12-letter words containing a, d, i, t, u, s
- midlatitudes — Areas lying between 35 and 55 (or more broadly, between 30 and 60) degrees north or south of the equator.
- miniaturised — Simple past tense and past participle of miniaturise.
- mis-adjusted — to change (something) so that it fits, corresponds, or conforms; adapt; accommodate: to adjust expenses to income.
- misadventure — an instance of bad fortune; mishap.
- miseducation — to educate improperly.
- mountainside — The sloping surface of a mountain.
- moustachioed — Alternative spelling of moustachio\u2019d.
- muffin stand — a small stand having several tiers for holding muffins, cakes, etc., and a tea service.
- nitrous acid — an acid, HNO 2 , known only in solution.
- noncustodial — Not having custody of one’s children after a divorce.
- nondualistic — of, relating to, or of the nature of dualism.
- nucleotidase — a biochemical catalyst that facilitates the process of hydrolyzing or splitting a nucleotide and turning it into a phosphate and a nucleoside
- outdistanced — Simple past tense and past participle of outdistance.
- outdistances — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outdistance.
- outlandishly — In an outlandish manner.
- outside lane — the lane on a motorway where overtaking of other vehicles is permitted and vehicles can travel fastest
- outsider art — art produced by untutored artists working by themselves and for themselves
- outspreading — Present participle of outspread.
- outstandings — Outstanding amounts; unpaid debts.
- postdiluvial — existing or occurring after the biblical Flood
- postdiluvian — existing or occurring after the Biblical Flood.
- promuscidate — shaped like a proboscis
- quadrisected — Simple past tense and past participle of quadrisect.
- res judicata — a thing adjudicated; a case that has been decided.
- rutlandshire — a former county, now part of Leicestershire, in central England.
- scratchbuild — to build a scale model of something from scratch, that is, from raw materials like wood, clay or paper
- short radius — the perpendicular distance from the centre of a regular polygon to a side
- slide guitar — bottleneck (def 3).
- soda biscuit — a biscuit having soda and sour milk or buttermilk as leavening agents.
- south island — the largest island of New Zealand. 58,093 sq. mi. (150,460 sq. km).
- standing cup — a tall decorative cup of the Middle Ages and Renaissance, having a raised cover.
- stick around — to pierce or puncture with something pointed, as a pin, dagger, or spear; stab: to stick one's finger with a needle.
- stradivarius — a violin or other instrument made by Stradivari or his family.
- studdingsail — a light sail, sometimes set outboard of either of the leeches of a square sail and extended by booms.
- studio glass — art glass produced by an independent artisan in the studio.
- 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.
- subdiaconate — the office or dignity of a subdeacon.
- subduplicate — of the square root of ratios
- subeditorial — of or relating to a subeditor, the work of a subeditor or a subeditorship
- subinfeudate — to grant (lands) by subinfeudation
- 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.
- subsidiarity — secondary importance
- suicide pact — an agreement between two or more people to commit suicide together.
- sunda strait — a strait between Sumatra and Java, connecting the Java Sea and the Indian Ocean. 20–65 miles (32–105 km) wide.
- surinam toad — a South American aquatic frog, Pipa pipa, the female of which carries the eggs and tadpoles in small depressions on its back.
- testiculated — like a testicle, esp in shape
- traducianism — the doctrine that the human soul is propagated along with the body. Compare creationism (def 3).
- transduction — the transfer of genetic material from one cell to another by means of a virus.
- translucidus — (of a cloud) sufficiently transparent as not to obscure the sun, moon, or higher clouds.