12-letter words containing a, d, i, t, u
- revictualled — victuals, food supplies; provisions.
- 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
- tidal volume — the volume of water associated with a rising tide
- traducianism — the doctrine that the human soul is propagated along with the body. Compare creationism (def 3).
- traffic duty — an assignment to help the flow of traffic and enforce traffic regulations
- 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.
- transudation — the act or process of transuding.
- trepidatious — tremulous fear, alarm, or agitation; perturbation.
- triadelphous — (of stamens) united by the filaments into three sets or bundles.
- tribute band — A tribute band is a pop group that plays the music and copies the style of another, much more famous, pop group.
- tricuspidate — having three cusps or flaps.
- tripudiation — the act of dancing for joy
- trudeaumania — obsessional enthusiasm for Pierre Trudeau
- truk islands — a group of islands in the W Pacific, in the E Caroline Islands: administratively part of the US Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands from 1947; became self-governing in 1979 as part of the Federated States of Micronesia; consists of 11 chief islands; a major Japanese naval base during World War II. Pop: 53 381 (2006). Area: 130 sq km (50 sq miles)
- turacoverdin — a green pigment found in certain feathers of the touraco
- turf dancing — a fluid style of street-dancing originating in the Bay Area of San Francisco, California
- ultradistant — extremely distant
- ultraradical — extremely radical, esp having radical political ideas
- ultrarefined — having been refined exceptionally well or thoroughly
- un-laminated — formed of or set in thin layers or laminae.
- un-liberated — to set free, as from imprisonment or bondage.
- unacclimated — not accustomed or adapted to
- unaccredited — officially recognized as meeting the essential requirements, as of academic excellence: accredited schools.
- unacquainted — having personal knowledge as a result of study, experience, etc.; informed (usually followed by with): to be acquainted with law.
- unadmittedly — to give right or means of entrance to: This ticket admits two people.
- unadvertised — to announce or praise (a product, service, etc.) in some public medium of communication in order to induce people to buy or use it: to advertise a new brand of toothpaste.
- unaffiliated — being in close formal or informal association; related: a letter sent to all affiliated clubs; a radio network and its affiliated local stations.