11-letter words containing s, e, r, u
- disruptable — Capable of being disrupted.
- distincture — distinctness
- distressful — causing or involving distress: the distressful circumstances of poverty and sickness.
- distribuend — something that is distributed
- distributed — (in distinctive feature analysis) characterized by relatively extensive contact or constriction between the articulating organs, as the (sh) in show in contrast to the (s) in so.
- distributee — Law. a person who shares in a decedent estate.
- distributer — a person or thing that distributes.
- distributes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of distribute.
- disturbance — the act of disturbing.
- divestiture — the act of divesting.
- documenters — Plural form of documenter.
- doorbusters — Plural form of doorbuster.
- dope pusher — pusher (def 2).
- dorsiferous — borne on the back, as the sori on most ferns.
- double star — two stars that appear as one if not viewed through a telescope with adequate magnification, such as two stars that are separated by a great distance but are nearly in line with each other and an observer (optical double star) or those that are relatively close together and comprise a single physical system (physical double star)
- doublecross — To betray someone by leading them into trap after having gained their trust and led them to believe that they were actually being aided.
- doubletrees — Plural form of doubletree.
- dower house — the dwelling that is intended for or occupied by the widowed mother of the owner of an ancestral estate.
- dramaturges — Plural form of dramaturge.
- draughtiest — Superlative form of draughty.
- draughtsmen — Plural form of draughtsman.
- dressing-up — When children play at dressing-up, they put on special or different clothes and pretend to be different people.
- dromaeosaur — Any bird-like theropod dinosaur of the family Dromaeosauridae.
- drouthiness — the state or condition of being thirsty or dry
- druckenness — the state of being drunk
- drug pusher — someone who encourages others to take illegal drugs and who makes money supplying illegal drugs
- druid stone — sarsen.
- drunkenness — intoxicated; drunk.
- 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).
- 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
- due process — established course of legal proceedings
- dulcimerist — Someone who plays the dulcimer.
- 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
- durableness — Durability.
- dust bowler — a person who is a native or resident of a dust bowl region.
- dust ruffle — a ruffle attached to the inside hem of a full-length petticoat or skirt to protect the bottom edge of the garment against dirt and wear, popular in the 19th and early 20th centuries.
- duster coat — a woman's loose summer coat with wide sleeves and no buttons, popular in the mid-20th century
- 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.
- e-signature — a technology that allows a person to electronically affix a signature or its equivalent to an electronic document, as when consenting to an online contract.
- early music — music of the medieval, Renaissance, and early Baroque periods, especially revived and played on period instruments; European music after ancient music and before the classical music era, from the beginning of the Middle Ages to about 1750.
- earthquakes — Plural form of earthquake.
- easy virtue — loose morals; sexual promiscuity
- eavestrough — gutter (def 3).
- ebola virus — a highly contagious virus of the family Filoviridae that causes Ebola, a usually fatal disease.
- echoviruses — Plural form of echovirus.
- eco-tourism — Eco-tourism is the business of providing holidays and related services which are not harmful to the environment of the area.
- ecoconsumer — A consumer who makes purchasing decisions partly or largely on the basis of ecological issues.