12-letter words containing n, a, t, e, r, d
- quarter bend — a 90° bend, as in a plumbing pipe.
- radiant heat — heat energy transmitted by electromagnetic waves in contrast to heat transmitted by conduction or convection.
- radiata pine — a pine tree, Pinus radiata, native to the western USA. but grown in Australia, New Zealand, and elsewhere to produce building timber
- radioelement — a radioactive element.
- rat-infested — (of a place or vessel) that has many rats
- ratchet down — If something ratchets down or is ratcheted down, it decreases by a fixed amount or degree, and seems unlikely to increase again.
- rating badge — a badge that indicates the rank and specialty of a petty officer: worn on the upper left sleeve.
- reacquainted — to make more or less familiar, aware, or conversant (usually followed by with): to acquaint the mayor with our plan.
- readaptation — the act of adapting.
- reading list — a list of sources (recommended by a teacher or university lecturer) which provide additional or background information on a subject being studied
- readjustment — an act of readjusting or the state of being readjusted.
- readmittance — the act or process of admitting someone or something again
- rear-mounted — (of an engine, etc) fitted at the back of a vehicle
- redecoration — something used for decorating; adornment; embellishment: The gymnasium was adorned with posters and crepe-paper decorations for the dance.
- rededication — the act of dedicating.
- redelegation — a group or body of delegates: Our club sent a delegation to the rally.
- redesignated — to mark or point out; indicate; show; specify.
- redintegrate — to make whole again; restore to a perfect state; renew; reestablish.
- refoundation — an act of refounding
- renegotiated — to negotiate again, as a loan, treaty, etc.
- renewal date — The renewal date of an existing insurance contract is the date on which it must be renewed.
- reordination — a second ordination.
- residentiary — residing; resident.
- respondentia — a loan upon a ship's cargo, which is repaid with interest if the ship reaches its destination, and if the ship does not, the loan is not repaid
- resyndicated — a group of individuals or organizations combined or making a joint effort to undertake some specific duty or carry out specific transactions or negotiations: The local furniture store is individually owned, but is part of a buying syndicate.
- returned man — a member of the armed forces discharged in Canada after service overseas.
- revalidation — to make valid; substantiate; confirm: Time validated our suspicions.
- rhodomontade — rodomontade
- right-angled — A right-angled triangle has one angle that is a right angle.
- right-handed — having the right hand or arm more serviceable than the left; using the right hand by preference: a right-handed painter.
- right-hander — a person who is right-handed, especially a baseball pitcher who throws with the right hand.
- rodomontader — a person who boasts or brags
- romanticized — interpreted according to romantic precepts
- rutlandshire — a former county, now part of Leicestershire, in central England.
- salad burnet — a plant, Poterium sanguisorba, of the rose family, native to Eurasia, having rounded heads of small, greenish flowers in short spikes and edible leaves.
- sand cricket — Jerusalem cricket.
- sandbox tree — a tropical American tree, Hura crepitans, of the spurge family, bearing a furrowed, roundish fruit about the size of an orange that when ripe and dry bursts with a sharp report and scatters the seeds.
- semi-dormant — lying asleep or as if asleep; inactive, as in sleep; torpid: The lecturer's sudden shout woke the dormant audience.
- sense strand — that strand of a double-stranded DNA molecule which serves as the template from which RNA, esp. messenger RNA, is transcribed
- short-handed — not having the usual or necessary number of workers, helpers, etc.
- shortchanged — to give less than the correct change to.
- snail darter — a tan, striped, snail-eating perch, Percina tanasi, 3 inches (7.5 cm) long, occurring only in the Tennessee River: a threatened species.
- snake doctor — South Midland and Southern U.S. a dragonfly.
- spider plant — Also called ribbon plant. a plant, Chlorophytum comosum, of the lily family, native to southern Africa, that has long, narrow leaves and clusters of white flowers and is widely cultivated as a houseplant.
- stand surety — to act as a surety
- standardbred — one of an American breed of trotting and pacing horses used chiefly for harness racing.
- standardized — to bring to or make of an established standard size, weight, quality, strength, or the like: to standardize manufactured parts.
- standardless — having no standard or standards
- starchedness — the condition or quality of being starched
- steam-driven — powered by steam