10-letter words containing t, o, u, r
- crumbcloth — a cloth placed under a dining table to protect the carpet from crumbs and other material
- crustation — the action of forming a crust
- cuchifrito — a small piece of pork, pig's stomach, etc. dipped in batter and deep-fried
- culbertson — Ely (ˈiːlaɪ). 1891–1955, US authority on contract bridge
- cultivator — A cultivator is a tool or machine which is used to break up the earth or to remove weeds, for example in a garden or field.
- cultriform — (botany, zoology) Shaped like a pruning knife; cultrate.
- cunctatory — prone to delaying
- curatorial — Curatorial means relating to curators and their work.
- curbstones — Plural form of curbstone.
- curiousest — (non-standard) Superlative form of curious.
- curiousity — Misspelling of curiosity.
- custom car — a car that is built to the buyer's own specifications
- customizer — a person who customizes
- cut across — If an issue or problem cuts across the division between two or more groups of people, it affects or matters to people in all the groups.
- cut flower — any pretty flower cut for a floral arrangement.
- cut-throat — If you describe a situation as cut-throat, you mean that the people or companies involved all want success and do not care if they harm each other in getting it.
- cutthroats — Plural form of cutthroat.
- democritus — ?460–?370 bc, Greek philosopher who developed the atomist theory of matter of his teacher, Leucippus
- deodourant — Rare spelling of deodorant.
- depuration — The action or process of freeing something of impurities.
- depuratory — Tending to depurate or cleanse; depurative.
- destructor — a furnace or incinerator for the disposal of refuse, esp one that uses the resulting heat to generate power
- devourment — the act of devouring
- dexterious — Misspelling of dextrous, alternative spelling to dexterous.
- dextrously — Alternative form of dexterously.
- digitorium — a small portable keyboard for a pianist to play finger exercises on
- disastrous — causing great distress or injury; ruinous; very unfortunate; calamitous: The rain and cold proved disastrous to his health.
- discounter — a person who discounts.
- disjunctor — a small body found in the spores of some fungi
- disruption — forcible separation or division into parts.
- disruptors — Plural form of disruptor.
- distrouble — to trouble; to interrupt
- documenter — a written or printed paper furnishing information or evidence, as a passport, deed, bill of sale, or bill of lading; a legal or official paper.
- dog tucker — the meat of a sheep killed on a farm and used as dog food
- doorbuster — Informal. a retail item that is heavily discounted for a very limited time in order to draw customers to the store. the price of such an item.
- doubletree — a pivoted bar with a whiffletree attached to each end, used in harnessing two horses abreast.
- downbursts — Plural form of downburst.
- downturned — Turned downwards.
- dracontium — (pharmacy, obsolete) The roots and rhizomes of skunk cabbage, Symplocarpus foetidus.
- drainspout — downspout.
- drug store — the place of business of a druggist, usually also selling cosmetics, stationery, toothpaste, mouthwash, cigarettes, etc., and sometimes soft drinks and light meals.
- drugstores — Plural form of drugstore.
- drunkathon — a session in which excessive quantities of alcohol are consumed
- drying-out — the process of detoxifying an alcoholic patient: Drying-out takes time.
- dump orbit — an earth orbit into which communications satellites may be moved at the end of their operational lives, where there is no risk of their interference or collision with working satellites in the normal orbits
- duplicator — a machine for making duplicates, as a mimeograph.
- durational — the length of time something continues or exists (often used with the).
- durometers — Plural form of durometer.
- dust cover — a cloth or plastic covering used to protect furniture or equipment, as during a period of nonuse.
- dust storm — a storm of strong winds and dust-filled air over an extensive area during a period of drought over normally arable land (distinguished from sandstorm).