10-letter words containing r, u, i
- disrupture — interruption; disruption.
- dissimuler — (obsolete) A dissembler.
- dissuasory — dissuasive
- distraught — distracted; deeply agitated.
- distribute — to divide and give out in shares; deal out; allot.
- distrouble — to trouble; to interrupt
- distrusted — Simple past tense and past participle of distrust.
- disturbant — having a disturbing effect, disquieting
- disturbing — upsetting or disquieting; dismaying: a disturbing increase in the crime rate.
- 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.
- disulfuric — pyrosulfuric.
- diurnalist — a person who writes a diurnal; a journalist
- diuturnity — a long period of time; lastingness
- dolichurus — a dactylic hexameter characterized by a redundant syllable at the end
- dough bird — the Eskimo curlew.
- dracontium — (pharmacy, obsolete) The roots and rhizomes of skunk cabbage, Symplocarpus foetidus.
- 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.
- draughtier — Comparative form of draughty.
- draughting — a drawing, sketch, or design.
- dress suit — a man's suit for formal evening dress, with tail coat and open-front waistcoat.
- drift tube — a conducting enclosure, usually cylindrical, held at a constant potential so that electrons or charged particles within will experience no force, and therefore no change in velocity. Compare Klystron.
- drive-thru — a takeaway restaurant, bank, etc designed so that customers can use it without leaving their cars
- drudgeries — Plural form of drudgery.
- drudgingly — a person who does menial, distasteful, dull, or hard work.
- drug habit — addiction to recreational drugs
- druggist's — a shop where medicines and prescription drugs are sold
- drugs raid — a sudden and unexpected visit by the police, often involving forced entry, with the aim of finding any illegal drugs
- drugs ring — an organized group of people involved in drug dealing
- druidology — the study of the religion, customs, and practices of the Druids.
- drumsticks — Plural form of drumstick.
- drunk dial — a phone call made by someone who is intoxicated.
- drying-out — the process of detoxifying an alcoholic patient: Drying-out takes time.
- du maurier — Dame Daphne (Lady Browning) 1907–1989, English novelist.
- duisenberg — Willem Frederik, known as Wim. 1935–2005, Dutch economist; president of the European Central Bank (1998–2003)
- dukkeripen — fortune-telling
- dumbwaiter — a small elevator, manually or electrically operated, consisting typically of a box with shelves, used in apartment houses, restaurants, and large private dwellings for moving dishes, food, garbage, etc., between floors.
- dump orbit — an earth orbit into which communications satellites may be moved at the end of their operational lives, where there is no risk of their interference or collision with working satellites in the normal orbits
- dup killer — /d[y]oop kill'r/ Software that is supposed to detect and delete duplicates of a message that may have reached the FidoNet system via different routes. See also dup loop.
- duplicator — a machine for making duplicates, as a mimeograph.
- durability — able to resist wear, decay, etc., well; lasting; enduring.
- durational — the length of time something continues or exists (often used with the).
- durnovaria — the Latin name for a town in S England, administrative centre of Dorset: associated with Thomas Hardy, esp as the Casterbridge of his novels. Pop: 16 171 (2001)
- dust whirl — dust devil.
- dutch rise — an increase in wages that is of no benefit to the recipient
- duumvirate — a coalition of two persons holding the same office, as in ancient Rome.
- dyrrachium — a port in W Albania, on the Adriatic. Pop: 86 900 (1991 est)
- dysprosium — a rare-earth metallic element, highly reactive and paramagnetic, found in small amounts in various rare-earth minerals, as euxenite and monazite: used to absorb neutrons in nuclear reactors. Symbol: Dy; atomic weight: 162.50; atomic number: 66.
- e-neutrino — electron-neutrino.