12-letter words containing n, s, r, d
- misconstrued — Simple past tense and past participle of misconstrue.
- misdemeanors — Plural form of misdemeanor.
- misdemeanour — Law. a criminal offense defined as less serious than a felony.
- misdirecting — Present participle of misdirect.
- misdirection — a wrong or incorrect direction, guidance, or instruction.
- misery index — an unofficial indication of a nation's economic health, derived by adding the percentage rate of inflation to the percentage of unemployed workers: With inflation running at 15 percent and unemployment at 8 percent, the misery index is 23 percent.
- mockingbirds — Plural form of mockingbird.
- moderateness — The quality of being moderate.
- mond process — a process for obtaining nickel by heating the ore in carbon monoxide to produce nickel carbonyl vapour, which is then decomposed at a higher temperature to yield the metal
- money spider — any of certain small shiny brownish spiders of the family Linyphiidae
- moneylenders — Plural form of moneylender.
- monodisperse — (of a colloid) Having particles of (approximately) the same size.
- monohydrates — Plural form of monohydrate.
- monorchidism — a prenatal or postnatal condition in which one testis is absent or has not descended into the scrotum.
- morris dance — a rural folk dance of north English origin, performed in costume traditionally by men who originally represented characters of the Robin Hood legend, especially in May Day festivities.
- mount desert — island off the S coast of Me.: resort: c. 100 sq mi (259 sq km)
- mouse around — To explore public portions of a large system, especially a network such as Internet via FTP or TELNET, looking for interesting stuff to snarf.
- naked street — a traffic-management strategy pioneered in the Netherlands in which all distinctions between pavements and roads are removed. Each road user is given equal priority, thereby ensuring that motorists have to slow down and drive more carefully
- namib desert — a desert region in SW Africa, extending along the coast from SW Angola to W South Africa. 1200 miles (1930 km) long, 30–100 miles (48–160 km) wide; 50,000 sq. mi. (129,500 sq. km).
- narcodollars — Usually, narcodollars. money obtained through illegal drug trafficking.
- nature study — the study of plants and animals, especially by amateurs.
- neanderthals — Plural form of neanderthal.
- near islands — a group of islands of SW Alaska, the smallest and westernmost of the Aleutian Islands, including Attu.
- near-sighted — seeing distinctly at a short distance only; myopic.
- needle-sharp — very sharp
- nefud desert — a desert in N Saudi Arabia: areas of reddish sand. About 50,000 sq. mi. (129,500 sq. km).
- negev desert — the desert region of S Israel
- netherworlds — Plural form of netherworld.
- neurodiverse — Exhibiting neurodiversity; varying in mental configuration.
- new hebrides — former name of Vanuatu.
- newspaperdom — The realm or sphere of newspaper publishing or journalism.
- nightdresses — Plural form of nightdress.
- nitrous acid — an acid, HNO 2 , known only in solution.
- non standard — not standard.
- non-industry — the aggregate of manufacturing or technically productive enterprises in a particular field, often named after its principal product: the automobile industry; the steel industry.
- non-resident — not resident in a particular place.
- non-residual — pertaining to or constituting a residue or remainder; remaining; leftover.
- non-standard — not standard.
- nonbroadcast — not broadcast to a wide audience, supplied on a hidden or private network
- nondepressed — (esp of an emotional state) not depressed
- nondescripts — Plural form of nondescript.
- nonhazardous — Not hazardous; safe.
- nonresidence — (uncountable) The state or condition of being nonresident.
- nonresidents — Plural form of nonresident.
- nonresponder — something or someone that does not respond
- nonsponsored — Not sponsored.
- nonstandards — Plural form of nonstandard.
- nonsteroidal — of or relating to a substance that is not a steroid but has certain similar physiological effects.
- nordenskjold — Baron Nils Adolf Erik [nils ah-dawlf ey-rik] /nɪls ˈɑ dɔlf ˈeɪ rɪk/ (Show IPA), 1832–1901, Swedish arctic explorer, geographer, and geologist; born in Finland.
- nordic skier — a person who practises cross-country racing and ski-jumping