10-letter words containing u, s, r, d
- 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.
- doukhobors — Dukhobors
- downbursts — Plural form of downburst.
- drainspout — downspout.
- dress suit — a man's suit for formal evening dress, with tail coat and open-front waistcoat.
- dressed up — in evening wear
- dressguard — an attachment for a wheel or cycle that prevents damage or the dirtying of clothes
- dreyfusard — a defender or supporter of Alfred Dreyfus.
- drudgeries — Plural form of drudgery.
- drudgerous — Of or pertaining to drudgery; tedious, menial and exhausting.
- drug abuse — addiction to drugs.
- drug squad — a police unit dedicated to the investigation of drugs offences
- 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.
- druggist's — a shop where medicines and prescription drugs are sold
- drugpusher — a person who sells illicit drugs.
- drugs raid — a sudden and unexpected visit by the police, often involving forced entry, with the aim of finding any illegal drugs
- drugs ring — an organized group of people involved in drug dealing
- drugs test — a check for the presence of banned substances in someone's blood or urine
- drugstores — Plural form of drugstore.
- drum corps — a band, especially a marching band, of drum players usually under the direction of a drum major.
- drumsticks — Plural form of drumstick.
- drupaceous — resembling or relating to a drupe; consisting of drupes.
- duck press — a cooked duck sprinkled with red wine and then pressed in a device (duck press) so that the juices can be collected and served as a sauce over the breast meat and legs.
- duckboards — Plural form of duckboard.
- duckshover — one who duckshoves, jumps a queue; cheats
- duisenberg — Willem Frederik, known as Wim. 1935–2005, Dutch economist; president of the European Central Bank (1998–2003)
- dumbstruck — temporarily deprived of the power of speech, as by surprise or confusion; dumbfounded.
- dune grass — a stout grass, Elymus arenarius, of Eurasia, used as a binder for shifting sand.
- durometers — Plural form of durometer.
- dusseldorf — a state in W Germany; formerly a part of Rhine province. 13,154 sq. mi. (34,070 sq. km). Capital: Düsseldorf.
- 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 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
- dysprosium — a rare-earth metallic element, highly reactive and paramagnetic, found in small amounts in various rare-earth minerals, as euxenite and monazite: used to absorb neutrons in nuclear reactors. Symbol: Dy; atomic weight: 162.50; atomic number: 66.
- end result — product created by a process
- endeavours — Plural form of endeavour.
- endurances — Plural form of endurance.
- enshrouded — Simple past tense and past participle of enshroud.
- eruditions — Plural form of erudition.
- fireguards — Plural form of fireguard.
- fledermaus — an opera (1874) by Johann Strauss, Jr.
- florideous — belonging to the Florideae family of algae, or having the characteristics thereof
- flourished — to be in a vigorous state; thrive: a period in which art flourished.
- fluoresced — Simple past tense and past participle of fluoresce.
- fluoridise — fluoridate
- flushboard — Alternative form of flashboard.
- flustrated — flustered; agitated.