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12-letter words containing n, e, r, d, y

  • ruby wedding — a fortieth wedding anniversary
  • sand-sprayed — noting an exterior wall finish composed of mortar to which is added a mixture of sand and cement in equal parts while the mortar is still wet.
  • second-story — of or located on the second story or floor.
  • semicylinder — half of a cylinder divided lengthwise.
  • six-cylinder — having six chambers in a reciprocating internal-combustion engine, pump, or compressor within which the pistons move
  • stand surety — to act as a surety
  • stonyhearted — unfeeling; pitiless; cruel
  • sunday paper — a newspaper which is only published on Sundays
  • theory-laden — (of an expression) capable of being understood only within the context of a specific theory, as for example superego, which requires the apparatus of Freudian theory in explanation
  • tidal energy — energy obtained by harnessing tidal power
  • tmj syndrome — a condition attributed to tension in or faulty articulation of the temporomandibular joint, having a wide range of symptoms that include dizziness, ringing in the ears, and pain in the head, neck, and shoulders.
  • tremendously — extraordinarily great in size, amount, or intensity: a tremendous ocean liner; tremendous talent.
  • twenty-third — next after the twenty-second; being the ordinal number for 23.
  • two-cylinder — (of an engine) having two cylinders
  • type founder — a person engaged in the making of metallic types for printers.
  • underlayment — material laid between a subfloor and a finish floor of linoleum, asphalt tile, etc.
  • underlyingly — in an underlying manner
  • underspecify — to mention or name specifically or definitely; state in detail: He did not specify the amount needed.
  • undertenancy — the tenancy held by an undertenant; a sublease
  • undeservedly — according to desert; justly; rightly.
  • undulate ray — a species of ray (Raja undulata), found on the southern coasts of the British Isles
  • unfriendlily — in an unfriendly manner
  • ungroundedly — without basis
  • unhydrolysed — not having undergone hydrolysis
  • 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
  • unobservedly — without having been observed; in an unobserved manner
  • unprovokedly — in an unprovoked manner
  • unrelievedly — in an unrelieved manner
  • unremittedly — continuously; uninterruptedly; constantly.
  • unrequitedly — in an unrequited or unreciprocated manner
  • unreservedly — not restricted; without reservation; full; entire; unqualified: unreserved approval.
  • unrewardedly — in an unrewarding manner
  • untroubledly — in an untroubled manner
  • valetudinary — valetudinarian.
  • veterans day — November 11, a legal holiday in the U.S. in commemoration of the end of World Wars I and II and in honor of veterans of the armed services.
  • winter-hardy — able to survive the effects of cold weather.
  • year-rounder — a person who is a year-round resident, as at a seasonal resort.
  • younger edda — either of two old Icelandic literary works, one a collection of poems on mythical and religious subjects (or) erroneously attributed to Saemund Sigfusson (c1055–1133), the other a collection of ancient Scandinavian myths and legends, rules and theories of versification, poems, etc. (or) compiled and written in part by Snorri Sturluson (1179–1241).
  • younger hand — (in piquet and similar card games) the dealer
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