12-letter words containing d, a, r, s, o, n
- old prussian — a Baltic language extinct since the 17th century. Abbreviation: OPruss.
- on shipboard — on board a ship
- on the cards — likely
- ordinariness — of no special quality or interest; commonplace; unexceptional: One novel is brilliant, the other is decidedly ordinary; an ordinary person.
- outspreading — Present participle of outspread.
- overdiagnose — (medicine) To diagnose something more often than it actually occurs.
- oversedation — the calming of mental excitement or abatement of physiological function, especially by the administration of a drug.
- overstrained — exerted, taxed, or used to an excessive extent
- palindromist — a word, line, verse, number, sentence, etc., reading the same backward as forward, as Madam, I'm Adam or Poor Dan is in a droop.
- parasphenoid — a bone next to the sphenoid bone in the skull of some animals
- personalised — to have marked with one's initials, name, or monogram: to personalize stationery.
- personalized — customized
- point spread — a betting device, established by oddsmakers and used to attract bettors for uneven competitions, indicating the estimated number of points by which a stronger team can be expected to defeat a weaker team, the point spread being added to the weaker team's actual points in the game and this new figure then compared to the stronger team's points to determine winning bets.
- point-spread — a betting device, established by oddsmakers and used to attract bettors for uneven competitions, indicating the estimated number of points by which a stronger team can be expected to defeat a weaker team, the point spread being added to the weaker team's actual points in the game and this new figure then compared to the stronger team's points to determine winning bets.
- postmeridian — of or relating to the afternoon.
- postprandial — after a meal, especially after dinner: postprandial oratory; a postprandial brandy.
- preadmission — (in a reciprocating engine) admission of steam or the like to the head of the cylinder near the end of the stroke, as to cushion the force of the stroke or to allow full pressure at the beginning of the return stroke.
- prediagnosis — Medicine/Medical. the process of determining by examination the nature and circumstances of a diseased condition. the decision reached from such an examination. Abbreviation: Dx.
- prison guard — an officer in charge of prisoners in a jail
- proboscidean — pertaining to or resembling a proboscis.
- prodigal son — a figure in a parable of Jesus (Luke 15:11–32); a wayward son who squanders his inheritance but returns home to find that his father forgives him.
- propagandism — the art, system, or use of propaganda
- propagandist — a person involved in producing or spreading propaganda.
- pseudorandom — noting or pertaining to random numbers generated by a definite computational process to satisfy a statistical test.
- quadrillions — Plural form of quadrillion.
- quadrisonics — quadraphony.
- quadrumanous — four-handed; having all four feet adapted for use as hands, as monkeys.
- radar sensor — a sensor on equipment used in radar, a method for detecting the position and velocity of a distant object
- radiophonist — a person who produces radiophonic music
- randallstown — a city in N Maryland, near Baltimore.
- re-admission — the act of allowing to enter; entrance granted by permission, by provision or existence of pecuniary means, or by the removal of obstacles: the admission of aliens into a country.
- 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
- respondentia — a loan upon a ship's cargo, which is repaid with interest if the ship reaches its destination, and if the ship does not, the loan is not repaid
- rhode island — US state
- rose diamond — a diamond, one side of which is flat, and the other cut into twenty-four triangular facets in two ranges which form a convex face pointed at the top
- run commands — (operating system) The expansion of the file name suffix, "rc", common to many Unix configuration files, e.g. .newsrc, .cshrc, .twmrc, elmrc, etc. Always abbreviated to /R C/ when spoken. Note, "rc" is not a typical filename extension as it doesn't start with a dot. The suffix "rc" derives from a script-creation utility in CTSS called "runcom".
- russian doll — wooden figures that nest inside one other
- sailboarding — windsurfing.
- salamandroid — an amphibian of the genus Salamandra
- samurai bond — a bond issued in Japan and denominated in yen, available for purchase by nonresidents of Japan
- san bernardo — a city in central Chile, S of Santiago.
- san fernando — a city in E Argentina, near Buenos Aires.
- san salvador — a republic in NW Central America. 13,176 sq. mi. (34,125 sq. km). Capital: San Salvador.
- sandbox tree — a tropical American tree, Hura crepitans, of the spurge family, bearing a furrowed, roundish fruit about the size of an orange that when ripe and dry bursts with a sharp report and scatters the seeds.
- sandrocottus — Greek name of Chandragupta.
- sarcoadenoma — adenosarcoma.
- sardonically — characterized by bitter or scornful derision; mocking; cynical; sneering: a sardonic grin.
- scarlatinoid — resembling scarlatina or its eruptions.
- scouring pad — a small pad, as of steel wool or plastic mesh, used for scouring pots, pans, etc.
- scout around — search