12-letter words containing d, r, e, c, n, t
- soft-centred — (of a chocolate or boiled sweet) having a centre consisting of cream, jelly, etc
- 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
- starchedness — the condition or quality of being starched
- stickhandler — a hockey or lacrosse player, esp. one who is talented at stickhandling.
- student card — a card verifying somebody's identity as a university student and entitling them to services, discounts, etc
- subintroduce — to introduce subtly
- superconduct — to conduct electricity very efficiently or without resistance, to act as a superconductor
- the in-crowd — fashionable people; top people
- the ordnance — a department of an army or government dealing with military supplies
- thread count — thread density of a woven fabric
- thundercloud — cumulonimbus.
- thunderstick — bull-roarer.
- tracker fund — finance: type of savings account
- tradescantia — any plant of the American genus Tradescantia, widely cultivated for their striped variegated leaves: family Commelinaceae
- 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.
- tredecillion — a cardinal number represented in the U.S. by 1 followed by 42 zeros, and in Great Britain by 1 followed by 78 zeros.
- trick ending — an ending of a story or play, etc., that employs a surprise element or character to resolve the plot.
- trickle-down — of, relating to, or based on the trickle-down theory: the trickle-down benefits to the local community.
- turacoverdin — a green pigment found in certain feathers of the touraco
- turned comma — quotation mark.
- turtlenecked — having a turtleneck
- two-cylinder — (of an engine) having two cylinders
- 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.
- uncalibrated — to determine, check, or rectify the graduation of (any instrument giving quantitative measurements).
- uncelebrated — not celebrated or marked by festivities; unremarked
- unchristened — not christened
- uncirculated — to move in a circle or circuit; move or pass through a circuit back to the starting point: Blood circulates throughout the body.
- unconfronted — to face in hostility or defiance; oppose: The feuding factions confronted one another.
- uncontracted — drawn together; reduced in compass or size; made smaller; shrunken.
- uncontrolled — to exercise restraint or direction over; dominate; command: The car is difficult to control at high speeds. That zone is controlled by enemy troops.
- uncorrelated — to place in or bring into mutual or reciprocal relation; establish in orderly connection: to correlate expenses and income.
- uncreditable — of ignoble character
- undemocratic — pertaining to or of the nature of democracy or a democracy.
- under escort — with armed accompaniment
- under-script — the letters or characters used in writing by hand; handwriting, especially cursive writing.
- underclothes — clothes worn under outer clothes.
- undercoating — a coat or jacket worn under another.
- undercurrent — a tendency underlying or at variance with the obvious or superficial significance of words, actions, etc.: Even in his friendliest remarks, one could sense an undercurrent of hostility.
- undercutting — to cut under or beneath.
- undereducate — to educate too little or poorly.
- understocked — to provide an insufficient quantity, as of merchandise, supplies, or livestock.
- undertenancy — the tenancy held by an undertenant; a sublease
- undesecrated — to divest of sacred or hallowed character or office.
- undistracted — not distracted; concentrating
- unentrenched — to place in a position of strength; establish firmly or solidly: safely entrenched behind undeniable facts.
- unfabricated — to make by art or skill and labor; construct: The finest craftspeople fabricated this clock.
- unforecasted — to predict (a future condition or occurrence); calculate in advance: to forecast a heavy snowfall; to forecast lower interest rates.