essential fatty acids.
- desaturate — to cause (a substance) to unite with the greatest possible amount of another substance, through solution, chemical combination, or the like.
- despairful — full of despair; hopeless; despairing
- detruncate — to cut off a part of; truncate
- deurbanize — to divest (a city or locality) of urban characteristics.
- deus ramos — João de [zhwoun duh] /ʒwãʊ̃ də/ (Show IPA), 1830–96, Portuguese poet.
- deuterated — designating or of a substance, compound, or organism in which part or all of the normal hydrogen atoms are replaced with deuterium
- dhaulagiri — a mountain in W central Nepal, in the Himalayas. Height: 8172 m (26 810 ft)
- diadromous — of or possessing a leaf venation in the shape of a fan
- dicoumarin — any compound formed with two bonded coumarin molecules
- dicoumarol — a substance obtained naturally from sweet clover or produced synthetically as a drug, used as an anticoagulant
- dig around — If you dig around in a place or container, you search for something in every part of it.
- dinosauric — Of or pertaining to dinosaurs.
- disastrous — causing great distress or injury; ruinous; very unfortunate; calamitous: The rain and cold proved disastrous to his health.
- discourage — to deprive of courage, hope, or confidence; dishearten; dispirit.
- discoursal — of or relating to discourse
- disfeature — to mar the features of; disfigure.
- disnatured — deprived or destitute of natural feelings; unnatural
- disparlure — a pheromone, C 19 H 38 O, released by female gypsy moths.
- disruptant — That which disrupts.
- dissuasory — dissuasive
- distraught — distracted; deeply agitated.
- disturbant — having a disturbing effect, disquieting
- disulfiram — a cream-colored, water-insoluble solid, C 10 H 20 N 2 S 4 , used chiefly in the treatment of chronic alcoholism, producing highly unpleasant symptoms when alcohol is taken following its administration.
- diurnalist — a person who writes a diurnal; a journalist
- docudramas — Plural form of docudrama.
- double bar — a double vertical line on a staff indicating the conclusion of a piece of music or a subdivision of it.
- doulocracy — Government by slaves.
- down quark — a type of quark with a mass of c. 0.005 to 0.015 GeV/c2, a negative charge that is 1⁄3 the charge of an electron, zero charm, and zero strangeness
- dracontium — (pharmacy, obsolete) The roots and rhizomes of skunk cabbage, Symplocarpus foetidus.
- draft tube — the flared passage leading vertically from a water turbine to its tailrace.
- drag queen — Slang. a male transvestite, especially a performer who dresses as a woman to entertain the public.
- draguignan — a department in SE France. 2326 sq. mi. (6025 sq. km). Capital: Draguignan.
- drain plug — A drain plug is a plug which is taken out to allow a fluid to be drained from a tank such as an engine oil pan or sump.
- drainspout — downspout.
- 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.
- draughtier — Comparative form of draughty.
- draughting — a drawing, sketch, or design.
- dreadfully — in a dreadful way: The pain has increased dreadfully.