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11-letter words containing s, r, u

  • draw stumps — to close play, as by pulling out the stumps
  • draw trumps — to play the trump suit until the opponents have none left
  • 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.
  • drum'n'bass — a type of electronic dance music using mainly bass guitar and drum sounds
  • drunkenness — intoxicated; drunk.
  • dry as dust — dull and boring: a dry-as-dust biography.
  • 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-as-dust — dull and boring: a dry-as-dust biography.
  • 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
  • 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).
  • 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
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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
  • ego surfing — the act of searching for your own name on the internet
  • egregiously — Conspicuously badly (used negatively).
  • electuaries — Plural form of electuary.
  • elucidators — Plural form of elucidator.
  • elusoriness — the state or quality of being elusory
  • emasculator — One who, or that which, emasculates.
  • embouchures — Plural form of embouchure.
  • emulsifiers — Plural form of emulsifier.
  • emunctories — Plural form of emunctory.
  • encrustment — an outer layer of crust
  • ensepulcher — (transitive) To lay in a sepulcher; to entomb.
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