12-letter words containing d, u, r, a, s
- dutch master — one of a number of renowned and influential Dutch painters
- dysregulated — Simple past tense and past participle of dysregulate.
- edaphosaurus — Any of several dinosaurs of the family Edaphosauridae, from the Carboniferous and Permian periods, that had a distinctive dorsal sail or crest.
- endovascular — Within a blood vessel.
- favouredness — the quality of or extent to which something is favoured
- figured bass — a bass part in which the notes have numbers under them indicating the chords to be played.
- firing squad — a military detachment assigned to execute a condemned person by shooting.
- forward push — A forward push is a feature of distillation columns (= tall vessels for distillation) in which zones that allow higher contact between substances are near the top of the column.
- foundry sand — silica-based sand mixed with clay, oil, etc, to improve its cohesive strength, used in moulding
- french sudan — former name of Mali.
- frustratedly — In a frustrated manner.
- fund-raising — the act or process of raising funds, as for nonprofit organizations or for a political cause.
- fused quartz — glass made entirely from quartz: a form of silica glass.
- glandiferous — bearing nuts or acorns
- goddaughters — Plural form of goddaughter.
- gradualistic — Of or pertaining to gradualism.
- graduateship — the time or condition of being a graduate
- grand rounds — a formal hospital meeting at which physicians discuss interesting medical cases.
- great sunday — Easter Sunday.
- ground glass — Optics. glass that has had its polished surface removed by fine grinding and that is used to diffuse light.
- ground shark — any of various requiem sharks, especially of the genus Carcharhinus.
- 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.
- guardianista — a reader of the Guardian newspaper, seen as being typically left-wing, liberal, and politically correct
- guardianship — the position and responsibilities of a guardian, especially toward a ward.
- gustave dore — (Paul) Gustave [pawl gy-stav] /pɔl güˈstav/ (Show IPA), 1832?–83, French painter, illustrator, and sculptor.
- gypsum board — wallboard composed primarily of gypsum and often used as sheathing.
- hadrosaurine — Hadrosaurid.
- harbour dues — the fees or charges paid for using a harbour
- hard-surface — to make the surface of (something) hard or firm, as by compacting or paving it: to hard-surface a parking area.
- headquarters — a center of operations, as of the police or a business, from which orders are issued; the chief administrative office of an organization: The operatives were always in touch with headquarters.
- hepadnavirus — Any member of the virus family Hepadnaviridae, capable of causing liver infections in humans and animals.
- hindquarters — the posterior end of a halved carcass of beef, lamb, etc., sectioned usually between the twelfth and thirteenth ribs.
- horse around — a large, solid-hoofed, herbivorous quadruped, Equus caballus, domesticated since prehistoric times, bred in a number of varieties, and used for carrying or pulling loads, for riding, and for racing.
- horse guards — the mounted squadrons supplied by the Household Cavalry for ceremonial duties
- house wizard — (Probably from ad-agency tradetalk, "house freak") A hacker occupying a technical-specialist, R&D, or systems position at a commercial shop. A really effective house wizard can have influence out of all proportion to his/her ostensible rank and still not have to wear a suit. Used especially of Unix wizards. The term "house guru" is equivalent.
- housetrained — Simple past tense and past participle of housetrain.
- hundred days — the period from March 20 to June 28, 1815, between the arrival of Napoleon in Paris, after his escape from Elba, and his abdication after the battle of Waterloo.
- hydromedusae — Irregular plural form of hydromedusa.
- 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.
- idolatrously — In an idolatrous manner.
- industrially — of, pertaining to, of the nature of, or resulting from industry: industrial production; industrial waste.
- iracundulous — easily angered or irritable
- jeopardously — with risk or peril
- judicatories — Plural form of judicatory.
- kalmar sound — a strait between SE Sweden and Öland Island. 85 miles (137 km) long; 14 miles (23 km) wide.
- land measure — any system of measurement for measuring land.
- laser-guided — (of a missile, etc) guided with the use of a laser beam
- launderettes — Plural form of launderette.