12-letter words containing d, e, r, u
- the shudders — a feeling of horror, repugnance, etc.
- thoroughbred — of pure or unmixed breed, stock, or lineage, as a horse or other animal; bred from the purest and best blood.
- thought-read — to read someone's mind or psychically know what someone's thoughts are
- thread count — thread density of a woven fabric
- three-valued — of or relating to propositions having a value other than truth or falsity.
- thundercloud — cumulonimbus.
- thunderflash — a pyrotechnic device which is noisy, but not dangerous, and which is used in military exercises
- thunderstick — bull-roarer.
- thunderstone — any of various stones or fossils formerly thought to be fallen thunderbolts.
- thunderstorm — a transient storm of lightning and thunder, usually with rain and gusty winds, sometimes with hail or snow, produced by cumulonimbus clouds.
- tin-fluoride — stannous fluoride.
- torpedo tube — a tube through which a self-propelled torpedo is launched, usually by the explosion of a charge of powder.
- torso murder — a murder in which the body of the victim is dismembered at the torso.
- tow-coloured — pale yellow; flaxen
- trabeculated — having trabeculae, transversely barred
- tracker fund — finance: type of savings account
- transmundane — reaching beyond or existing outside the physical or visible world.
- tremendously — extraordinarily great in size, amount, or intensity: a tremendous ocean liner; tremendous talent.
- 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.
- trou-de-loup — a conical or pyramidal pit with a pointed stake fixed vertically in the center, rows of which are dug in front of a fortification to hinder an enemy's approach, formerly used chiefly against cavalry.
- truck driver — sb employed to drive a lorry
- trudeaumania — obsessional enthusiasm for Pierre Trudeau
- true-hearted — faithful and loyal
- truss bridge — a bridge in which the loads are supported by trusses.
- tuberculated — bearing tubercles, knobbly projections or excrescences
- tuberculosed — tuberculous
- tuckered out — exhausted
- tumble dryer — A tumble dryer is an electric machine which dries washing by turning it over and over and blowing warm air onto it.
- turacoverdin — a green pigment found in certain feathers of the touraco
- turbidimeter — a device for measuring the turbidity of water or other liquids.
- turbidimetry — a device for measuring the turbidity of water or other liquids.
- turbocharged — with additional power from turbine
- turned comma — quotation mark.
- turtlenecked — having a turtleneck
- tutor period — (in British secondary schools) a school period for which a tutor group comes together with their tutor
- type founder — a person engaged in the making of metallic types for printers.
- ultramundane — outside or beyond the earth or the orbits of the planets.
- ultrarefined — having been refined exceptionally well or thoroughly
- un-disrupted — to cause disorder or turmoil in: The news disrupted their conference.
- un-earmarked — any identifying or distinguishing mark or characteristic: The mayor's statement had all the earmarks of dirty politics.
- un-furbished — to restore to freshness of appearance or good condition (often followed by up): to furbish a run-down neighborhood; to furbish up one's command of a foreign language.
- un-liberated — to set free, as from imprisonment or bondage.
- un-manicured — a cosmetic treatment of the hands and fingernails, including trimming and polishing of the nails and removing cuticles.
- un-scattered — distributed or occurring at widely spaced and usually irregular intervals: scattered villages; scattered showers.
- 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.
- unaffordable — that can be afforded; believed to be within one's financial means: attractive new cars at affordable prices.