12-letter words containing i, n, d, s, g
- sliding rule — (formerly) a slide rule.
- sliding seat — a rower's seat that rides on wheels in metal tracks fastened to the boat's frame, allowing the seat to slide back and forth, thereby tapping the rower's leg strength to maximize the stroke.
- slimming aid — food or food supplements that can help you lose weight
- smallholding — a piece of land rented or sold to a farmer by county authorities for purposes of cultivation.
- snow pudding — a pudding, prepared by folding egg whites into a lemon gelatin mixture.
- snowboarding — a board for gliding on snow, resembling a wide ski, to which both feet are secured and that one rides in an upright position.
- soft landing — space vehicle
- 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
- sorting yard — sorting tracks.
- spade guinea — a guinea decorated with a spade-shaped shield, coined during the reign of George III
- span loading — the act of a person or thing that loads.
- spearheading — the sharp-pointed head that forms the piercing end of a spear.
- speed dating — an organized social event in which participants have one-on-one conversations typically limited to less than ten minutes, for the purpose of meeting people they would like to date.
- speedballing — the practice of taking cocaine and heroin together intravenously
- speedboating — the act, practice, or sport of traveling in a speedboat.
- speedskating — a form of ice skating in which contestants race against each other or the clock over various distances
- speedwriting — a system of shorthand that is based on the sound of words and utilizes letters of the alphabet rather than symbols.
- spellbinding — to hold or bind by or as if by a spell; enchant; entrance; fascinate.
- spinning rod — a flexible fishing rod, often made of fiberglass, used with a spinning reel.
- spoil ground — an area within a body of water, especially in the sea, where dredged material is deposited.
- sporting dog — one of any of several breeds of usually large dogs especially suited by size and training for hunting by pointing, flushing, and retrieving game and including the pointers, setters, retrievers, and spaniels.
- spot welding — fusing metal
- spud-bashing — the task of peeling potatoes, given as a punishment
- spun-bonding — a process for forming nonwoven fabrics, usually of limited durability, by bonding continuous-filament synthetic fibers immediately after extrusion.
- squared ring — boxing ring.
- standing cup — a tall decorative cup of the Middle Ages and Renaissance, having a raised cover.
- steady-going — steadfast; faithful; unchanging: steady-going service to the cause of justice.
- stem-winding — wound by turning a knob at the stem.
- 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.
- strong drink — alcoholic drink
- stud welding — the semiautomatic welding of a stud or similar piece of metal to a flat part, usually by means of an electric arc
- studdingsail — a light sail, sometimes set outboard of either of the leeches of a square sail and extended by booms.
- succeedingly — being that which follows; subsequent; ensuing: laws to benefit succeeding generations.
- suet pudding — a pudding made of chopped beef suet and flour, boiled or steamed in a cloth, often with other ingredients, as raisins, spices, etc.
- superkingdom — in some systems of biological classification, either of the two major subdivisions, prokaryote or eukaryote, into which all living organisms can be placed
- surfboarding — a long, narrow board on which a person stands or lies prone in surfboarding.
- surroundings — something that surrounds.
- swap trading — a contract in which the parties to it exchange liabilities on outstanding debts in trading
- swing bridge — a bridge that can open by pivoting on a central pier to let vessels pass.
- the dingbats — delirium tremens
- top dressing — tennis court
- trading post — a store established in an unsettled or thinly settled region by a trader or trading company to obtain furs and local products in exchange for supplies, clothing, other goods, or for cash.
- transcending — to rise above or go beyond; overpass; exceed: to transcend the limits of thought; kindness transcends courtesy.
- trendsetting — establishing or influencing a new trend or fashion.
- typing speed — the number of words someone can accurately type in one minute
- 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.
- underscoring — the practice of drawing or scoring a line or mark under
- undersealing — the process of applying a coating of underseal to a motor vehicle
- underserving — to offer inadequate services or facilities to.