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

  • strong drink — alcoholic drink
  • student card — a card verifying somebody's identity as a university student and entitling them to services, discounts, etc
  • stun grenade — a nonlethal grenade which is used to disturb the senses of enemies by its loud noise and its bright light
  • sub-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.
  • sub-standard — A sub-standard service or product is unacceptable because it is below a required standard.
  • subarachnoid — of, relating to, or situated below the arachnoid membrane.
  • subintroduce — to introduce subtly
  • subordinated — placed in or belonging to a lower order or rank.
  • subordinator — a conjunction introducing a subordinate clause, as when in They were glad when I finished.
  • sulfarsenide — any compound containing an arsenide and a sulfide.
  • sun-drenched — Sun-drenched places have a lot of hot sunshine.
  • sunda strait — a strait between Sumatra and Java, connecting the Java Sea and the Indian Ocean. 20–65 miles (32–105 km) wide.
  • sunday paper — a newspaper which is only published on Sundays
  • superconduct — to conduct electricity very efficiently or without resistance, to act as a superconductor
  • superevident — extremely or very evident
  • superkingdom — in some systems of biological classification, either of the two major subdivisions, prokaryote or eukaryote, into which all living organisms can be placed
  • supermundane — above and beyond the nature or character of the worldly or terrestrial.
  • superordinal — relating to the superorder
  • support band — a band, pop group, rock group, etc not topping the bill
  • supramundane — transcending the world
  • surfboarding — a long, narrow board on which a person stands or lies prone in surfboarding.
  • surinam toad — a South American aquatic frog, Pipa pipa, the female of which carries the eggs and tadpoles in small depressions on its back.
  • surrejoinder — a plaintiff's reply to a defendant's rejoinder.
  • surroundings — something that surrounds.
  • swap trading — a contract in which the parties to it exchange liabilities on outstanding debts in trading
  • swing bridge — a bridge that can open by pivoting on a central pier to let vessels pass.
  • synarthrodia — synarthrosis.
  • tardenoisian — of or referring to a Mesolithic culture characterized by small flint instruments
  • tear-stained — marked or wet with tears: a tear-stained letter.
  • the ardennes — a wooded plateau in SE Belgium, Luxembourg, and NE France: scene of heavy fighting in both World Wars
  • the herdsman — the constellation Boötes
  • the hundreds — the numbers 100 to 109
  • the nearside — the side of a vehicle normally nearer the kerb (in Britain, the left side)
  • third person — the grammatical person used by the speaker of an utterance in referring to anyone or anything other than the speaker or the one (third person singular) or ones (third person plural) being addressed.
  • thunderflash — a pyrotechnic device which is noisy, but not dangerous, and which is used in military exercises
  • thunderstick — bull-roarer.
  • thunderstone — any of various stones or fossils formerly thought to be fallen thunderbolts.
  • thunderstorm — a transient storm of lightning and thunder, usually with rain and gusty winds, sometimes with hail or snow, produced by cumulonimbus clouds.
  • tinker's dam — the least value or merit; nothing or anything at all: It's not worth a tinker's damn.
  • 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.
  • top dressing — tennis court
  • tradescantia — any plant of the American genus Tradescantia, widely cultivated for their striped variegated leaves: family Commelinaceae
  • tradesperson — a skilled worker
  • trading post — a store established in an unsettled or thinly settled region by a trader or trading company to obtain furs and local products in exchange for supplies, clothing, other goods, or for cash.
  • traditionist — a traditionalist.
  • traducianism — the doctrine that the human soul is propagated along with the body. Compare creationism (def 3).
  • trans-jordan — an area east of the Jordan River, in SW Asia: a British mandate (1921–23); an emirate (1923–49); now the major part of the kingdom of Jordan.
  • transcendent — going beyond ordinary limits; surpassing; exceeding.
  • transcending — to rise above or go beyond; overpass; exceed: to transcend the limits of thought; kindness transcends courtesy.
  • transdialect — to translate (speech, writing, etc.) into a different dialect.
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