10-letter words containing r, u, d, n
- modern cut — any of several modifications or combinations of the brilliant cut, step cut, or table cut, having the girdle outline often in some novel form.
- monandrous — of, relating to, or characterized by monandry.
- mont perdu — a mountain in NE Spain, in the central Pyrenees. Height: 3352 m (10 997 ft)
- moribundly — In a moribund way.
- mouldering — to turn to dust by natural decay; crumble; disintegrate; waste away: a house that had been left to molder.
- mudslinger — One who casts aspersion, who insults. Especially a political candidate who makes negative statements about the opposition.
- mundugumor — a member of a Papuan people of Papua New Guinea.
- murder one — first-degree murder. See under murder (def 1).
- muscardine — any of several fungi which cause disease in silkworms
- muttonbird — any of several long-winged seabirds, often used as food, especially Puffinus tenuirostris (short-tailed shearwater) of Australia and Puffinus griseus (sooty shearwater) which breeds in the Southern Hemisphere and winters in the Northern Hemisphere.
- nephridium — the excretory organ of many invertebrates, consisting of a tubule with one end opening into the body cavity and the other opening into a pore at the body surface.
- neurodynia — (pathology) nerve pain; neuralgia.
- neuropodia — Plural form of neuropodium.
- neverendum — A series of referendums on the same issue held in an attempt to achieve an unpopular result.
- nondurable — not resistant to wear, decay, etc.; not sturdy: nondurable fabrics.
- noninsured — Not insured.
- nontenured — not having tenure.
- nordhausen — a city in central Germany: site of a former Nazi concentration camp.
- northbound — going toward the north: northbound traffic.
- nose guard — middle guard.
- noseguards — Plural form of noseguard.
- nudibranch — a shell-less, marine snail of the suborder Nudibranchia, having external, often branched respiratory appendages on the back and sides.
- nursehound — a species of European dogfish, Scyliorrhinus caniculus
- nursemaids — Plural form of nursemaid.
- obduration — the process of becoming or the state of being obdurate, intractable and indifferent
- ogdensburg — a city in NE New York, on the St. Lawrence River.
- on draught — Beer that is on draught is kept in and served from a barrel rather than a bottle.
- orotundity — (of the voice or speech) characterized by strength, fullness, richness, and clearness.
- otterhound — one of an English breed of water dogs having a thick, shaggy, oily coat, trained to hunt otter.
- oudtshoorn — a city in the S Cape of Good Hope province, in the S Republic of South Africa.
- outlanders — Plural form of outlander.
- outrebound — to exceed in rebounding
- outredding — the act of redeeming land or goods
- ouvirandra — former name for the lattice-leaf plant Aponogeton madagascariensis, an aquatic plant from Madagascar, with leaves like a lattice spreading under the surface of the water
- over-drunk — to take water or other liquid into the mouth and swallow it; imbibe.
- over-under — (of double-barreled firearms) with one barrel mounted over the other.
- overabound — (intransitive) To be too abundant or plentiful.
- overbounds — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overbound.
- overburden — to load with too great a burden; overload: He was overburdened with cares.
- overground — In an overground transport system, vehicles run on the surface of the ground, rather than below it.
- overturned — to destroy the power of; overthrow; defeat; vanquish.
- pandurated — fiddle-shaped
- panjandrum — a self-important or pretentious official.
- papandreou — Andreas [ahn-drey-uh s] /ɑnˈdreɪ əs/ (Show IPA), (George) 1919–1996, Greek political leader: premier 1981–89 (son of George Papandreou).
- paperbound — a book bound in a flexible paper cover, often a lower-priced edition of a hardcover book.
- peduncular — Botany. a flower stalk, supporting either a cluster or a solitary flower. the stalk bearing the fruiting body in fungi.
- perdu-mont — Mont [mawn] /mɔ̃/ (Show IPA). French name of Monte Perdido.
- perdurance — permanence; the quality of lasting or enduring forever
- peridinium — a member of the Peridinium genus of marine- or freshwater-dwelling dinoflagellate organisms characterized by armoured plates
- playground — an area used for outdoor play or recreation, especially by children, and often containing recreational equipment such as slides and swings.