12-letter words containing n, i, t, r, d
- 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
- two-cylinder — (of an engine) having two cylinders
- ultradistant — extremely distant
- ultrarefined — having been refined exceptionally well or thoroughly
- un-disrupted — to cause disorder or turmoil in: The news disrupted their conference.
- un-liberated — to set free, as from imprisonment or bondage.
- unaccredited — officially recognized as meeting the essential requirements, as of academic excellence: accredited schools.
- unadvertised — to announce or praise (a product, service, etc.) in some public medium of communication in order to induce people to buy or use it: to advertise a new brand of toothpaste.
- unaffrighted — to frighten.
- unattributed — to regard as resulting from a specified cause; consider as caused by something indicated (usually followed by to): She attributed his bad temper to ill health.
- unauthorized — lacking permission; unsanctioned: unauthorized access.
- uncalibrated — to determine, check, or rectify the graduation of (any instrument giving quantitative measurements).
- unchristened — not christened
- 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.
- undemocratic — pertaining to or of the nature of democracy or a democracy.
- under-script — the letters or characters used in writing by hand; handwriting, especially cursive writing.
- undercoating — a coat or jacket worn under another.
- undercutting — to cut under or beneath.
- underexploit — to make insufficient use of
- undershirted — wearing an undershirt
- understating — to state or represent less strongly or strikingly than the facts would bear out; set forth in restrained, moderate, or weak terms: The casualty lists understate the extent of the disaster.
- undertakings — the act of a person who undertakes any task or responsibility.
- underutilize — to fail to utilize fully: to underutilize natural resources.
- underwetting — Underwetting is a condition which affects the packing surface in a distillation vessel, and makes the liquid film on the surface break up.
- underwriting — the act of undertaking to purchase at an agreed price any unsold portion of a public issue of shares etc
- underwritten — past participle of underwrite.
- undetermined — resolute; staunch: the determined defenders of the Alamo.
- undiscordant — not discordant; not disagreeing or disagreeable
- undistracted — not distracted; concentrating
- undisturbing — not disturbing
- undramatized — not dramatized; not adapted to dramatic form
- unembittered — not embittered; not having bitter feelings
- unfabricated — to make by art or skill and labor; construct: The finest craftspeople fabricated this clock.
- 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).
- unfrightened — not frightened
- unfructified — to bear fruit; become fruitful: With careful tending the plant will fructify.
- ungentrified — not gentrified; not middle class
- ungerminated — to begin to grow or develop.
- unimportuned — without being forced or impelled
- uninebriated — to make drunk; intoxicate.
- uninstructed — not instructed; uninformed; uneducated.
- unintegrated — combining or coordinating separate elements so as to provide a harmonious, interrelated whole: an integrated plot; an integrated course of study.
- uninterested — having or showing no feeling of interest; indifferent.
- unintroduced — to present (a person) to another so as to make acquainted.
- unirradiated — not subjected to or treated with light or other electromagnetic radiation or with beams of particles
- united front — a coalition formed to oppose a force that menaces the interests of all the members: They presented a united front against the enemy.
- 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
- unoriginated — not originated