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12-letter words containing n, o, d, l

  • sliding door — door which opens on a runner
  • sloped roman — a roman (vertical) typeface, usually sans serif, i.e. without the small, decorative, terminal strokes with which some typefaces are designed. The typeface is made to slope (usually to the right), but not generally to the same degree as a true italic typeface
  • small wonder — (I am) hardly surprised (that)
  • smallholding — a piece of land rented or sold to a farmer by county authorities for purposes of cultivation.
  • snow leopard — a long-haired, leopardlike feline, Panthera (Uncia) uncia, of mountain ranges of central Asia, having a relatively small head and a thick, creamy-gray coat with rosette spots: an endangered species.
  • soft landing — space vehicle
  • solitudinous — the state of being or living alone; seclusion: to enjoy one's solitude.
  • south island — the largest island of New Zealand. 58,093 sq. mi. (150,460 sq. km).
  • span loading — the act of a person or thing that loads.
  • spiral-bound — having a spiral binding.
  • split second — a fraction of a second.
  • spoil ground — an area within a body of water, especially in the sea, where dredged material is deposited.
  • spot welding — fusing metal
  • staddlestone — (formerly) one of several supports for a hayrick, consisting of a truncated conical stone surmounted by a flat circular stone
  • stranglehold — Wrestling. an illegal hold by which an opponent's breath is choked off.
  • stringholder — an oblong piece of wood at the lower end of the body of a viol or other stringed instrument to which the strings are attached.
  • student loan — A student loan is a government loan that is available to students at a college or university in order to help them pay their expenses.
  • stunt double — someone who performs dangerous stunts in a film in place of an actor
  • stupendously — causing amazement; astounding; marvelous: stupendous news.
  • subabdominal — below or beneath the abdomen
  • 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
  • superordinal — relating to the superorder
  • sweet almond — the nutlike kernel of the fruit of either of two trees, Prunus dulcis (sweet almond) or P. dulcis amara (bitter almond) which grow in warm temperate regions.
  • syndactylous — having fingers, or toes, united
  • talk down to — to communicate or exchange ideas, information, etc., by speaking: to talk about poetry.
  • the lowlands — a low generally flat region of central Scotland, around the Forth and Clyde valleys, separating the Southern Uplands from the Highlands
  • 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
  • thousandfold — having a thousand elements or parts.
  • thundercloud — cumulonimbus.
  • tin-fluoride — stannous fluoride.
  • toe and heel — a technique used by racing drivers while changing gear on sharp bends, in which the brake is operated by the toe (or heel) of the right foot while the heel (or toe) simultaneously operates the accelerator
  • tone dialing — a system of calling telephone numbers wherein tones of differing pitch corresponding to the digits in the number called are electronically generated by manipulating pushbuttons (contrasted with pulse dialing).
  • tongue-blade — a broad, thin piece of wood used by doctors to hold down the patient's tongue during an examination of the mouth and throat.
  • top and tail — method of washing a baby
  • tornado belt — the part of the U.S. in which tornadoes occur most frequently, roughly the area within a 500-mile (805-km) radius of southern Missouri.
  • town dweller — a person who resides in a town
  • tredecillion — a cardinal number represented in the U.S. by 1 followed by 42 zeros, and in Great Britain by 1 followed by 78 zeros.
  • tremendously — extraordinarily great in size, amount, or intensity: a tremendous ocean liner; tremendous talent.
  • trickle-down — of, relating to, or based on the trickle-down theory: the trickle-down benefits to the local community.
  • trypanocidal — (of a drug, agent, activity, etc) effective in killing trypanosomes
  • tunnel diode — an extremely stable semiconductor diode, having a very narrow highly doped p-n junction, in which electrons travel across the junction by means of the tunnel effect
  • two-cylinder — (of an engine) having two cylinders
  • unaffordable — that can be afforded; believed to be within one's financial means: attractive new cars at affordable prices.
  • uncalled for — not called for; not required; superfluous; unwanted.
  • uncalled-for — not called for; not required; superfluous; unwanted.
  • uncatalogued — not added to or detailed in a catalogue
  • unchronicled — not chronicled or recorded
  • uncoagulated — Obsolete. coagulated.
  • unconfinedly — in an unconfined manner
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