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12-letter words containing n, s, d, i

  • postprandial — after a meal, especially after dinner: postprandial oratory; a postprandial brandy.
  • potting shed — A potting shed is a small building in a garden, in which you can keep things such as seeds or garden tools.
  • pre-assigned — Law. to transfer: to assign a contract.
  • pre-discount — to deduct a certain amount from (a bill, charge, etc.): All bills that are paid promptly will be discounted at two percent.
  • preadmission — (in a reciprocating engine) admission of steam or the like to the head of the cylinder near the end of the stroke, as to cushion the force of the stroke or to allow full pressure at the beginning of the return stroke.
  • predesignate — to designate beforehand.
  • predestinate — Theology. to foreordain by divine decree or purpose.
  • prediagnosis — Medicine/Medical. the process of determining by examination the nature and circumstances of a diseased condition. the decision reached from such an examination. Abbreviation: Dx.
  • predisposing — to give an inclination or tendency to beforehand; make susceptible: Genetic factors may predispose human beings to certain metabolic diseases.
  • prednisolone — a synthetic glucocorticoid, C 2 1 H 2 8 O 5 , used in various forms to treat inflammation and allergies and in the treatment of acute leukemia, Hodgkin's disease, and lymphomas.
  • presidentess — a female president
  • presidential — of or relating to a president or presidency.
  • pretensioned — (in prestressed-concrete construction) to apply tension to (reinforcing strands) before the concrete is poured. Compare posttension (def 1).
  • prices index — an official list of the price of goods
  • pridefulness — a high or inordinate opinion of one's own dignity, importance, merit, or superiority, whether as cherished in the mind or as displayed in bearing, conduct, etc.
  • prison guard — an officer in charge of prisoners in a jail
  • proboscidean — pertaining to or resembling a proboscis.
  • prodigal son — a figure in a parable of Jesus (Luke 15:11–32); a wayward son who squanders his inheritance but returns home to find that his father forgives him.
  • propagandism — the art, system, or use of propaganda
  • propagandist — a person involved in producing or spreading propaganda.
  • pseudoanemia — Pathology. a quantitative deficiency of the hemoglobin, often accompanied by a reduced number of red blood cells and causing pallor, weakness, and breathlessness.
  • pseudonymity — pseudonymous character.
  • puddingstone — any conglomerate rock having dark-colored, rounded pebbles that are embedded in a light-colored, fine-grained matrix
  • purblindness — the state of being purblind
  • quadrillions — Plural form of quadrillion.
  • quadrisonics — quadraphony.
  • quindecagons — Plural form of quindecagon.
  • radical sign — the symbol √ or indicating extraction of a root of the quantity that follows it, as √25=5 or .
  • radiophonist — a person who produces radiophonic music
  • raisin bread — dough baked with dried grapes
  • rat-infested — (of a place or vessel) that has many rats
  • re-admission — the act of allowing to enter; entrance granted by permission, by provision or existence of pecuniary means, or by the removal of obstacles: the admission of aliens into a country.
  • reading desk — a desk for use in reading, especially by a person standing.
  • reading list — a list of sources (recommended by a teacher or university lecturer) which provide additional or background information on a subject being studied
  • rechristened — to receive into the Christian church by baptism; baptize.
  • red bandfish — a fish, Cepola haastii, found on the inner continental shelf around New Zealand: family Cepolidae
  • redesignated — to mark or point out; indicate; show; specify.
  • reductionism — the theory that every complex phenomenon, especially in biology or psychology, can be explained by analyzing the simplest, most basic physical mechanisms that are in operation during the phenomenon.
  • reductionist — the theory that every complex phenomenon, especially in biology or psychology, can be explained by analyzing the simplest, most basic physical mechanisms that are in operation during the phenomenon.
  • reinstituted — to set up; establish; organize: to institute a government.
  • relinquished — to renounce or surrender (a possession, right, etc.): to relinquish the throne.
  • rescheduling — the act of changing the time, date, or schedule of
  • residentiary — residing; resident.
  • residentship — a person who resides in a place.
  • resoundingly — making an echoing sound: a resounding thud.
  • 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.
  • rhode island — US state
  • ride shotgun — a smoothbore gun for firing small shots to kill birds and small quadrupeds, though often used with buckshot to kill larger animals.
  • riding boots — long boots worn for horse-riding
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