12-letter words containing e, n, d, o, u
- quote-driven — denoting an electronic market system, esp for stock exchanges, in which prices are determined by quotations made by market makers or dealers
- radiolucency — almost entirely transparent to radiation; almost entirely invisible in x-ray photographs and under fluoroscopy.
- radionuclide — a radioactive nuclide.
- read up (on) — to become well informed (about) by reading
- rear-mounted — (of an engine, etc) fitted at the back of a vehicle
- redoublement — the act of redoubling
- reductionism — the theory that every complex phenomenon, especially in biology or psychology, can be explained by analyzing the simplest, most basic physical mechanisms that are in operation during the phenomenon.
- reductionist — the theory that every complex phenomenon, especially in biology or psychology, can be explained by analyzing the simplest, most basic physical mechanisms that are in operation during the phenomenon.
- refoundation — an act of refounding
- rendezvouses — an agreement between two or more persons to meet at a certain time and place.
- reproduction — the act or process of reproducing.
- resoundingly — making an echoing sound: a resounding thud.
- revenue bond — a bond issued, as by a municipal utility, to finance a specific project, the income from which will be used for repaying the bond.
- reynoldsburg — a town in central Ohio.
- ride shotgun — a smoothbore gun for firing small shots to kill birds and small quadrupeds, though often used with buckshot to kill larger animals.
- rodent ulcer — an ulcerating basal cell skin cancer, common on the face.
- rouge dragon — a pursuivant at the English college of arms
- round-lotter — a buyer or seller of round lots.
- safe conduct — If you are given safe conduct, the authorities officially allow you to travel somewhere, guaranteeing that you will not be arrested or harmed while doing so.
- safe-conduct — a document authorizing safe passage through a region, especially in time of war.
- sapindaceous — belonging to the Sapindaceae, the soapberry family of plants.
- screw around — a metal fastener having a tapered shank with a helical thread, and topped with a slotted head, driven into wood or the like by rotating, especially by means of a screwdriver.
- second-guess — to use hindsight in criticizing or correcting.
- send out for — If you send out for food, for example pizzas or sandwiches, you phone and ask for it to be delivered to you.
- series-wound — noting a commutator motor in which the field circuit and armature circuit are connected in series.
- silver mound — a perennial Japanese herb, Artemisia schmidtiana, having silver-green leaves forming a moundlike shape.
- sleep around — to take the rest afforded by a suspension of voluntary bodily functions and the natural suspension, complete or partial, of consciousness; cease being awake.
- snowed under — If you say that you are snowed under, you are emphasizing that you have a lot of work or other things to deal with.
- sound camera — a motion-picture camera that is capable of photographing silently at the normal speed of 24 fps and operating in synchronization with separate audio recording equipment.
- sound change — any phonetic or phonological change in spoken language, for example the replacement of one speech sound with another, or the loss of a particular sound
- sound effect — any sound, other than music or speech, artificially reproduced to create an effect in a dramatic presentation, as the sound of a storm or a creaking door.
- sound system — equipment for playing music
- sounion head — the tip of the Attica peninsula, E central Greece: site of ancient temple ruins.
- southernwood — a woody-stemmed wormwood, Artemisia abrotanum, of southern Europe, having aromatic, finely dissected leaves.
- speech sound — any of the set of distinctive sounds of a given language. Compare phoneme.
- stereo sound — reproduction of sound using two or more separate microphones to feed two or more loudspeakers through separate channels in order to give a spatial effect to the sound
- stone-ground — (of wheat or other grain) ground between millstones, especially those made of burstone, so as to retain the whole of the grain and preserve nutritional content.
- student body — all the students enrolled at an educational institution.
- student loan — A student loan is a government loan that is available to students at a college or university in order to help them pay their expenses.
- studiousness — disposed or given to diligent study: a studious boy.
- stunt double — someone who performs dangerous stunts in a film in place of an actor
- stupendously — causing amazement; astounding; marvelous: stupendous news.
- subdeaconate — subdiaconate.
- subdiaconate — the office or dignity of a subdeacon.
- subintroduce — to introduce subtly
- subordinated — placed in or belonging to a lower order or rank.
- succedaneous — a substitute.
- suicide note — letter left by person ending own life
- sulphadoxine — an antibiotic drug of the sulphonamide group, commonly used in combination with pyrimethamine to treat malaria, and in combination with various drugs to treat certain infections
- sulphonamide — any of a class of organic compounds that are amides of sulphonic acids containing the group –SO2NH2 or a group derived from this. An important class of sulphonamides are the sulfa drugs