12-letter words containing a, n, d, e, r, s
- grandfathers — Plural form of grandfather.
- grandmasters — Plural form of grandmaster.
- grandmothers — Plural form of grandmother.
- grandnephews — Plural form of grandnephew.
- grandparents — a parent of a parent.
- grandstanded — Simple past tense and past participle of grandstand.
- grandstander — the main seating area of a stadium, racetrack, parade route, or the like, usually consisting of tiers with rows of individual seats.
- granny dress — a loose-fitting, ankle-length dress, usually with long sleeves and a high collar and sometimes having flounces, ruffles, or lace trimming.
- great sunday — Easter Sunday.
- grosswardein — German name of Oradea.
- ground state — the state of least energy of a particle, as an atom, or of a system of particles.
- hadrosaurine — Hadrosaurid.
- haemosiderin — Alternative form of hemosiderin.
- hairdressing — the act or process of cutting, combing out, doing up, or styling hair.
- handbreadths — Plural form of handbreadth.
- handicappers — Plural form of handicapper.
- handsbreadth — A small distance.
- handypersons — Plural form of handyperson.
- hard science — any of the natural or physical sciences, as chemistry, biology, physics, or astronomy, in which aspects of the universe are investigated by means of hypotheses and experiments.
- harrison red — a pigment consisting of a paratoluidine toner, characterized by its brilliant red color and tendency to bleed.
- head sherang — the boss; person in authority
- headshrinker — shrink (def 9).
- headstrongly — In a headstrong manner.
- hepadnavirus — Any member of the virus family Hepadnaviridae, capable of causing liver infections in humans and animals.
- heptahedrons — Plural form of heptahedron.
- hidradenitis — (medicine) inflammation of the sweat glands.
- hindquarters — the posterior end of a halved carcass of beef, lamb, etc., sectioned usually between the twelfth and thirteenth ribs.
- his and hers — (of paired objects) for a man and woman respectively
- horse around — a large, solid-hoofed, herbivorous quadruped, Equus caballus, domesticated since prehistoric times, bred in a number of varieties, and used for carrying or pulling loads, for riding, and for racing.
- housetrained — Simple past tense and past participle of housetrain.
- hundred days — the period from March 20 to June 28, 1815, between the arrival of Napoleon in Paris, after his escape from Elba, and his abdication after the battle of Waterloo.
- hydrastinine — a white, crystalline, poisonous alkaloid, C 11 H 13 NO 3 , synthesized from hydrastine: used to arrest bleeding, especially in the uterus.
- hydrogenates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hydrogenate.
- iceland spar — a transparent variety of calcite that is double-refracting and is used as a polarizer.
- icosahedrons — Plural form of icosahedron.
- impersonated — to assume the character or appearance of; pretend to be: He was arrested for impersonating a police officer.
- in readiness — prepared and waiting
- in the cards — a usually rectangular piece of stiff paper, thin pasteboard, or plastic for various uses, as to write information on or printed as a means of identifying the holder: a 3″ × 5″ file card; a membership card.
- incendiaries — Plural form of incendiary.
- incendiarism — the act or practice of an arsonist; malicious burning.
- indian cress — a nasturtium, Tropaeolum majus, of South America, having red-spotted or red-striped, yellow-orange flowers, the young flower buds and fruits being used as seasoning.
- inside track — the inner, or shorter, track of a racecourse.
- interdentals — Plural form of interdental.
- internalised — Simple past tense and past participle of internalise.
- interstadial — a period of temporary retreat of ice during a glacial stage; a warming period.
- iskander bey — Scanderbeg.
- jameson raid — an expedition into the Transvaal in 1895 led by Sir Leander Starr Jameson (1853–1917) in an unsuccessful attempt to topple its Boer regime
- jeopardising — Present participle of jeopardise.
- land measure — any system of measurement for measuring land.
- land plaster — finely ground gypsum, used chiefly as a fertilizer.