12-letter words containing d, s, u
- superordinal — relating to the superorder
- 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.
- supplemented — something added to complete a thing, supply a deficiency, or reinforce or extend a whole.
- supply-sider — a person, especially an economist, who advocates supply-side economics.
- support band — a band, pop group, rock group, etc not topping the bill
- suppressedly — in a suppressed manner
- supramundane — transcending the world
- surface road — a road or street level with its surroundings: surface roads and elevated highways.
- surfboarding — a long, narrow board on which a person stands or lies prone in surfboarding.
- surinam toad — a South American aquatic frog, Pipa pipa, the female of which carries the eggs and tadpoles in small depressions on its back.
- surrejoinder — a plaintiff's reply to a defendant's rejoinder.
- surroundings — something that surrounds.
- sursum corda — the words “Lift up your hearts,” addressed by the celebrant of the Mass to the congregation just before the preface.
- swiss guards — a corps of Swiss mercenary soldiers, esp. those hired as Vatican bodyguards to the pope
- syndactylous — having fingers, or toes, united
- testiculated — like a testicle, esp in shape
- the bushveld — an area of low altitude in N South Africa, having scrub vegetation
- the dustheap — obscurity or oblivion
- the hundreds — the numbers 100 to 109
- the shudders — a feeling of horror, repugnance, etc.
- theodosius i — ("the Great") a.d. 346?–395, Roman emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire 379–395.
- thousandfold — having a thousand elements or parts.
- 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.
- thymus gland — a ductless, butterfly-shaped gland lying at the base of the neck, formed mostly of lymphatic tissue and aiding in the production of T cells of the immune system: after puberty, the lymphatic tissue gradually degenerates.
- torso murder — a murder in which the body of the victim is dismembered at the torso.
- traducianism — the doctrine that the human soul is propagated along with the body. Compare creationism (def 3).
- transductant — the transfer of genetic material from one cell to another by means of a virus.
- transduction — the transfer of genetic material from one cell to another by means of a virus.
- translucidus — (of a cloud) sufficiently transparent as not to obscure the sun, moon, or higher clouds.
- transmundane — reaching beyond or existing outside the physical or visible world.
- transudation — the act or process of transuding.
- tremendously — extraordinarily great in size, amount, or intensity: a tremendous ocean liner; tremendous talent.
- trepidatious — tremulous fear, alarm, or agitation; perturbation.
- triadelphous — (of stamens) united by the filaments into three sets or bundles.
- tricuspidate — having three cusps or flaps.
- truk islands — a group of islands in the W Pacific, in the E Caroline Islands: administratively part of the US Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands from 1947; became self-governing in 1979 as part of the Federated States of Micronesia; consists of 11 chief islands; a major Japanese naval base during World War II. Pop: 53 381 (2006). Area: 130 sq km (50 sq miles)
- truss bridge — a bridge in which the loads are supported by trusses.
- tuberculosed — tuberculous
- ultradistant — extremely distant
- umnak island — a mountainous island in SW Alaska, in the Fox Islands of the E central Aleutian Islands.
- un-disrupted — to cause disorder or turmoil in: The news disrupted their conference.
- un-furbished — to restore to freshness of appearance or good condition (often followed by up): to furbish a run-down neighborhood; to furbish up one's command of a foreign language.
- un-scattered — distributed or occurring at widely spaced and usually irregular intervals: scattered villages; scattered showers.
- un-succeeded — to happen or terminate according to desire; turn out successfully; have the desired result: Our efforts succeeded.
- unaccustomed — not accustomed or habituated: to be unaccustomed to hardships.
- unadjustable — capable of being adjusted: adjustable seat belts.
- unadmonished — not admonished, counselled, or warned