12-letter words containing d, o, r, t, u
- ground fault — the momentary, usually accidental, grounding of a conducting wire.
- ground frost — the condition resulting from a temperature reading of 0°C or below on a thermometer in contact with a grass surface
- ground plate — Electricity. a metal plate for making a ground connection to the earth.
- ground sloth — any of various extinct large, edentate mammals from the Pleistocene Epoch of North and South America resembling modern sloths but living on the ground rather than in trees.
- ground staff — The people who are paid to maintain a sports ground are called the ground staff.
- ground state — the state of least energy of a particle, as an atom, or of a system of particles.
- ground track — the path on the earth's surface below an aircraft, missile, rocket, or spacecraft.
- ground water — the water beneath the surface of the ground, consisting largely of surface water that has seeped down: the source of water in springs and wells.
- groundbursts — Plural form of groundburst.
- groundsheets — Plural form of groundsheet.
- groundstroke — A stroke played after the ball has bounced, as opposed to a volley.
- gustave dore — (Paul) Gustave [pawl gy-stav] /pɔl güˈstav/ (Show IPA), 1832?–83, French painter, illustrator, and sculptor.
- hard-mouthed — of or relating to a horse not sensitive to the pressure of a bit.
- heteroduplex — having polynucleotide strands derived from two different sources
- hold out for — to wait patiently or uncompromisingly for (the fulfilment of one's demands)
- house doctor — a resident physician in a hospital, hotel, or other public institution.
- housetrained — Simple past tense and past participle of housetrain.
- hydroculture — A type of hydroponics in which plants are grown in a medium that allows the distribution of water and nutrients through capillary action.
- hydronautics — (nautical) The science of the design and construction of ships, their engines, and their instrumentation.
- hydrosulfate — a salt formed by the direct union of sulfuric acid with an organic base, especially an alkaloid, and usually more soluble than the base.
- hydrosulfite — hyposulfite (def 1).
- idiothermous — warm-blooded
- idolatrously — In an idolatrous manner.
- in our midst — among us
- in the round — having a flat, circular surface, as a disk.
- in-and-outer — a person who is by turns in and out of a particular situation, condition, venture, investment, etc.
- infraduction — (medicine) The turning downward of a part, especially of the eye.
- introduction — the act of introducing or the state of being introduced.
- introductive — serving or used to introduce; preliminary; beginning: an introductory course; an introductory paragraph.
- introductory — serving or used to introduce; preliminary; beginning: an introductory course; an introductory paragraph.
- judicatories — Plural form of judicatory.
- juris doctor — lawyer's degree
- jurisdiction — the right, power, or authority to administer justice by hearing and determining controversies.
- k/t boundary — Cretaceous/Tertiary boundary: the time zone comprising the end of the Cretaceous and the beginning of the Tertiary periods
- ketoaciduria — (pathology) The presence of (excess) ketoacids in the urine.
- leatherbound — Bound in leather.
- lodging turn — a period of work or duty, esp among railway workers, which involves sleeping away from home
- milk product — Milk products are foods made from milk, for example butter, cheese, and yoghurt.
- misconstrued — Simple past tense and past participle of misconstrue.
- motormouthed — (of a person) Being a motor mouth; inclined to talk too much.
- mount desert — island off the S coast of Me.: resort: c. 100 sq mi (259 sq km)
- mountainward — Towards a mountain or mountains.
- mousetrapped — Simple past tense and past participle of mousetrap.
- mouthbreeder — any of several fishes of the genera Tilapia and Haplochromis, that hatch and care for their young in the mouth.
- mouthbrooder — A freshwater cichlid fish that protects its eggs (and in some cases its young) by carrying them in its mouth.
- multicolored — of several or many colors.
- multinodular — of, relating to, or characterized by nodules.
- multiproduct — a thing produced by labor: products of farm and factory; the product of his thought.
- multipronged — having or composed of several prongs: a multipronged electric plug.
- multistoried — Multi-storey.