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12-letter words containing a, y, n, d, e

  • pyrazinamide — a substance, C 5 H 5 N 3 O, used in the treatment of tuberculosis.
  • pyridoxamine — a metabolic form of pyridoxine
  • radiolucency — almost entirely transparent to radiation; almost entirely invisible in x-ray photographs and under fluoroscopy.
  • red nose day — a fund-raising day on behalf of the British charity organization Comic Relief, which culminates in a live telethon on BBC One
  • residentiary — residing; resident.
  • resyndicated — a group of individuals or organizations combined or making a joint effort to undertake some specific duty or carry out specific transactions or negotiations: The local furniture store is individually owned, but is part of a buying syndicate.
  • rock and rye — a bottled drink made with rye whiskey, rock candy, and fruit.
  • sanctifiedly — in a sanctified manner
  • sand-sprayed — noting an exterior wall finish composed of mortar to which is added a mixture of sand and cement in equal parts while the mortar is still wet.
  • snotty-faced — having visible nasal mucus on the face
  • stand surety — to act as a surety
  • steady-going — steadfast; faithful; unchanging: steady-going service to the cause of justice.
  • stonyhearted — unfeeling; pitiless; cruel
  • sunday paper — a newspaper which is only published on Sundays
  • synadelphite — an arsenate containing manganese and aluminium
  • 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
  • tidal energy — energy obtained by harnessing tidal power
  • tyndall beam — the visible path of light produced by the scattering action (Tyndall effect) of the particles in a colloidal solution on a beam of light passed through it.
  • unadmittedly — to give right or means of entrance to: This ticket admits two people.
  • unassistedly — in an unassisted manner
  • underlayment — material laid between a subfloor and a finish floor of linoleum, asphalt tile, etc.
  • undertenancy — the tenancy held by an undertenant; a sublease
  • undulate ray — a species of ray (Raja undulata), found on the southern coasts of the British Isles
  • unhandsomely — unattractively
  • unhyphenated — without a hyphen
  • united party — (formerly, in South Africa) the major opposition party, founded by General Smuts in 1934: the official Opposition in Parliament from 1948, the party was disbanded in 1977
  • unmethylated — Also called methoxide. any derivative of methyl alcohol, as sodium methylate, CH 3 ONa.
  • unmyelinated — pertaining to nerve fibers that are not covered with a myelin sheath.
  • unoxygenated — not enriched with oxygen
  • unrewardedly — in an unrewarding manner
  • unsyncopated — marked by syncopation: syncopated rhythm.
  • unsyndicated — a group of individuals or organizations combined or making a joint effort to undertake some specific duty or carry out specific transactions or negotiations: The local furniture store is individually owned, but is part of a buying syndicate.
  • valetudinary — valetudinarian.
  • veterans day — November 11, a legal holiday in the U.S. in commemoration of the end of World Wars I and II and in honor of veterans of the armed services.
  • wave-and-pay — relating to a payment system that uses RFID technology to allow a customer to pay for goods by passing a card in front of a sensor
  • winter-hardy — able to survive the effects of cold weather.
  • xanthene dye — any of a group of dyes having a molecular structure related to that of xanthene in which the aromatic (C 6 H 4) groups are the chromophore.
  • year-rounder — a person who is a year-round resident, as at a seasonal resort.
  • younger edda — either of two old Icelandic literary works, one a collection of poems on mythical and religious subjects (or) erroneously attributed to Saemund Sigfusson (c1055–1133), the other a collection of ancient Scandinavian myths and legends, rules and theories of versification, poems, etc. (or) compiled and written in part by Snorri Sturluson (1179–1241).
  • younger hand — (in piquet and similar card games) the dealer
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