10-letter words containing r, u, d, n
- under-hang — to fasten or attach (a thing) so that it is supported only from above or at a point near its own top; suspend.
- under-work — to do less work on than is necessary or required: to underwork an idea.
- underactor — a secondary actor or agent
- underagent — a secondary agent
- underarmed — not having sufficient weapons.
- underbelly — the lower abdomen; posterior ventral area, as of an animal's body.
- underbough — a low-lying tree branch
- underbrush — shrubs, saplings, low vines, etc., growing under the large trees in a wood or forest.
- underbuild — (in the construction trade) to strengthen by building a support underneath
- underburnt — not sufficiently burnt
- underclass — a social stratum consisting of impoverished persons with very low social status.
- undercliff — a low cliff created by extreme weather
- undercount — to count less than the full number or amount of: The mayor claimed the census had undercounted the city's population.
- undercover — working or done out of public sight; secret: an undercover investigation.
- undercrest — to support with a crest
- undercroft — a vault or chamber under the ground, especially in a church.
- underdraft — a tendency of a rolled piece to curve downward after passing through a stand, occurring when the upper roll is faster than the lower. Compare overdraft (def 7).
- underdrain — a drain placed beneath the surface of cultivated fields, streets, etc.
- underdrawn — to line the underside of (a structure, as a floor) with plasterwork, boarding, or the like.
- underdress — to clothe oneself less completely or formally than is usual or fitting for the circumstances.
- underdrive — a speed-reducing gear device in a motor vehicle that causes the output drive shaft to rotate at a slower rate.
- underearth — the soil found beneath the surface of something
- underfired — supplied with fuel or heat from beneath.
- underfloor — that part of a room, hallway, or the like, that forms its lower enclosing surface and upon which one walks.
- underframe — the lower frame on which a vehicular structure rests: the underframe of a bus.
- underglaze — (of a color or decoration) applied to a piece before the piece is glazed.
- undergrove — a covered grove
- undergrown — not grown to normal size or height: sickly and undergrown cattle.
- underguard — to keep safe from harm or danger; protect; watch over: to guard the ruler.
- underjawed — with a heavy or underhung lower jaw
- underlayer — a layer lying beneath another; substratum.
- underlease — a sublet
- underlined — to mark with a line or lines underneath; underscore.
- underlinen — fabric woven from flax yarns.
- underliner — to mark with a line or lines underneath; underscore.
- underlying — lying or situated beneath, as a substratum.
- undermined — to injure or destroy by insidious activity or imperceptible stages, sometimes tending toward a sudden dramatic effect.
- undernamed — noted below
- underneath — below the surface or level of; directly or vertically beneath; at or on the bottom of.
- undernoted — well-known; celebrated; famous: a noted scholar.
- underpants — drawers or shorts worn under outer clothing, usually next to the skin.
- underpitch — of or relating to a type of groin-vaulted ceiling construction
- underplant — any member of the kingdom Plantae, comprising multicellular organisms that typically produce their own food from inorganic matter by the process of photosynthesis and that have more or less rigid cell walls containing cellulose, including vascular plants, mosses, liverworts, and hornworts: some classification schemes may include fungi, algae, bacteria, blue-green algae, and certain single-celled eukaryotes that have plantlike qualities, as rigid cell walls or photosynthesis.
- underprice — to price (goods or merchandise) lower than the standard price or fair value.
- underprize — to prize insufficiently
- underproof — containing a smaller proportion of alcohol than proof spirit.
- underquote — to offer (stocks, merchandise, etc.) at a price lower than the market price or some other quoted price; offer at a price reduced by (a specified amount).
- underrated — to rate or evaluate too low; underestimate.
- underreact — to react with less than the expected or appropriate emotion.
- underscore — to mark with a line or lines underneath; underline, as for emphasis.