10-letter words containing u, d, r
- daguerrean — relating to Daguerre or the daguerreotype
- dairyhouse — A farm building operating as a dairy.
- dampcourse — a horizontal layer of impervious material in a brick wall, fairly close to the ground, to stop moisture rising
- darius iii — died 330 bc, last Achaemenid king of Persia (336–330), who was defeated by Alexander the Great
- dark cloud — grey clouds threatening rain
- daughterly — of, like, or proper to a daughter
- day return — A day return is a train or bus ticket which allows you to go somewhere and come back on the same day for a lower price than an ordinary return ticket.
- de rigueur — If you say that a possession or habit is de rigueur, you mean that it is fashionable and therefore necessary for anyone who wants to avoid being considered unfashionable.
- debauchery — You use debauchery to refer to the drinking of alcohol or to sexual activity if you disapprove of it or regard it as excessive.
- debentures — Plural form of debenture.
- debris bug — a bug of the family Cimicidae found where vegetable debris accumulates and feeding on small arthropods like springtails: related to the bedbugs
- decamerous — having ten sections or partitions
- decorously — characterized by dignified propriety in conduct, manners, appearance, character, etc.
- decurrency — the action of flowing downwards
- deer mouse — any of various mice of the genus Peromyscus, esp P. maniculatus, of North and Central America, having brownish fur with white underparts: family Cricetidae
- deerhounds — Plural form of deerhound.
- defaulters — Plural form of defaulter.
- defrauding — Present participle of defraud.
- degenerous — (of a person) inferior to one's ancestors
- delustrant — an agent which removes lustre from something
- demeanours — Plural form of demeanour.
- demeasnure — demeanour
- demiquaver — a sixteenth note; semiquaver.
- democritus — ?460–?370 bc, Greek philosopher who developed the atomist theory of matter of his teacher, Leucippus
- demureness — characterized by shyness and modesty; reserved.
- demurrages — Plural form of demurrage.
- denaturant — to deprive (something) of its natural character, properties, etc.
- denaturing — Present participle of denature.
- denaturize — denature.
- dendrobium — a genus of tropical orchid, predominantly growing from trees or occasionally from rocks
- denouncers — Plural form of denouncer.
- denturists — Plural form of denturist.
- deodourant — Rare spelling of deodorant.
- depanneurs — Plural form of depanneur.
- departures — Plural form of departure.
- depurating — Present participle of depurate.
- depuration — The action or process of freeing something of impurities.
- depurative — used for or capable of depurating; purifying; purgative
- depuratory — Tending to depurate or cleanse; depurative.
- der fuhrer — Adolf [ad-olf,, ey-dolf;; German ah-dawlf] /ˈæd ɒlf,, ˈeɪ dɒlf;; German ˈɑ dɔlf/ (Show IPA), (Adolf Schicklgruber"der Führer") 1889–1945, Nazi dictator of Germany, born in Austria: Chancellor 1933–45; dictator 1934–45.
- derailleur — a mechanism for changing gear on bicycles, consisting of a device that lifts the driving chain from one sprocket wheel to another of different size
- deregulate — To deregulate something means to remove controls and regulations from it.
- desaturase — (enzyme) Any enzyme that catalyzes the conversion of single to double bonds, especially in the production of essential fatty acids.
- desaturate — to cause (a substance) to unite with the greatest possible amount of another substance, through solution, chemical combination, or the like.
- descendeur — a shaped metal piece through which the rope can be fed: used to control the rate of descent in abseiling
- desiderium — a powerful desire or yearning, especially for something once had
- desirously — With desire; eagerly.
- despairful — full of despair; hopeless; despairing
- destructed — serving or designed to destroy: a destruct mechanism on a missile.
- destructor — a furnace or incinerator for the disposal of refuse, esp one that uses the resulting heat to generate power