8-letter words containing u, r, i
- distrust — to regard with doubt or suspicion; have no trust in.
- disturbs — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disturb.
- diuresis — increased discharge of urine.
- diuretic — increasing the volume of the urine excreted, as by a medicinal substance.
- diurnals — Plural form of diurnal.
- divulger — One who divulges something.
- douanier — a customs officer or official.
- drambuie — a liqueur based on Scotch whisky and made exclusively in Scotland from a recipe dating from the 18th century
- dreibund — a triple alliance, esp that formed between Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy (1882–1915)
- dried-up — depleted of water or moisture; gone dry: a dried-up water hole.
- drink up — finish beverage
- drive-up — serving or accessible to customers who drive up in their cars: a drive-up taco stand; a drive-up window at a bank.
- drubbing — a blow with a stick or the like.
- drucilla — a female given name.
- drudging — Present participle of drudge.
- drudgism — the work of a drudge
- druggies — Plural form of druggie.
- drugging — Present participle of drug.
- druggist — a person who compounds or prepares drugs according to medical prescriptions; apothecary; pharmacist; dispensing chemist.
- druidess — a female member of the Druids.
- druidism — the religion or rites of the Druids.
- drum kit — percussion: set of drums
- drumfire — gunfire so heavy and continuous as to sound like the beating of drums.
- drumfish — drum1 (def 11).
- drumlike — Resembling a drum, such as in sound or shape.
- drumline — A group of percussionists in a marching band.
- drumlins — Plural form of drumlin.
- drumming — The act of beating a drum.
- drumskin — drumhead (def 1).
- drusilla — a female given name.
- dry suit — a close-fitting, double-layered synthetic garment worn by a scuba diver in especially cold water, protecting the skin from contact with water and having an internal, warming layer of air that can be added to in order to equalize pressure during descent.
- dubliner — Ireland; magazine
- duisburg — a city in W Germany, at the junction of the Rhine and Ruhr rivers: the largest river port in Europe; formed 1929 from the cities of Duisburg and Hamborn.
- dulcimer — Also called hammered dulcimer, hammer dulcimer. a trapezoidal zither with metal strings that are struck with light hammers.
- dumfries — Also called Dumfriesshire [duhm-frees-sheer, -sher] /dʌmˈfrisˌʃɪər, -ʃər/ (Show IPA). a historic county in S Scotland.
- duration — the length of time something continues or exists (often used with the).
- durative — noting or pertaining to a verb aspect expressing incomplete or continued action. Beat and walk are durative in contrast to strike and step.
- durkheim — Émile [ey-meel] /eɪˈmil/ (Show IPA), 1858–1917, French sociologist and philosopher.
- durukuli — Alternative form of douroucouli.
- duumvirs — Plural form of duumvir.
- duvalier — François [frahn-swa] /frɑ̃ˈswa/ (Show IPA), ("Papa Doc") 1907–71, Haitian physician and dictator: president 1957–71.
- eburnine — (rare) Like ivory.
- echiuran — spoonworm
- echiurid — any of various unsegmented marine worms of the phylum Echiura, comprising the spoonworms.
- edinburg — a city in S Texas.
- eggfruit — the fruit of the eggplant or aubergine, Solanum melongena
- emeritus — (of the former holder of an office, esp. a college professor) Having retired but allowed to retain their title as an honor.
- emporium — A large retail store selling a wide variety of goods.
- enduring — Continuing or long-lasting.
- enquired — Simple past tense and past participle of enquire.