12-letter words containing n, a, s, c, r, d
- scouring pad — a small pad, as of steel wool or plastic mesh, used for scouring pots, pans, etc.
- scout around — search
- screw around — a metal fastener having a tapered shank with a helical thread, and topped with a slotted head, driven into wood or the like by rotating, especially by means of a screwdriver.
- scrimshander — a person who makes scrimshaw objects.
- second grade — school year: age 7-8
- secunderabad — a city in N Andhra Pradesh, in central India, part of Hyderabad: a former British military cantonment.
- shortchanged — to give less than the correct change to.
- snake doctor — South Midland and Southern U.S. a dragonfly.
- sound camera — a motion-picture camera that is capable of photographing silently at the normal speed of 24 fps and operating in synchronization with separate audio recording equipment.
- square dance — hoedown, barn dance
- square-dance — to perform or participate in a square dance.
- starchedness — the condition or quality of being starched
- stick around — to pierce or puncture with something pointed, as a pin, dagger, or spear; stab: to stick one's finger with a needle.
- stickhandler — a hockey or lacrosse player, esp. one who is talented at stickhandling.
- student card — a card verifying somebody's identity as a university student and entitling them to services, discounts, etc
- subarachnoid — of, relating to, or situated below the arachnoid membrane.
- tradescantia — any plant of the American genus Tradescantia, widely cultivated for their striped variegated leaves: family Commelinaceae
- traducianism — the doctrine that the human soul is propagated along with the body. Compare creationism (def 3).
- transcendent — going beyond ordinary limits; surpassing; exceeding.
- 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.
- transductant — the transfer of genetic material from one cell to another by means of a virus.
- transduction — the transfer of genetic material from one cell to another by means of a virus.
- translucidus — (of a cloud) sufficiently transparent as not to obscure the sun, moon, or higher clouds.
- un-scattered — distributed or occurring at widely spaced and usually irregular intervals: scattered villages; scattered showers.
- under canvas — If you are living and sleeping under canvas, you are living and sleeping in a tent.
- undersurface — underside; bottom surface.
- undesecrated — to divest of sacred or hallowed character or office.
- undischarged — gun: not let off
- undiscordant — not discordant; not disagreeing or disagreeable
- undistracted — not distracted; concentrating
- unforecasted — to predict (a future condition or occurrence); calculate in advance: to forecast a heavy snowfall; to forecast lower interest rates.
- unfranchised — a privilege of a public nature conferred on an individual, group, or company by a government: a franchise to operate a bus system.
- vindicatress — a female vindicator
- wardian case — a type of terrarium having a top and sides of glass.
- watchstander — (US) A person who is on watch on a ship.
- windcheaters — Plural form of windcheater.
- woodcarvings — Plural form of woodcarving.