12-letter words containing d, e, t, r, u, n
- overabundant — an excessive amount or abundance; surfeit: an overabundance of sugar in the diet.
- overdiscount — to discount excessively
- overdocument — to document excessively
- pasture land — grassland used for grazing
- peradventure — chance, doubt, or uncertainty.
- periodontium — the bone, connective tissue, and gum surrounding and supporting a tooth.
- pre-discount — to deduct a certain amount from (a bill, charge, etc.): All bills that are paid promptly will be discounted at two percent.
- preinduction — occurring before an induction
- prejudgement — to judge beforehand.
- product line — all of the products carried by a manufacturer, wholesaler, or retailer.
- prudentially — of, pertaining to, characterized by, or resulting from prudence.
- put in order — arrange correctly
- quadrivalent — having a valence of four; tetravalent.
- quarter bend — a 90° bend, as in a plumbing pipe.
- quote-driven — denoting an electronic market system, esp for stock exchanges, in which prices are determined by quotations made by market makers or dealers
- reacquainted — to make more or less familiar, aware, or conversant (usually followed by with): to acquaint the mayor with our plan.
- readjustment — an act of readjusting or the state of being readjusted.
- rear-mounted — (of an engine, etc) fitted at the back of a vehicle
- recrudescent — breaking out afresh or into renewed activity; revival or reappearance in active existence.
- redoublement — the act of redoubling
- reductionism — the theory that every complex phenomenon, especially in biology or psychology, can be explained by analyzing the simplest, most basic physical mechanisms that are in operation during the phenomenon.
- reductionist — the theory that every complex phenomenon, especially in biology or psychology, can be explained by analyzing the simplest, most basic physical mechanisms that are in operation during the phenomenon.
- reed bunting — an Old World bunting, Emberiza schoeniclus, inhabiting marshy areas.
- refoundation — an act of refounding
- reinstituted — to set up; establish; organize: to institute a government.
- reproduction — the act or process of reproducing.
- returned man — a member of the armed forces discharged in Canada after service overseas.
- ride shotgun — a smoothbore gun for firing small shots to kill birds and small quadrupeds, though often used with buckshot to kill larger animals.
- rodent ulcer — an ulcerating basal cell skin cancer, common on the face.
- round-lotter — a buyer or seller of round lots.
- rutlandshire — a former county, now part of Leicestershire, in central England.
- 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.
- send out for — If you send out for food, for example pizzas or sandwiches, you phone and ask for it to be delivered to you.
- southernwood — a woody-stemmed wormwood, Artemisia abrotanum, of southern Europe, having aromatic, finely dissected leaves.
- spiderhunter — any of several sunbirds of the genus Arachnothera, of southern Asia and the East Indies, having dull-colored plumage and a long bill.
- stand surety — to act as a surety
- stereo sound — reproduction of sound using two or more separate microphones to feed two or more loudspeakers through separate channels in order to give a spatial effect to the sound
- stone-ground — (of wheat or other grain) ground between millstones, especially those made of burstone, so as to retain the whole of the grain and preserve nutritional content.
- student card — a card verifying somebody's identity as a university student and entitling them to services, discounts, etc
- stun grenade — a nonlethal grenade which is used to disturb the senses of enemies by its loud noise and its bright light
- subintroduce — to introduce subtly
- subordinated — placed in or belonging to a lower order or rank.
- superconduct — to conduct electricity very efficiently or without resistance, to act as a superconductor
- superevident — extremely or very evident
- the hundreds — the numbers 100 to 109
- thread count — thread density of a woven fabric
- 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.