12-letter words containing d, u, r, a, n, t
- k/t boundary — Cretaceous/Tertiary boundary: the time zone comprising the end of the Cretaceous and the beginning of the Tertiary periods
- launderettes — Plural form of launderette.
- laundry list — a lengthy, especially random list of items: a laundry list of hoped-for presents; a laundry list of someone's crimes.
- leatherbound — Bound in leather.
- manufactured — the making of goods or wares by manual labor or by machinery, especially on a large scale: the manufacture of television sets.
- miniaturised — Simple past tense and past participle of miniaturise.
- miniaturized — Simple past tense and past participle of miniaturize.
- misadventure — an instance of bad fortune; mishap.
- mountainward — Towards a mountain or mountains.
- multinodular — of, relating to, or characterized by nodules.
- nand circuit — Computers. a circuit that is energized when any one of its inputs is not energized.
- natural food — Natural food is food which has not been processed much and has not had artificial ingredients added to it.
- nature study — the study of plants and animals, especially by amateurs.
- naughty word — a word that is considered to be rude
- nitrous acid — an acid, HNO 2 , known only in solution.
- non-graduate — a person who has received a degree or diploma on completing a course of study, as in a university, college, or school.
- nonredundant — not redundant
- nonregulated — Alternative spelling of non-regulated.
- nuee ardente — (in a volcanic eruption) a swiftly flowing, dense cloud of hot gases, ashes, and lava fragments.
- obdurateness — The characteristic of being obdurate; stubbornness.
- outgeneraled — Simple past tense and past participle of outgeneral.
- outspreading — Present participle of outspread.
- overabundant — an excessive amount or abundance; surfeit: an overabundance of sugar in the diet.
- pasture land — grassland used for grazing
- peradventure — chance, doubt, or uncertainty.
- productional — the act of producing; creation; manufacture.
- prudentially — of, pertaining to, characterized by, or resulting from prudence.
- punditocracy — influential media pundits collectively.
- quadrivalent — having a valence of four; tetravalent.
- quarter bend — a 90° bend, as in a plumbing pipe.
- radiant flux — the time rate of flow of radiant energy.
- 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
- refoundation — an act of refounding
- returned man — a member of the armed forces discharged in Canada after service overseas.
- rhadamanthus — Classical Mythology. a son of Zeus and Europa, rewarded for the justice he exemplified on earth by being made, after his death, a judge in the Underworld, where he served with his brothers Minos and Aeacus.
- roundaboutly — in a roundabout manner
- 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.
- sandrocottus — Greek name of Chandragupta.
- scout around — search
- stand surety — to act as a surety
- stand up for — (of a person) to be in an upright position on the feet.
- stick around — to pierce or puncture with something pointed, as a pin, dagger, or spear; stab: to stick one's finger with a needle.
- 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
- sub-standard — A sub-standard service or product is unacceptable because it is below a required standard.
- 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.