12-letter words containing l, i, e, d, r
- subeditorial — of or relating to a subeditor, the work of a subeditor or a subeditorship
- subepidermal — just below the epidermis or skin
- sugar glider — a gliding possum, Petaurus breviceps, inhabiting open forests of New Guinea, Tasmania, and Australia.
- sulfarsenide — any compound containing an arsenide and a sulfide.
- superordinal — relating to the superorder
- supply-sider — a person, especially an economist, who advocates supply-side economics.
- swim bladder — air bladder (def 2).
- table tripod — a low mount or stand for a camera.
- third eyelid — nictitating membrane.
- 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.
- timberdoodle — the American woodcock, Philohela minor.
- tin-fluoride — stannous fluoride.
- title-holder — The title-holder is the person who most recently won a sports competition that is held regularly.
- transdialect — to translate (speech, writing, etc.) into a different dialect.
- tredecillion — a cardinal number represented in the U.S. by 1 followed by 42 zeros, and in Great Britain by 1 followed by 78 zeros.
- triadelphous — (of stamens) united by the filaments into three sets or bundles.
- trial docket — docket (def 1).
- trial period — time during which sth can be evaluated
- trial-docket — Also called trial docket. a list of cases in court for trial, or the names of the parties who have cases pending.
- trickle-down — of, relating to, or based on the trickle-down theory: the trickle-down benefits to the local community.
- 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.
- tropicalised — to make tropical, as in character or appearance.
- tropicalized — to make tropical, as in character or appearance.
- twig girdler — a person or thing that girdles.
- two-cylinder — (of an engine) having two cylinders
- ultrarefined — having been refined exceptionally well or thoroughly
- un-liberated — to set free, as from imprisonment or bondage.
- unbridgeable — a structure spanning and providing passage over a river, chasm, road, or the like.
- uncalibrated — to determine, check, or rectify the graduation of (any instrument giving quantitative measurements).
- unchronicled — not chronicled or recorded
- uncirculated — to move in a circle or circuit; move or pass through a circuit back to the starting point: Blood circulates throughout the body.
- uncreditable — of ignoble character
- undeliberate — carefully weighed or considered; studied; intentional: a deliberate lie.
- underbuilder — (in the construction trade) a person who assists in building
- undercooling — Chemistry. to cool less than necessary for a given process or purpose. to supercool.
- underexploit — to make insufficient use of
- underlapping — to extend partly under.
- underlyingly — in an underlying manner
- undersealing — the process of applying a coating of underseal to a motor vehicle
- underskilled — having skill; trained or experienced in work that requires skill.
- underutilize — to fail to utilize fully: to underutilize natural resources.
- undervaluing — to value below the real worth; put too low a value on.
- unfertilized — Biology. to render (the female gamete) capable of development by uniting it with the male gamete. to fecundate or impregnate (an animal or plant).
- unformalized — not formalized
- unformidable — causing fear, apprehension, or dread: a formidable opponent.
- unfriendlily — in an unfriendly manner
- unglamorized — not glamorized
- unnormalized — to make normal.