12-letter words containing a, h, r, d, n
- running head — a descriptive word, phrase, title, or the like, usually repeated at the top of each page of a book, periodical, etc.
- rutlandshire — a former county, now part of Leicestershire, in central England.
- sandwich bar — a place where sandwiches are sold
- schneiderman — Rose, 1884–1972, U.S. labor leader, born in Poland.
- scrimshander — a person who makes scrimshaw objects.
- 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.
- shevardnadze — Eduard A [ed-werd;; Russian ed-wahrt] /ˈɛd wərd;; Russian ɛdˈwɑrt/ (Show IPA), 1928–2014, Soviet foreign minister 1985–91; president of his native Georgian Republic 1995–2003.
- short-handed — not having the usual or necessary number of workers, helpers, etc.
- shortchanged — to give less than the correct change to.
- spearheading — the sharp-pointed head that forms the piercing end of a spear.
- starchedness — the condition or quality of being starched
- stickhandler — a hockey or lacrosse player, esp. one who is talented at stickhandling.
- stonyhearted — unfeeling; pitiless; cruel
- stranglehold — Wrestling. an illegal hold by which an opponent's breath is choked off.
- strike hands — to show agreement by clasping hands
- stringhalted — afflicted with stringhalt
- subarachnoid — of, relating to, or situated below the arachnoid membrane.
- synarthrodia — synarthrosis.
- tenth-grader — someone who is in their tenth year of education in the US
- the ardennes — a wooded plateau in SE Belgium, Luxembourg, and NE France: scene of heavy fighting in both World Wars
- the herdsman — the constellation Boötes
- the nearside — the side of a vehicle normally nearer the kerb (in Britain, the left side)
- the ordnance — a department of an army or government dealing with military supplies
- theory-laden — (of an expression) capable of being understood only within the context of a specific theory, as for example superego, which requires the apparatus of Freudian theory in explanation
- thermidorian — a member of the French moderate group who participated in the downfall of Robespierre and his followers on the 9th Thermidor (July 27th), 1794.
- thioridazine — a phenothiazine, C 21 H 26 N 2 S 2 , used as an antipsychotic chiefly in the treatment of acute psychoses and schizophrenia.
- thread count — thread density of a woven fabric
- three-handed — involving three hands or players, as a game at cards.
- throw around — ideas, etc.: exchange, brainstorm
- thunderflash — a pyrotechnic device which is noisy, but not dangerous, and which is used in military exercises
- transit shed — a building located on or near a pier (piershed) or wharf (wharf shed) used for short-term storage of cargo in transit.
- unaffrighted — to frighten.
- unapproached — not approached; not able to be approached or neared
- unauthorized — lacking permission; unsanctioned: unauthorized access.
- unchaperoned — not chaperoned; not accompanied by a chaperone
- uncharnelled — removed from a charnel; exhumed
- under threat — If a person or thing is under threat, there is a danger that something unpleasant might be done to them, or that they might cease to exist.
- underachieve — to perform, especially academically, below the potential indicated by tests of one's mental ability or aptitude.
- undischarged — gun: not let off
- unencroached — to advance beyond proper, established, or usual limits; make gradual inroads: A dictatorship of the majority is encroaching on the rights of the individual.
- unenthralled — not enthralled or charmed; uncaptivated
- unfranchised — a privilege of a public nature conferred on an individual, group, or company by a government: a franchise to operate a bus system.
- unharmonized — to bring into harmony, accord, or agreement: to harmonize one's views with the new situation.
- unmarshalled — a military officer of the highest rank, as in the French and some other armies. Compare field marshal.
- unreproached — not reproached, criticized, or scolded
- unroadworthy — not mechanically sound or suitable for use on the road
- unthreatened — not threatened; free from threats or danger
- van der rohe — Ludwig Mies [luhd-wig meez,, mees] /ˈlʌd wɪg miz,, mis/ (Show IPA), Mies van der Rohe, Ludwig.
- walker hound — an American foxhound having a black, tan, and white, or, sometimes, a tan and white coat.