12-letter words containing a, d, b, s, u
- saudi arabia — a kingdom in N and central Arabia, including Hejaz, Nejd, and dependencies. About 600,000 sq. mi. (1,554,000 sq. km). Capital: Riyadh.
- scratchbuild — to build a scale model of something from scratch, that is, from raw materials like wood, clay or paper
- scuba diving — deep-sea swimming
- secunderabad — a city in N Andhra Pradesh, in central India, part of Hyderabad: a former British military cantonment.
- shoulder bag — a handbag with shoulder strap attached.
- shoulder-bag — A shoulder-bag is a bag that has a long strap so that it can be carried on a person's shoulder.
- shuffleboard — a game in which standing players shove or push wooden or plastic disks with a long cue toward numbered scoring sections marked on a floor or deck.
- slumbershade — sleep shade.
- soda biscuit — a biscuit having soda and sour milk or buttermilk as leavening agents.
- spiral-bound — having a spiral binding.
- spud-bashing — the task of peeling potatoes, given as a punishment
- sub-additive — something that is added, as one substance to another, to alter or improve the general quality or to counteract undesirable properties: an additive that thins paint.
- sub-standard — A sub-standard service or product is unacceptable because it is below a required standard.
- subabdominal — below or beneath the abdomen
- subarachnoid — of, relating to, or situated below the arachnoid membrane.
- subdeaconate — subdiaconate.
- subdebutante — a young woman who has not yet made her debut into society.
- subdiaconate — the office or dignity of a subdeacon.
- subdividable — to divide (that which has already been divided) into smaller parts; divide again after a first division.
- subduplicate — of the square root of ratios
- subeditorial — of or relating to a subeditor, the work of a subeditor or a subeditorship
- subepidermal — just below the epidermis or skin
- suberic acid — a crystalline dibasic acid, C 8 H 1 4 O 4 , obtained especially from suberin, castor oil, and cork: used chiefly in the preparation of plastics and plasticizers.
- subfeudatory — of or relating to subfeu
- subinfeudate — to grant (lands) by subinfeudation
- subjudiciary — the judicial branch of government.
- subordinated — placed in or belonging to a lower order or rank.
- subordinator — a conjunction introducing a subordinate clause, as when in They were glad when I finished.
- subsaturated — soaked, impregnated, or imbued thoroughly; charged thoroughly or completely; brought to a state of saturation.
- subsidiarily — serving to assist or supplement; auxiliary; supplementary.
- subsidiarity — secondary importance
- support band — a band, pop group, rock group, etc not topping the bill
- surfboarding — a long, narrow board on which a person stands or lies prone in surfboarding.
- unadjustable — capable of being adjusted: adjustable seat belts.
- unascendable — not able to be ascended or climbed
- undisputable — capable of being disputed; debatable; questionable.
- unobfuscated — to confuse, bewilder, or stupefy.
- unshadowable — not able to be shadowed
- unstabilized — to make or hold stable, firm, or steadfast.
- unsublimated — Psychology. to divert the energy of (a sexual or other biological impulse) from its immediate goal to one of a more acceptable social, moral, or aesthetic nature or use.
- visual dbase — (language) A Rapid Application Development suite with a compiler and intranet tools to enable developers to publish data on the web. Originally a Borland product, the first version released by dBase, Inc. was Visual dBase 5.7.
- younghusband — Sir Francis Edward. 1863–1942, British explorer, mainly of N India and Tibet. He used military force to compel the Dalai Lama to sign (1904) a trade agreement with Britain