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12-letter words containing i, n, s, t, r, u

  • sunda strait — a strait between Sumatra and Java, connecting the Java Sea and the Indian Ocean. 20–65 miles (32–105 km) wide.
  • supercabinet — a specially-formed cabinet, a select or powerful group of political ministers (cabinet)
  • supereminent — of superior eminence, rank, or dignity; distinguished, conspicuous, or worthy of note above others.
  • superevident — extremely or very evident
  • superheating — Superheating of steam is raising its temperature to well above boiling point.
  • superstation — an independent television station whose signal is transmitted by satellite to subscribers on a cable system.
  • superstition — a belief or notion, not based on reason or knowledge, in or of the ominous significance of a particular thing, circumstance, occurrence, proceeding, or the like.
  • supervenient — to take place or occur as something additional or extraneous (sometimes followed by on or upon).
  • supervention — to take place or occur as something additional or extraneous (sometimes followed by on or upon).
  • supportingly — to bear or hold up (a load, mass, structure, part, etc.); serve as a foundation for.
  • surf casting — the act, technique, or sport of fishing by casting from the shoreline into the sea, usually using heavy-duty tackle.
  • surinam toad — a South American aquatic frog, Pipa pipa, the female of which carries the eggs and tadpoles in small depressions on its back.
  • synchro unit — a type of alternating-current motor designed to maintain continuously, at some remote location, the same rotational angle that may be imposed by force upon the electrically connected rotating element of a similar motor.
  • teleosaurian — of or relating to the teleosaur
  • tennis court — ground marked out for tennis
  • tenuirostral — pertaining to a group of birds Tenuirostres which have slender bills
  • the silurian — the Silurian period or rock system
  • thunderstick — bull-roarer.
  • tinea cruris — jock itch.
  • titaniferous — containing or yielding titanium.
  • traducianism — the doctrine that the human soul is propagated along with the body. Compare creationism (def 3).
  • transduction — the transfer of genetic material from one cell to another by means of a virus.
  • transfermium — having an atomic number greater than 100, the atomic number of fermium.
  • translucidus — (of a cloud) sufficiently transparent as not to obscure the sun, moon, or higher clouds.
  • transpicuous — transparent.
  • transudation — the act or process of transuding.
  • transumption — an act of metaphorical transference
  • transumptive — of or relating to transumption
  • transuranium — any element having an atomic number greater than 92, the atomic number of uranium. All such elements are radioactive and can be synthesized by bombarding a heavy element with a light particle or element. See also transactinide element.
  • traumatising — Pathology. to injure (tissues) by force or by thermal, chemical, etc., agents.
  • truk islands — a group of islands in the W Pacific, in the E Caroline Islands: administratively part of the US Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands from 1947; became self-governing in 1979 as part of the Federated States of Micronesia; consists of 11 chief islands; a major Japanese naval base during World War II. Pop: 53 381 (2006). Area: 130 sq km (50 sq miles)
  • trunk piston — a piston with a long skirt to take the side thrust, as in an automobile engine.
  • trustafarian — a young person from a wealthy background whose trust fund enables him or her to eschew conventional attitudes to work, dress, drug taking, etc
  • turbinacious — with a peaty aroma or flavour
  • turkmenistan — a republic in central in Asia, bordering the Caspian Sea, Iran, and Afghanistan. 188,417 sq. mi. (488,000 sq. km). Capital: Ashkhabad.
  • turn against — become hostile to
  • ultradistant — extremely distant
  • un-disrupted — to cause disorder or turmoil in: The news disrupted their conference.
  • unadvertised — to announce or praise (a product, service, etc.) in some public medium of communication in order to induce people to buy or use it: to advertise a new brand of toothpaste.
  • unartistlike — lacking artistic sensibilities and skills
  • unchristened — not christened
  • unconstraint — lack of constraint: Their home has a feeling of unconstraint and warm hospitableness.
  • under-script — the letters or characters used in writing by hand; handwriting, especially cursive writing.
  • undershirted — wearing an undershirt
  • understating — to state or represent less strongly or strikingly than the facts would bear out; set forth in restrained, moderate, or weak terms: The casualty lists understate the extent of the disaster.
  • undertakings — the act of a person who undertakes any task or responsibility.
  • undiscordant — not discordant; not disagreeing or disagreeable
  • undistracted — not distracted; concentrating
  • undisturbing — not disturbing
  • unfortuitous — happening or produced by chance; accidental: a fortuitous encounter.
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