12-letter words containing n, a, d, p
- stand up for — (of a person) to be in an upright position on the feet.
- standing cup — a tall decorative cup of the Middle Ages and Renaissance, having a raised cover.
- standpattism — belief in or the practice of resisting or refusing to accept change, especially in politics.
- stride piano — a style of jazz piano playing in which the right hand plays the melody while the left hand plays a single bass note or octave on the strong beat and a chord on the weak beat, developed in Harlem during the 1920s, partly from ragtime piano playing.
- student lamp — a table lamp whose light source can be adjusted in height.
- 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
- sunday paper — a newspaper which is only published on Sundays
- sunday punch — Boxing. the most powerful and effective punch of a boxer, especially the punch used in trying to gain a knockout.
- supermundane — above and beyond the nature or character of the worldly or terrestrial.
- superordinal — relating to the superorder
- support band — a band, pop group, rock group, etc not topping the bill
- supramundane — transcending the world
- swap trading — a contract in which the parties to it exchange liabilities on outstanding debts in trading
- synadelphite — an arsenate containing manganese and aluminium
- tape editing — the process of putting the various segments of a master video or audio tape into a predetermined sequence: usually done electronically.
- the pandects — a digest of Roman civil law in fifty books, compiled for the emperor Justinian in the 6th cent. a.d.; the Digest
- top and tail — method of washing a baby
- tradesperson — a skilled worker
- 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.
- trepidations — tremulous fear, alarm, or agitation; perturbation.
- tripudiation — the act of dancing for joy
- trypanocidal — (of a drug, agent, activity, etc) effective in killing trypanosomes
- twin paradox — a phenomenon predicted by relativity. One of a pair of identical twins is supposed to live normally in an inertial system whilst the other is accelerated to a high speed in a spaceship, travels for a long time, and finally returns to rest beside his twin. The travelled twin will be found to be younger than his brother
- unapparelled — lacking clothing; unattired
- unapproached — not approached; not able to be approached or neared
- unchaperoned — not chaperoned; not accompanied by a chaperone
- undependable — capable of being depended on; worthy of trust; reliable: a dependable employee.
- underlapping — to extend partly under.
- underpassion — an underlying or subconscious passion
- undersparred — having spars too small to carry the necessary sail.
- undespairing — not despairing; not giving in to despair
- undiplomatic — of, relating to, or engaged in diplomacy: diplomatic officials.
- undispatched — not dispatched; not delivered or sent out
- undisputable — capable of being disputed; debatable; questionable.
- undissipated — indulging in or characterized by excessive devotion to pleasure; intemperate; dissolute.
- unduplicated — a copy exactly like an original.
- unemphasized — to give emphasis to; lay stress upon; stress: to emphasize a point; to emphasize the eyes with mascara.
- unexpendable — essential; absolutely required: unexpendable resources vital to our security.
- unexpurgated — to amend by removing words, passages, etc., deemed offensive or objectionable: Most children read an expurgated version of Grimms' fairy tales.
- unhyphenated — without a hyphen
- united party — (formerly, in South Africa) the major opposition party, founded by General Smuts in 1934: the official Opposition in Parliament from 1948, the party was disbanded in 1977
- unparalleled — not paralleled; unequaled or unmatched; peerless; unprecedented: unparalleled athletic ability.
- unpardonable — kind indulgence, as in forgiveness of an offense or discourtesy or in tolerance of a distraction or inconvenience: I beg your pardon, but which way is Spruce Street?
- unpardonably — in a manner that is not excusable; disgracefully
- unpatronized — having few or no patrons
- unpavilioned — not provided with a pavilion
- unperforated — pierced with a hole or holes: Punch out along the perforated line.
- unpredicated — to proclaim; declare; affirm; assert.
- unprocedural — not procedural, not following proper procedures