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.