12-letter words containing d, a, u, t
- poète maudit — a poet who receives insufficient recognition in his or her own time
- postdiluvial — existing or occurring after the biblical Flood
- postdiluvian — existing or occurring after the Biblical Flood.
- postgraduate — of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or consisting of post-graduates: a postgraduate seminar.
- predeparture — of, pertaining to or implemented during the stage prior to departure
- product mark — a trademark used on only one product.
- productional — the act of producing; creation; manufacture.
- promuscidate — shaped like a proboscis
- propaedeutic — pertaining to or of the nature of preliminary instruction.
- proudhearted — full of pride.
- prudentially — of, pertaining to, characterized by, or resulting from prudence.
- pseudomartyr — someone falsely or inaccurately called a martyr
- punched tape — Computers. paper tape.
- punditocracy — influential media pundits collectively.
- pure-hearted — (of a person) without malice, treachery, or evil intent; honest; sincere; guileless.
- put to death — the act of dying; the end of life; the total and permanent cessation of all the vital functions of an organism. Compare brain death.
- put-and-take — any of various games of chance played with a teetotum or other special type of top, in which each player puts in an equal stake before starting to spin the top.
- quack doctor — an unqualified person who claims medical knowledge or other skills
- quadrisected — Simple past tense and past participle of quadrisect.
- quadrivalent — having a valence of four; tetravalent.
- quarter bend — a 90° bend, as in a plumbing pipe.
- quarterdecks — Plural form of quarterdeck.
- quidditative — Alternative form of quiddative.
- quindecaplet — a group of 15
- radiant flux — the time rate of flow of radiant energy.
- radiothorium — a disintegration product of thorium.
- re-educative — of or relating to re-education
- reacquainted — to make more or less familiar, aware, or conversant (usually followed by with): to acquaint the mayor with our plan.
- read-through — reading (def 1).
- readjudicate — to pronounce or decree by judicial sentence.
- readjustment — an act of readjusting or the state of being readjusted.
- rear-mounted — (of an engine, etc) fitted at the back of a vehicle
- reattributed — 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.
- recirculated — to move in a circle or circuit; move or pass through a circuit back to the starting point: Blood circulates throughout the body.
- refoundation — an act of refounding
- regurgitated — to give back or repeat, especially something not fully understood or assimilated: to regurgitate the teacher's lectures on the exam.
- res judicata — a thing adjudicated; a case that has been decided.
- rest assured — reassurance
- returned man — a member of the armed forces discharged in Canada after service overseas.
- revictualled — victuals, food supplies; provisions.
- rhadamanthus — Classical Mythology. a son of Zeus and Europa, rewarded for the justice he exemplified on earth by being made, after his death, a judge in the Underworld, where he served with his brothers Minos and Aeacus.
- rogue trader — A rogue trader is an employee of a financial institution who carries out business without the knowledge or approval of his or her bosses.
- roundaboutly — in a roundabout manner
- rutlandshire — a former county, now part of Leicestershire, in central England.
- sacred lotus — Indian lotus.
- safe conduct — If you are given safe conduct, the authorities officially allow you to travel somewhere, guaranteeing that you will not be arrested or harmed while doing so.
- safe-conduct — a document authorizing safe passage through a region, especially in time of war.
- salad burnet — a plant, Poterium sanguisorba, of the rose family, native to Eurasia, having rounded heads of small, greenish flowers in short spikes and edible leaves.
- sandrocottus — Greek name of Chandragupta.
- scout around — search