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12-letter words containing d, e, t, r, s

  • subeditorial — of or relating to a subeditor, the work of a subeditor or a subeditorship
  • subfeudatory — of or relating to subfeu
  • subintroduce — to introduce subtly
  • subordinated — placed in or belonging to a lower order or rank.
  • subsaturated — soaked, impregnated, or imbued thoroughly; charged thoroughly or completely; brought to a state of saturation.
  • subthreshold — (of a stimulus) too weak to produce a response.
  • sugar-coated — Sugar-coated food is covered with a sweet substance made of sugar.
  • superconduct — to conduct electricity very efficiently or without resistance, to act as a superconductor
  • superevident — extremely or very evident
  • superstardom — a person, as a performer or athlete, who enjoys wide recognition, is esteemed for exceptional talent, and is eagerly sought after for his or her services.
  • sweaterdress — a knitted, woollen dress
  • sweet dreams — sleep well
  • tardenoisian — of or referring to a Mesolithic culture characterized by small flint instruments
  • tear-stained — marked or wet with tears: a tear-stained letter.
  • the ardennes — a wooded plateau in SE Belgium, Luxembourg, and NE France: scene of heavy fighting in both World Wars
  • the hebrides — a group of over 500 islands off the W coast of Scotland: separated by the North Minch, Little Minch, and the Sea of the Hebrides: the chief islands are Skye, Raasay, Rum, Eigg, Coll, Tiree, Mull, Jura, Colonsay, and Islay (Inner Hebrides), and Lewis with Harris, North Uist, Benbecula, South Uist, and Barra (Outer Hebrides)
  • the herdsman — the constellation Boötes
  • the hundreds — the numbers 100 to 109
  • the nearside — the side of a vehicle normally nearer the kerb (in Britain, the left side)
  • the shudders — a feeling of horror, repugnance, etc.
  • thermostated — a device, including a relay actuated by thermal conduction or convection, that functions to establish and maintain a desired temperature automatically or signals a change in temperature for manual adjustment.
  • third estate — the third of the three estates or political orders: the commons in France or England. Compare estate (def 5).
  • third person — the grammatical person used by the speaker of an utterance in referring to anyone or anything other than the speaker or the one (third person singular) or ones (third person plural) being addressed.
  • third sector — the segment of a nation's economy that is made up of neither public nor business concerns, as nonprofit health or educational institutions.
  • third stream — a style of music that uses features of both jazz and classical music in an attempt to develop a new and distinctive musical idiom.
  • thitherwards — in that direction
  • 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.
  • tinker's dam — the least value or merit; nothing or anything at all: It's not worth a tinker's damn.
  • tmj syndrome — a condition attributed to tension in or faulty articulation of the temporomandibular joint, having a wide range of symptoms that include dizziness, ringing in the ears, and pain in the head, neck, and shoulders.
  • top dressing — tennis court
  • torres bodet — Jaime [hahy-me] /ˈhaɪ mɛ/ (Show IPA), 1902–74, Mexican poet, statesman, and diplomat.
  • torso murder — a murder in which the body of the victim is dismembered at the torso.
  • trade school — a high school giving instruction chiefly in the skilled trades.
  • trade secret — a secret process, technique, method, etc., used to advantage in a trade, business, profession, etc.
  • tradescantia — any plant of the American genus Tradescantia, widely cultivated for their striped variegated leaves: family Commelinaceae
  • tradespeople — people engaged in trade, esp shopkeepers
  • tradesperson — a skilled worker
  • transcendent — going beyond ordinary limits; surpassing; exceeding.
  • transcending — to rise above or go beyond; overpass; exceed: to transcend the limits of thought; kindness transcends courtesy.
  • transdialect — to translate (speech, writing, etc.) into a different dialect.
  • transgressed — to violate a law, command, moral code, etc.; offend; sin.
  • transit shed — a building located on or near a pier (piershed) or wharf (wharf shed) used for short-term storage of cargo in transit.
  • transmundane — reaching beyond or existing outside the physical or visible world.
  • traverse rod — a horizontal rod upon which drapes slide to open or close when pulled by cords.
  • tremendously — extraordinarily great in size, amount, or intensity: a tremendous ocean liner; tremendous talent.
  • trend-setter — A trend-setter is a person or institution that starts a new fashion or trend.
  • trendsetting — establishing or influencing a new trend or fashion.
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