10-letter words containing s, i, r, e, t
- disruptive — causing, tending to cause, or caused by disruption; disrupting: the disruptive effect of their rioting.
- disrupture — interruption; disruption.
- dissenters — Plural form of dissenter.
- dissertate — to discuss a subject fully and learnedly; discourse.
- disserting — to discourse on a subject.
- dissipater — to scatter in various directions; disperse; dispel.
- distillers — Plural form of distiller.
- distillery — a place or establishment where distilling, especially the distilling of liquors, is done.
- distincter — Comparative form of distinct.
- distortive — to twist awry or out of shape; make crooked or deformed: Arthritis had distorted his fingers.
- distracted — Obsolete. distracted.
- distracter — a person or thing that distracts the attention.
- distrained — Simple past tense and past participle of distrain.
- distrainee — to constrain by seizing and holding goods, etc., in pledge for rent, damages, etc., or in order to obtain satisfaction of a claim.
- distrainer — Alternative form of distrainor.
- distressed — afflicted with or suffering distress: distress livestock; distress wheat.
- distresser — One who or that which distresses.
- distresses — great pain, anxiety, or sorrow; acute physical or mental suffering; affliction; trouble.
- distribute — to divide and give out in shares; deal out; allot.
- districted — Simple past tense and past participle of district.
- distrouble — to trouble; to interrupt
- distrusted — Simple past tense and past participle of distrust.
- ditherings — Plural form of dithering.
- divemaster — a professional qualified to oversee scuba diving operations, as in salvage work or at a resort, and responsible for procedures and safety, monitoring the whereabouts of divers underwater or at the surface, and making rescues when necessary.
- dixiecrats — a member of a faction of southern Democrats stressing states' rights and opposed to the civil-rights programs of the Democratic Party, especially a southern Democrat who bolted the party in 1948 and voted for the candidates of the States' Rights Democratic Party.
- dog-sitter — a person who looks after a dog while its owner is away
- dosimeters — Plural form of dosimeter.
- dosimetric — the process or method of measuring the dosage of ionizing radiation.
- draconites — a type of precious stone thought to be found in a dragon's head
- draftiness — The characteristic of being drafty.
- dramatised — Simple past tense and past participle of dramatise.
- dramatises — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dramatise, an alternative spelling of 'dramatize'.
- dramatizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dramatize.
- dress suit — a man's suit for formal evening dress, with tail coat and open-front waistcoat.
- drill stem — A drill stem is all the parts of the equipment used for rotary drilling.
- dripstones — Plural form of dripstone.
- driveshaft — A rotating shaft that transmits torque in an engine.
- dutch rise — an increase in wages that is of no benefit to the recipient
- dyscrasite — an alloy of antimony and silver
- dysenteric — Of, relating, or pertaining to dysentery.
- earth sign — any of the three astrological signs, Taurus, Virgo, or Capricorn, that are grouped together because of the shared attributes of practicality and interest in material things.
- earthiness — of the nature of or consisting of earth or soil.
- earthlings — Plural form of earthling.
- earthrises — Plural form of earthrise.
- earthshine — the faint illumination of the part of the moon not illuminated by sunlight, as during a crescent phase, caused by the reflection of light from the earth.
- earwitness — a person who testifies or can testify to what he or she has heard.
- east ridge — a city in SE Tennessee, near Chattanooga.
- east river — a strait in SE New York separating Manhattan Island from Long Island and connecting New York Bay and Long Island Sound.
- east sider — a native or resident of the East Side of Manhattan, in New York City.
- east timor — a small country in SE Asia, comprising part of the island of Timor: colonized by Portugal in the 19th century; declared independence in 1975 but immediately invaded by Indonesia; under UN administration from 1999 and an independent state from 2002. It is mountainous with a monsoon climate; subsistence agriculture is the main occupation. Languages: Portuguese, Tetun (a lingua franca), and Bahasa Indonesia. Religion: Roman Catholic majority. Currency: US dollar. Capital: Dili. Pop: 1 172 390 (2013 est). Area: 14 874 sq km (5743 sq miles)