10-letter words containing u, s, r, d
- mudskipper — any of several gobies of the genera Periophthalmus and Boleophthalmus, of tropical seas from Africa to the East Indies and Japan, noted for the habit of remaining out of water on mud flats for certain periods and jumping about when disturbed.
- mudslinger — One who casts aspersion, who insults. Especially a political candidate who makes negative statements about the opposition.
- muscardine — any of several fungi which cause disease in silkworms
- mushroomed — Simple past tense and past participle of mushroom.
- muster day — the annual day for enrollment in the militia of all able men aged 18 to 45, according to a law established in 1792 and in effect until after the Civil War.
- noninsured — Not insured.
- nordhausen — a city in central Germany: site of a former Nazi concentration camp.
- nose guard — middle guard.
- noseguards — Plural form of noseguard.
- nursehound — a species of European dogfish, Scyliorrhinus caniculus
- nursemaids — Plural form of nursemaid.
- obstructed — Simple past tense and past participle of obstruct.
- ogdensburg — a city in NE New York, on the St. Lawrence River.
- osmiridium — iridosmine.
- oudtshoorn — a city in the S Cape of Good Hope province, in the S Republic of South Africa.
- outcrossed — Simple past tense and past participle of outcross.
- outlanders — Plural form of outlander.
- outsmarted — to get the better of (someone); outwit.
- outsourced — Simple past tense and past participle of outsource.
- outspreads — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outspread.
- overbounds — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overbound.
- overclouds — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overcloud.
- pedicurist — professional care and treatment of the feet, as removal of corns and trimming of toenails.
- perfidious — deliberately faithless; treacherous; deceitful: a perfidious lover.
- perlucidus — (of a cloud) having transparent spaces between the elements.
- persecuted — to pursue with harassing or oppressive treatment, especially because of religious or political beliefs, ethnic or racial origin, gender identity, or sexual orientation.
- picturised — to represent in a picture, especially in a motion picture; make a picture of.
- plunderers — to rob of goods or valuables by open force, as in war, hostile raids, brigandage, etc.: to plunder a town.
- podocarpus — any of various coniferous evergreen trees of the genus Podocarpus, of tropical and semitropical regions, especially P. macrophyllus, which is cultivated as an ornamental.
- port sudan — a seaport in the NE Sudan, on the Red Sea.
- posturized — to posture; pose.
- predacious — predatory; rapacious.
- prediscuss — to consider or examine by argument, comment, etc.; talk over or write about, especially to explore solutions; debate: to discuss the proposed law on taxes.
- prejudices — an unfavorable opinion or feeling formed beforehand or without knowledge, thought, or reason.
- preludious — characteristic of a prelude
- press stud — snap fastener.
- presumedly — to take for granted, assume, or suppose: I presume you're tired after your drive.
- prodigious — extraordinary in size, amount, extent, degree, force, etc.: a prodigious research grant.
- prudentius — Aurelius Clemens (ɔːˈriːlɪəs ˈklɛmɛnz). 348–410 ad, Latin Christian poet, born in Spain. His works include the allegory Psychomachia
- pseudocarp — accessory fruit.
- quadratics — a quadratic polynomial or equation.
- quadriceps — a large muscle in front of the thigh, the action of which extends the leg or bends the hip joint.
- quadrilles — Plural form of quadrille.
- quadrisect — to divide (something) into four equal parts.
- quadrupeds — Plural form of quadruped.
- quadruples — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of quadruple.
- quandaries — Plural form of quandary.
- quasiorder — (set theory) A preorder.
- radiculose — having small roots or rhizoids
- radius rod — (in a feathering paddle wheel) any of the rods, meeting in a hub mounted eccentrically with the paddle-wheel shaft, for feathering the paddles while in the water.