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12-letter words containing g, r, i, d, e

  • self-driving — (of a machine) operating without the guidance of a human.
  • self-reading — the action or practice of a person who reads.
  • serving dish — a dish in which food is presented or served, esp before being shared into individual portions
  • set designer — theatre, cinema: creator of scenery
  • shared logic — the sharing of a central processing unit and associated software among several terminals
  • shareholding — a holder or owner of shares, especially in a company or corporation.
  • sheepherding — the act of herding or tending sheep
  • shepherdling — a young or little shepherd
  • sherardizing — to coat (steel) with a thin cladding of zinc by heating in a mixture of sand and powdered zinc.
  • shortsighted — unable to see far; nearsighted; myopic.
  • siderography — the art or technique of engraving on steel.
  • sixth-grader — a pupil in their sixth US school year after kindergarten, who is usually around 11 or 12 years old
  • slide guitar — bottleneck (def 3).
  • sliding rule — (formerly) a slide rule.
  • sloop-rigged — (of a sailboat) fore-and-aft rigged with a mainsail and a jib.
  • solid figure — a figure that has three dimensions
  • 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
  • spearheading — the sharp-pointed head that forms the piercing end of a spear.
  • speedwriting — a system of shorthand that is based on the sound of words and utilizes letters of the alphabet rather than symbols.
  • spirit guide — type of mystical guardian
  • squared ring — boxing ring.
  • stage-driver — the driver of a stagecoach.
  • straightbred — (of animals) purebred; having parents of the same breed
  • straightedge — a bar or strip of wood, plastic, or metal having at least one long edge of sufficiently reliable straightness for use in drawing or testing straight lines, plane surfaces, etc.
  • stringhalted — afflicted with stringhalt
  • stringholder — an oblong piece of wood at the lower end of the body of a viol or other stringed instrument to which the strings are attached.
  • sugar glider — a gliding possum, Petaurus breviceps, inhabiting open forests of New Guinea, Tasmania, and Australia.
  • superkingdom — in some systems of biological classification, either of the two major subdivisions, prokaryote or eukaryote, into which all living organisms can be placed
  • swing bridge — a bridge that can open by pivoting on a central pier to let vessels pass.
  • third finger — the finger next to the little finger; ring finger.
  • third gender — a gender classification in societies that recognize a gender other than male or female.
  • third-degree — to subject to the third degree.
  • third-grader — a pupil in their third year of education, esp in the US and Canada
  • three-gaited — noting a horse trained to walk, trot, and canter, as for pleasure riding and showing.
  • tidal energy — energy obtained by harnessing tidal power
  • tiger lizard — either of two lacertid lizards, Nucras intertexta and N. tessellata, of southern Africa, having a gray or brown body marked with black spots and bars.
  • top dressing — tennis court
  • tragi-comedy — A tragi-comedy is a play or other written work that is both sad and amusing.
  • transcending — to rise above or go beyond; overpass; exceed: to transcend the limits of thought; kindness transcends courtesy.
  • tree diagram — Mathematics, Linguistics. a diagram in which lines branch out from a central point or stem without forming any closed loops.
  • trendsetting — establishing or influencing a new trend or fashion.
  • trick ending — an ending of a story or play, etc., that employs a surprise element or character to resolve the plot.
  • trigger word — a word that initiates a process or course of action
  • triglyceride — an ester obtained from glycerol by the esterification of three hydroxyl groups with fatty acids, naturally occurring in animal and vegetable tissues: an important energy source forming much of the fat stored by the body.
  • triple-digit — being in the hundreds or in a figure or amount from 100 through 999: triple-digit budget figures.
  • truss bridge — a bridge in which the loads are supported by trusses.
  • twig girdler — a person or thing that girdles.
  • unaffrighted — to frighten.
  • unbridgeable — a structure spanning and providing passage over a river, chasm, road, or the like.
  • under-design — to prepare the preliminary sketch or the plans for (a work to be executed), especially to plan the form and structure of: to design a new bridge.
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