10-letter words containing r, u, d, a
- hyperdulia — the veneration offered to the Virgin Mary as the most exalted of creatures.
- idolatrous — worshiping idols.
- immeasured — immeasurable
- incouraged — Simple past tense and past participle of incourage.
- incurvated — Simple past tense and past participle of incurvate.
- induration — the act of indurating.
- indurative — the act of indurating.
- industrial — of, pertaining to, of the nature of, or resulting from industry: industrial production; industrial waste.
- infrasound — sound with frequencies below the audible range.
- infuriated — to make furious; enrage.
- intrasquad — (sports) Within a team.
- iridaceous — belonging to the Iridaceae family of plants.
- iron guard — a Romanian fascist party that was extremely nationalistic and anti-Semitic, eliminated after World War II.
- jaguarondi — Alternative spelling of jaguarundi.
- jaguarundi — a long-bodied and long-tailed tropical wildcat, Felis yagouaroundi, having a brownish-gray coat and a second color phase of reddish-brown: now reduced in number and endangered in some areas.
- jamshedpur — a city in SE Jharkhand, in NE India.
- janus word — a word that has opposite or nearly opposite meanings, as cleave, meaning ‘to adhere closely’ and ‘to part or split’.
- jeopardous — perilous; dangerous; hazardous; risky.
- jormungand — Midgard serpent.
- judas tree — a purple-flowered Eurasian tree, Cercis siliquastrum, of the legume family, supposed to be the kind upon which Judas hanged himself.
- judder bar — a bump built across roads, esp in housing estates, to reduce speeding
- judicatory — of or relating to judgment or the administration of justice; judiciary: judicatory power.
- judicature — the administration of justice, as by judges or courts.
- jute board — a strong, bendable cardboard made from rags and sulfite, used chiefly in the manufacture of shipping cartons.
- khidmutgar — a male servant, esp one who serves at table
- kid around — behave jokingly or playfully
- krugerrand — (sometimes lowercase) a one-ounce gold coin of the Republic of South Africa, equal to 25 rand: first issued in 1967.
- kurdaitcha — (Australia) An aboriginal evil spirit; a sorcerer.
- kurt alder — Kurt [kurt;; German koo rt] /kɜrt;; German kʊərt/ (Show IPA), 1902–58, German chemist: Nobel Prize 1950.
- la guardia — Fiorello H(enry) [fee-uh-rel-oh] /ˌfi əˈrɛl oʊ/ (Show IPA), 1882–1947, U.S. lawyer, political reformer, and government administrator: mayor of New York City 1933–45.
- labour day — a holiday in honor of labor, celebrated on May 1 in Britain and some parts of the Commonwealth, but on the first Monday in September in Canada, on the fourth Monday in October in New Zealand, and with varying dates in the different states of Australia.
- lagered-up — intoxicated, esp after drinking lager
- landlouper — A vagabond; a vagrant.
- landlubber — an unseasoned sailor or someone unfamiliar with the sea.
- lardaceous — lardlike; fatty.
- lauderhill — a city in SE Florida: suburb of Fort Lauderdale.
- launderers — Plural form of launderer.
- laundering — Present participle of launder.
- laundrette — a self-service laundry having coin-operated washers, driers, etc.
- laundromat — a self-service laundry having coin-operated washers, driers, etc.; launderette.
- laundryman — a person who works in or operates a laundry.
- laundrymen — Plural form of laundryman.
- laurdalite — a type of pale pink or grey syenite
- leeuwarden — a province in the N Netherlands. 1431 sq. mi. (3705 sq. km). Capital: Leeuwarden.
- leucoderma — vitiligo.
- leukoderma — vitiligo.
- lie around — sb: lounge idly
- lifeguards — Plural form of lifeguard.
- liquid air — a pale blue, intensely cold liquid, obtained by the compression and cooling of air: used as a source of oxygen, nitrogen, and inert gases, and as a refrigerant.
- liquidator — a person who liquidates assets, especially one authorized to do so by a court of law.