12-letter words containing d, o, n, t, i, s
- solitudinous — the state of being or living alone; seclusion: to enjoy one's solitude.
- sorting code — a sequence of numbers printed on a cheque or embossed on a bank or building-society card that identifies the branch holding the account
- sorting yard — sorting tracks.
- south island — the largest island of New Zealand. 58,093 sq. mi. (150,460 sq. km).
- speedboating — the act, practice, or sport of traveling in a speedboat.
- spinsterhood — Disparaging and Offensive. a woman still unmarried beyond the usual age of marrying.
- split second — a fraction of a second.
- sporting dog — one of any of several breeds of usually large dogs especially suited by size and training for hunting by pointing, flushing, and retrieving game and including the pointers, setters, retrievers, and spaniels.
- sports drink — a drink containing sugar and salts, etc designed to help replace fluid and energy lost through the physical exertion of sport
- spot welding — fusing metal
- stand in for — to substitute for
- stand-offish — If you say that someone is stand-offish, you mean that they behave in a formal and rather unfriendly way.
- station days — days on which ceremonies are held in station churches
- steady-going — steadfast; faithful; unchanging: steady-going service to the cause of justice.
- stick around — to pierce or puncture with something pointed, as a pin, dagger, or spear; stab: to stick one's finger with a needle.
- storm window — a supplementary window sash for protecting a window against drafts, driving rain, etc.
- stride piano — a style of jazz piano playing in which the right hand plays the melody while the left hand plays a single bass note or octave on the strong beat and a chord on the weak beat, developed in Harlem during the 1920s, partly from ragtime piano playing.
- stringholder — an oblong piece of wood at the lower end of the body of a viol or other stringed instrument to which the strings are attached.
- strong drink — alcoholic drink
- studiousness — disposed or given to diligent study: a studious boy.
- subdiaconate — the office or dignity of a subdeacon.
- subintroduce — to introduce subtly
- subordinated — placed in or belonging to a lower order or rank.
- subordinator — a conjunction introducing a subordinate clause, as when in They were glad when I finished.
- suction disc — a device for attaching to a non-porous surface by means of suction
- suicide note — letter left by person ending own life
- surinam toad — a South American aquatic frog, Pipa pipa, the female of which carries the eggs and tadpoles in small depressions on its back.
- synarthrodia — synarthrosis.
- syndiotactic — (of a polymer molecule) having a regular alternation of opposite configurations at successive regularly spaced positions along the chain. See also configuration (def 4).
- tardenoisian — of or referring to a Mesolithic culture characterized by small flint instruments
- 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.
- top dressing — tennis court
- trading post — a store established in an unsettled or thinly settled region by a trader or trading company to obtain furs and local products in exchange for supplies, clothing, other goods, or for cash.
- traditionist — a traditionalist.
- transduction — the transfer of genetic material from one cell to another by means of a virus.
- transudation — the act or process of transuding.
- trepidations — tremulous fear, alarm, or agitation; perturbation.
- unassociated — to connect or bring into relation, as thought, feeling, memory, etc.: Many people associate dark clouds with depression and gloom.
- undiscordant — not discordant; not disagreeing or disagreeable
- unfastidious — not fastidious; not fussy; not appropriately concerned with detail or cleanliness
- unquestioned — not open to doubt or question; undisputed: Dante's poetic mastery remains unquestioned.
- unsanctioned — authoritative permission or approval, as for an action.
- unscottified — not Scottish; taken out of a Scottish context
- unstockinged — not wearing or covered by stockings
- vasodilation — dilatation of the blood vessels, as by the action of a nerve.
- windows nt 4 — (operating system) A version of Microsoft's Windows NT operating system, originally code named "Cairo". It was supposed to ship in the first half of 1995. Details are scarce, but it is intended to provide an object-oriented version of Windows.
- windows nt 5 — Windows 2000
- windsor knot — a wide, triangular knot for tying a four-in-hand necktie.
- withholdings — Plural form of withholding.
- wordsmithing — Present participle of wordsmith.