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12-letter words containing i, s, n, a, d

  • subarachnoid — of, relating to, or situated below the arachnoid membrane.
  • subdiaconate — the office or dignity of a subdeacon.
  • subinfeudate — to grant (lands) by subinfeudation
  • subordinated — placed in or belonging to a lower order or rank.
  • subordinator — a conjunction introducing a subordinate clause, as when in They were glad when I finished.
  • sulfadiazine — a sulfanilamide derivative, C 1 0 H 1 0 N 4 O 2 S, used chiefly in the treatment of urinary tract infections, meningitis, and malaria.
  • sulfarsenide — any compound containing an arsenide and a sulfide.
  • 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
  • sunda strait — a strait between Sumatra and Java, connecting the Java Sea and the Indian Ocean. 20–65 miles (32–105 km) wide.
  • superordinal — relating to the superorder
  • surfboarding — a long, narrow board on which a person stands or lies prone in surfboarding.
  • surinam toad — a South American aquatic frog, Pipa pipa, the female of which carries the eggs and tadpoles in small depressions on its back.
  • swap trading — a contract in which the parties to it exchange liabilities on outstanding debts in trading
  • synadelphite — an arsenate containing manganese and aluminium
  • synarthrodia — synarthrosis.
  • syndactylism — having certain digits joined together.
  • syndiotactic — (of a polymer molecule) having a regular alternation of opposite configurations at successive regularly spaced positions along the chain. See also configuration (def 4).
  • tadzhikistan — a republic in central Asia, N of Afghanistan. 55,240 sq. mi. (143,600 sq. km). Capital: Dushanbe.
  • tardenoisian — of or referring to a Mesolithic culture characterized by small flint instruments
  • tear-stained — marked or wet with tears: a tear-stained letter.
  • the dingbats — delirium tremens
  • the distance — the most distant or a faraway part of the visible scene or landscape
  • the midlands — the central counties of England, including Warwickshire, Northamptonshire, Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, Staffordshire, the former West Midlands metropolitan county, and Worcestershire: characterized by manufacturing industries
  • the nearside — the side of a vehicle normally nearer the kerb (in Britain, the left side)
  • tinker's dam — the least value or merit; nothing or anything at all: It's not worth a tinker's damn.
  • tits and ass — the presentation of women in titillating costumes or postures, especially as a feature of an entertainment, as a musical revue.
  • tradescantia — any plant of the American genus Tradescantia, widely cultivated for their striped variegated leaves: family Commelinaceae
  • 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.
  • traditionist — a traditionalist.
  • traducianism — the doctrine that the human soul is propagated along with the body. Compare creationism (def 3).
  • transcending — to rise above or go beyond; overpass; exceed: to transcend the limits of thought; kindness transcends courtesy.
  • transdialect — to translate (speech, writing, etc.) into a different dialect.
  • transduction — the transfer of genetic material from one cell to another by means of a virus.
  • transit shed — a building located on or near a pier (piershed) or wharf (wharf shed) used for short-term storage of cargo in transit.
  • translucidus — (of a cloud) sufficiently transparent as not to obscure the sun, moon, or higher clouds.
  • transudation — the act or process of transuding.
  • trepidations — tremulous fear, alarm, or agitation; perturbation.
  • 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)
  • ultradistant — extremely distant
  • umnak island — a mountainous island in SW Alaska, in the Fox Islands of the E central Aleutian Islands.
  • unadmonished — not admonished, counselled, or warned
  • 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.
  • unassistedly — in an unassisted manner
  • unassociated — to connect or bring into relation, as thought, feeling, memory, etc.: Many people associate dark clouds with depression and gloom.
  • uncandidness — the quality or condition of being uncandid; lack of candidness or openness
  • unclassified — not assigned to a class or category; not arranged according to characteristics: Reported instances fall into two main types, with a few unclassified anomalies.
  • underpassion — an underlying or subconscious passion
  • undersealing — the process of applying a coating of underseal to a motor vehicle
  • 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.
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