12-letter words containing a, n, d, i, g
- speedskating — a form of ice skating in which contestants race against each other or the clock over various distances
- spud-bashing — the task of peeling potatoes, given as a punishment
- squared ring — boxing ring.
- standing cup — a tall decorative cup of the Middle Ages and Renaissance, having a raised cover.
- steady-going — steadfast; faithful; unchanging: steady-going service to the cause of justice.
- stringhalted — afflicted with stringhalt
- studdingsail — a light sail, sometimes set outboard of either of the leeches of a square sail and extended by booms.
- surfboarding — a long, narrow board on which a person stands or lies prone in surfboarding.
- swap trading — a contract in which the parties to it exchange liabilities on outstanding debts in trading
- tack welding — to join (pieces of metal) with a number of small welds spaced some distance apart.
- talking head — Television Slang. a closeup picture of a person who is talking, especially as a participant in a talk show.
- tape editing — the process of putting the various segments of a master video or audio tape into a predetermined sequence: usually done electronically.
- taxi dancing — a system, as in a dance hall or hotel, whereby a person pays for a partner (taxi dancer) for a dance, payment being required for each individual dance during an evening
- teaching aid — material used by a teacher to supplement classroom instruction or to stimulate the interest of students.
- the dingbats — delirium tremens
- tidal energy — energy obtained by harnessing tidal power
- tone dialing — a system of calling telephone numbers wherein tones of differing pitch corresponding to the digits in the number called are electronically generated by manipulating pushbuttons (contrasted with pulse dialing).
- trading card — one of a set of small cards, as one depicting professional athletes, either sold separately or included as a premium with packages of bubblegum or the like, collected and traded, especially by children.
- trading post — a store established in an unsettled or thinly settled region by a trader or trading company to obtain furs and local products in exchange for supplies, clothing, other goods, or for cash.
- training aid — a mechanical contrivance used to supplement other forms and methods of training: Motion pictures and slides were used as training aids.
- transcending — to rise above or go beyond; overpass; exceed: to transcend the limits of thought; kindness transcends courtesy.
- turf dancing — a fluid style of street-dancing originating in the Bay Area of San Francisco, California
- unaffrighted — to frighten.
- unbridgeable — a structure spanning and providing passage over a river, chasm, road, or the like.
- underbearing — unassuming
- undercoating — a coat or jacket worn under another.
- underdrawing — the act of sketching a subject before painting it on the same surface
- underlapping — to extend partly under.
- undermanning — the condition of not having enough employees to function properly
- undermeaning — what is intended to be, or actually is, expressed or indicated; signification; import: the three meanings of a word.
- 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.
- undervaluing — to value below the real worth; put too low a value on.
- undesignated — to mark or point out; indicate; show; specify.
- undespairing — not despairing; not giving in to despair
- undischarged — gun: not let off
- undulatingly — in an undulating manner
- unfadingness — the quality or state of being unfading
- ungalvanized — to stimulate by or as if by a galvanic current.
- ungerminated — to begin to grow or develop.
- unglamorized — not glamorized
- unguiculated — clawed, clawlike
- uninstigated — to cause by incitement; foment: to instigate a quarrel.
- unintegrated — combining or coordinating separate elements so as to provide a harmonious, interrelated whole: an integrated plot; an integrated course of study.
- unnegotiated — to deal or bargain with another or others, as in the preparation of a treaty or contract or in preliminaries to a business deal.
- unoriginated — not originated
- unvariegated — varied; diversified; diverse.
- up and doing — busy; active
- venn diagram — a diagram that uses circles to represent sets and their relationships.