10-letter words containing u, r, t
- 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.
- draft tube — the flared passage leading vertically from a water turbine to its tailrace.
- drainspout — downspout.
- dramaturge — a specialist in dramaturgy, especially one who acts as a consultant to a theater company, advising them on possible repertory.
- dramaturgy — the craft or the techniques of dramatic composition.
- draughtier — Comparative form of draughty.
- draughting — a drawing, sketch, or design.
- dress suit — a man's suit for formal evening dress, with tail coat and open-front waistcoat.
- drift tube — a conducting enclosure, usually cylindrical, held at a constant potential so that electrons or charged particles within will experience no force, and therefore no change in velocity. Compare Klystron.
- drive-thru — a takeaway restaurant, bank, etc designed so that customers can use it without leaving their cars
- drug habit — addiction to recreational drugs
- 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.
- drug-taker — someone who takes illegal drugs
- druggist's — a shop where medicines and prescription drugs are sold
- drugs test — a check for the presence of banned substances in someone's blood or urine
- drugstores — Plural form of drugstore.
- drum table — a table having a cylindrical top with drawers or shelves in the skirt, rotating on a central post with three or four outwardly curving legs.
- drumbeater — a person who vigorously proclaims or publicizes the merits of a product, idea, movie, etc.; press agent.
- drumsticks — Plural form of drumstick.
- drunk tank — a large jail cell where persons arrested for drunkenness are kept, usually overnight.
- drunk text — a text message sent by someone who is intoxicated.
- drunkathon — a session in which excessive quantities of alcohol are consumed
- drying-out — the process of detoxifying an alcoholic patient: Drying-out takes time.
- dumbstruck — temporarily deprived of the power of speech, as by surprise or confusion; dumbfounded.
- dumbwaiter — a small elevator, manually or electrically operated, consisting typically of a box with shelves, used in apartment houses, restaurants, and large private dwellings for moving dishes, food, garbage, etc., between floors.
- 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
- dump truck — a usually open-topped truck having a body that can be tilted to discharge its contents, as sand or gravel, through an open tailgate.
- dunderpate — a dunce; blockhead; numbskull.
- duplicator — a machine for making duplicates, as a mimeograph.
- dura mater — the tough, fibrous membrane forming the outermost of the three coverings of the brain and spinal cord. Also called dura. Compare arachnoid (def 6), pia mater.
- durability — able to resist wear, decay, etc., well; lasting; enduring.
- durational — the length of time something continues or exists (often used with the).
- durometers — Plural form of durometer.
- durrenmatt — Friedrich [freed-rik;; German free-drikh] /ˈfrid rɪk;; German ˈfri drɪx/ (Show IPA), 1921–90, Swiss dramatist and novelist.
- 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).
- dust whirl — dust devil.
- dutch barn — a farm building consisting of a steel frame and a curved roof
- dutch door — a door consisting of two units horizontally divided so that each half can be opened or closed separately.
- dutch rise — an increase in wages that is of no benefit to the recipient
- dutch rush — scouring rush.
- duty-frees — goods sold in a duty-free shop
- duumvirate — a coalition of two persons holding the same office, as in ancient Rome.
- e-neutrino — electron-neutrino.
- earthbound — headed for the earth: an earthbound meteorite.
- earthquake — something that is severely disruptive; upheaval.
- eastbourne — a seaport in East Sussex, in SE England.