10-letter words containing t, e, h, r, d
- diathermal — of or relating to diathermy
- diathermic — of or relating to diathermy
- dichromate — any salt or ester of dichromic acid. Dichromate salts contain the ion Cr2O72–
- dimorphite — a mineral, arsenic sulfide, As 4 S 3 , yellow-orange in color and similar in its properties to orpiment.
- diphtheria — a febrile, infectious disease caused by the bacillus Corynebacterium diphtheriae, and characterized by the formation of a false membrane in the air passages, especially the throat.
- direct hit — If a place suffers a direct hit, a bomb, bullet, or other missile that has been aimed at it lands exactly in that place, rather than some distance away.
- dirt cheap — very inexpensive: The house may need a lot of work, but it was dirt-cheap.
- dirt-cheap — very inexpensive: The house may need a lot of work, but it was dirt-cheap.
- disburthen — (obsolete) disburden.
- disenthral — disenthrall.
- dishearted — Simple past tense and past participle of disheart.
- dishearten — to depress the hope, courage, or spirits of; discourage.
- disheritor — someone who disinherits
- disinherit — Law. to exclude from inheritance (an heir or a next of kin).
- dispatcher — a person who dispatches.
- ditchwater — water, especially stagnant and dirty water, that has collected in a ditch.
- ditherings — Plural form of dithering.
- ditrochean — consisting of two trochees
- dogcatcher — a person employed by a municipal pound, humane society, or the like, to find and impound stray or homeless dogs, cats, etc.
- dogfighter — Person who competes in dogfighting.
- dorchester — a town in S Dorsetshire, in S England, on the Frome River: named Casterbridge in Thomas Hardy's novels.
- draughtier — Comparative form of draughty.
- draw-sheet — a sheet that can be easily removed from underneath a patient in a bed
- drive-thru — a takeaway restaurant, bank, etc designed so that customers can use it without leaving their cars
- driveshaft — A rotating shaft that transmits torque in an engine.
- dutch rise — an increase in wages that is of no benefit to the recipient
- earthbound — headed for the earth: an earthbound meteorite.
- earthwards — Also, earthwards. toward the earth.
- editorship — the office or function of an editor.
- endotherms — Plural form of endotherm.
- endothermy — (biology) A form of thermoregulation in which heat is generated by the organism's metabolism.
- enhydritic — pertaining to enhydrite
- enthraldom — the condition of being enthralled
- enthralled — Capture the fascinated attention of.
- entrenched — (of an attitude, habit, or belief) Firmly established and difficult or unlikely to change; ingrained.
- enwreathed — Simple past tense and past participle of enwreathe.
- ethelred i — died 871, king of Wessex (866–71). He led resistance to the Danish invasion of England; died following his victory at Ashdown
- etherified — Simple past tense and past participle of etherify.
- exheredate — to disinherit
- farfetched — improbable; not naturally pertinent; being only remotely connected; forced; strained: He brought in a far-fetched example in an effort to prove his point.
- farsighted — seeing objects at a distance more clearly than those near at hand; hyperopic.
- fatherhood — the state of being a father.
- fatherland — one's native country.
- fatshedera — an evergreen garden shrub with shiny green leaves and umbels of pale green flowers; a bigeneric hybrid between Fatsia japonica moseri and Hedera hibernica: family Araliaceae
- featherbed — A bed that has a mattress stuffed with feathers.
- frightened — thrown into a fright; afraid; scared; terrified: a frightened child cowering in the corner.
- godbrother — The son of one's godparent.
- godfathers — Plural form of godfather.
- godmothers — Plural form of godmother.
- goldthread — a white-flowered plant, Coptis trifolia, of the buttercup family, having a slender, yellow root that is sometimes used as a tonic.