12-letter words containing d, a, t, u, r, i
- traducianism — the doctrine that the human soul is propagated along with the body. Compare creationism (def 3).
- traffic duty — an assignment to help the flow of traffic and enforce traffic regulations
- transduction — the transfer of genetic material from one cell to another by means of a virus.
- translucidus — (of a cloud) sufficiently transparent as not to obscure the sun, moon, or higher clouds.
- transudation — the act or process of transuding.
- trepidatious — tremulous fear, alarm, or agitation; perturbation.
- triadelphous — (of stamens) united by the filaments into three sets or bundles.
- tribute band — A tribute band is a pop group that plays the music and copies the style of another, much more famous, pop group.
- tricuspidate — having three cusps or flaps.
- tripudiation — the act of dancing for joy
- trudeaumania — obsessional enthusiasm for Pierre Trudeau
- truk islands — a group of islands in the W Pacific, in the E Caroline Islands: administratively part of the US Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands from 1947; became self-governing in 1979 as part of the Federated States of Micronesia; consists of 11 chief islands; a major Japanese naval base during World War II. Pop: 53 381 (2006). Area: 130 sq km (50 sq miles)
- turacoverdin — a green pigment found in certain feathers of the touraco
- turf dancing — a fluid style of street-dancing originating in the Bay Area of San Francisco, California
- ultradistant — extremely distant
- ultraradical — extremely radical, esp having radical political ideas
- ultrarefined — having been refined exceptionally well or thoroughly
- un-liberated — to set free, as from imprisonment or bondage.
- unaccredited — officially recognized as meeting the essential requirements, as of academic excellence: accredited schools.
- unadvertised — to announce or praise (a product, service, etc.) in some public medium of communication in order to induce people to buy or use it: to advertise a new brand of toothpaste.
- unaffrighted — to frighten.
- unattributed — to regard as resulting from a specified cause; consider as caused by something indicated (usually followed by to): She attributed his bad temper to ill health.
- unauthorized — lacking permission; unsanctioned: unauthorized access.
- uncalibrated — to determine, check, or rectify the graduation of (any instrument giving quantitative measurements).
- uncirculated — to move in a circle or circuit; move or pass through a circuit back to the starting point: Blood circulates throughout the body.
- uncreditable — of ignoble character
- undeliberate — carefully weighed or considered; studied; intentional: a deliberate lie.
- undemocratic — pertaining to or of the nature of democracy or a democracy.
- undercoating — a coat or jacket worn under another.
- 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.
- undiscordant — not discordant; not disagreeing or disagreeable
- undistracted — not distracted; concentrating
- undramatized — not dramatized; not adapted to dramatic form
- unfabricated — to make by art or skill and labor; construct: The finest craftspeople fabricated this clock.
- ungerminated — to begin to grow or develop.
- uninebriated — to make drunk; intoxicate.
- unintegrated — combining or coordinating separate elements so as to provide a harmonious, interrelated whole: an integrated plot; an integrated course of study.
- unirradiated — not subjected to or treated with light or other electromagnetic radiation or with beams of particles
- 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
- unoriginated — not originated
- unpatronized — having few or no patrons
- unpredicated — to proclaim; declare; affirm; assert.
- unrestrained — not restrained or controlled; uncontrolled or uncontrollable: the unrestrained birthrate in some countries.
- unstratified — not stratified; not arranged in strata or layers: unstratified rocks.
- unterminated — to bring to an end; put an end to: to terminate a contract.
- unvariegated — varied; diversified; diverse.
- valetudinary — valetudinarian.
- verd antique — a green, mottled or impure serpentine, sold as a marble and much used for decorative purposes.
- wild mustard — any of several weedy plants belonging to the genus Brassica, of the mustard family, as charlock.