12-letter words containing a, g, e, n, d, s
- reading list — a list of sources (recommended by a teacher or university lecturer) which provide additional or background information on a subject being studied
- redesignated — to mark or point out; indicate; show; specify.
- sailing date — the date that a ship or boat departs on a sailing voyage
- sandpapering — the act or process of polishing or grinding a surface with or as if with sandpaper
- seam binding — a narrow strip of fabric attached to the unfinished edge of a seam or hem to keep it from raveling.
- second grade — school year: age 7-8
- self-damning — causing incrimination: damning evidence.
- self-dealing — financial transaction conducted on a personal, nonbusinesslike basis, as lending or borrowing of corporate money by a director.
- self-drawing — the act of a person or thing that draws.
- self-loading — noting or pertaining to an automatic or semiautomatic firearm.
- self-reading — the action or practice of a person who reads.
- send packing — to dismiss peremptorily
- shareholding — a holder or owner of shares, especially in a company or corporation.
- sherardizing — to coat (steel) with a thin cladding of zinc by heating in a mixture of sand and powdered zinc.
- shortchanged — to give less than the correct change to.
- side against — one of the surfaces forming the outside of or bounding a thing, or one of the lines bounding a geometric figure.
- single modal — modal (def 3).
- sliding seat — a rower's seat that rides on wheels in metal tracks fastened to the boat's frame, allowing the seat to slide back and forth, thereby tapping the rower's leg strength to maximize the stroke.
- sound change — any phonetic or phonological change in spoken language, for example the replacement of one speech sound with another, or the loss of a particular sound
- spade guinea — a guinea decorated with a spade-shaped shield, coined during the reign of George III
- spearheading — the sharp-pointed head that forms the piercing end of a spear.
- speed dating — an organized social event in which participants have one-on-one conversations typically limited to less than ten minutes, for the purpose of meeting people they would like to date.
- speedballing — the practice of taking cocaine and heroin together intravenously
- speedboating — the act, practice, or sport of traveling in a speedboat.
- speedskating — a form of ice skating in which contestants race against each other or the clock over various distances
- sponged ware — spongeware.
- squared ring — boxing ring.
- steady-going — steadfast; faithful; unchanging: steady-going service to the cause of justice.
- stranglehold — Wrestling. an illegal hold by which an opponent's breath is choked off.
- stringhalted — afflicted with stringhalt
- stun grenade — a nonlethal grenade which is used to disturb the senses of enemies by its loud noise and its bright light
- sweat glands — one of the minute, coiled, tubular glands of the skin that secrete sweat.
- the dingbats — delirium tremens
- transcending — to rise above or go beyond; overpass; exceed: to transcend the limits of thought; kindness transcends courtesy.
- transgressed — to violate a law, command, moral code, etc.; offend; sin.
- undersealing — the process of applying a coating of underseal to a motor vehicle
- understating — to state or represent less strongly or strikingly than the facts would bear out; set forth in restrained, moderate, or weak terms: The casualty lists understate the extent of the disaster.
- undertakings — the act of a person who undertakes any task or responsibility.
- undesignated — to mark or point out; indicate; show; specify.
- undespairing — not despairing; not giving in to despair
- undischarged — gun: not let off
- unfadingness — the quality or state of being unfading
- uninstigated — to cause by incitement; foment: to instigate a quarrel.
- unsegregated — not segregated, especially not subject to racial division; integrated: an unsegregated community.
- waste ground — an empty piece of land