11-letter words containing s, a, r, d
- draughtsman — a checker, as used in the game of checkers.
- draughtsmen — Plural form of draughtsman.
- draw straws — a single stalk or stem, especially of certain species of grain, chiefly wheat, rye, oats, and barley.
- draw stumps — to close play, as by pulling out the stumps
- draw trumps — to play the trump suit until the opponents have none left
- drawbridges — Plural form of drawbridge.
- drawstrings — Plural form of drawstring.
- dreadlessly — in a dreadless manner
- dreamlessly — In a dreamless way; without dreams.
- dreamscapes — Plural form of dreamscape.
- dressmakers — Plural form of dressmaker.
- dressmaking — a person whose occupation is the making or alteration of women's dresses, coats, etc.
- drillmaster — a person who trains others in something, especially routinely or mechanically.
- drive shaft — a shaft for imparting torque from a power source or prime mover to machinery.
- dromaeosaur — Any bird-like theropod dinosaur of the family Dromaeosauridae.
- dromedaries — Plural form of dromedary.
- drop astern — to fall back to the stern (of another vessel)
- drosophilas — Plural form of drosophila.
- drum'n'bass — a type of electronic dance music using mainly bass guitar and drum sounds
- dry as dust — dull and boring: a dry-as-dust biography.
- dry compass — a compass having a compass card mounted on pivots.
- dry measure — the system of units of capacity ordinarily used in measuring dry commodities, as grain or fruit. In the U.S. 2 pints = 1 quart (1.101 liters); 8 quarts = 1 peck (8.810 liters); 4 pecks = 1 bushel (35.24 liters). In Great Britain 2 pints = 1 quart (1.136 liters); 4 quarts = 1 gallon (4.546 liters); 8 quarts = 1 peck (9.092 liters); 4 pecks = 1 bushel (36.37 liters); 8 bushels = 1 quarter (291.0 liters).
- dry shampoo — a product in powder or spray form that you can use to clean hair without wetting it
- dry-as-dust — dull and boring: a dry-as-dust biography.
- dry-cleanse — to dry-clean.
- dry-roasted — roasted with no oil, or less oil than is usually used in roasting, so that the product is drier, crisper, and less caloric: dry-roasted peanuts.
- duck's arse — a hairstyle in which the hair is swept back to a point at the nape of the neck, resembling a duck's tail
- dumbwaiters — Plural form of dumbwaiter.
- dunderheads — Plural form of dunderhead.
- dundrearies — an expression for long whiskers or side-burns on the side of the face when present without a beard
- duplicators — Plural form of duplicator.
- durableness — Durability.
- dusky shark — a blue-gray shark, Carcharinus obscurus, of warm Atlantic and eastern Pacific seas, reaching a length of 12 feet (3.7 meters).
- duster coat — a woman's loose summer coat with wide sleeves and no buttons, popular in the mid-20th century
- dwarf shoot — a very thin lateral branch in certain trees.
- dwarf sumac — a shrub or small tree, Rhus copallina, of the cashew family, native to the eastern U.S., having shiny, pinnate leaves, greenish flowers, and clusters of red, berrylike fruit.
- dysharmonic — relating to abnormal bone development
- dyspareunia — painful coitus.
- dysregulate — (biology) To cause a dysfunctional level of an activity or chemical in an organism by disrupting normal function of a regulatory mechanism.
- dysrhythmia — a disturbance of rhythm, as of speech or of brain waves recorded by an electroencephalograph.
- dyssynergia — (medicine) Failure of parts of the anatomy to work together correctly.
- early doors — at an early stage
- east riding — a former administrative division of Yorkshire, in NE England, now part of Humberside.
- edgar guest — Edgar A(lbert) 1881–1959, U.S. journalist and writer of verse, born in England.
- egg custard — sweet custard made with milk and egg and baked
- el salvador — country in Central America
- elucidators — Plural form of elucidator.
- embarrassed — Feeling or showing embarrassment.
- endearments — Plural form of endearment.
- endorsation — approval or support