12-letter words containing p, e, r, n, d, i
- 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
- rice pudding — dessert made from rice and milk
- sandpapering — the act or process of polishing or grinding a surface with or as if with sandpaper
- scolopendrid — any myriapod of the order Scolopendrida, including many large, poisonous centipedes.
- serendipiter — an aptitude for making desirable discoveries by accident.
- sheepherding — the act of herding or tending sheep
- shepherdling — a young or little shepherd
- spearheading — the sharp-pointed head that forms the piercing end of a spear.
- speedwriting — a system of shorthand that is based on the sound of words and utilizes letters of the alphabet rather than symbols.
- spider plant — Also called ribbon plant. a plant, Chlorophytum comosum, of the lily family, native to southern Africa, that has long, narrow leaves and clusters of white flowers and is widely cultivated as a houseplant.
- spiderhunter — any of several sunbirds of the genus Arachnothera, of southern Asia and the East Indies, having dull-colored plumage and a long bill.
- spindle tree — any of various shrubs or trees of the genus Euonymus, esp E. europaeus, of Europe and W Asia, typically having red fruits and yielding a hard wood formerly used in making spindles: family Celastraceae
- spinsterhood — Disparaging and Offensive. a woman still unmarried beyond the usual age of marrying.
- spiritedness — having or showing mettle, courage, vigor, liveliness, etc.: a spirited defense of poetry.
- stride piano — a style of jazz piano playing in which the right hand plays the melody while the left hand plays a single bass note or octave on the strong beat and a chord on the weak beat, developed in Harlem during the 1920s, partly from ragtime piano playing.
- 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
- superordinal — relating to the superorder
- 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.
- top dressing — tennis court
- trepidations — tremulous fear, alarm, or agitation; perturbation.
- un-disrupted — to cause disorder or turmoil in: The news disrupted their conference.
- undeciphered — to make out the meaning of (poor or partially obliterated writing, etc.): to decipher a hastily scribbled note.
- under-script — the letters or characters used in writing by hand; handwriting, especially cursive writing.
- underexploit — to make insufficient use of
- underlapping — to extend partly under.
- underpassion — an underlying or subconscious passion
- underpinning — a system of supports beneath a wall or the like.
- underpricing — the state of being priced at too low a level or amount
- underspecify — to mention or name specifically or definitely; state in detail: He did not specify the amount needed.
- undespairing — not despairing; not giving in to despair
- unimportuned — without being forced or impelled
- unimprisoned — not confined in a prison
- 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
- unpatronized — having few or no patrons
- unpredicated — to proclaim; declare; affirm; assert.
- unpredictive — of or relating to prediction: losing one's predictive power.
- unprejudiced — not prejudiced; without preconception; unbiased; impartial: the unprejudiced view of the judge.
- unprescribed — to lay down, in writing or otherwise, as a rule or a course of action to be followed; appoint, ordain, or enjoin.
- unpretending — unpretentious; genuine
- unprincipled — lacking or not based on moral scruples or principles: an unprincipled person; unprincipled behavior.
- unprivileged — belonging to a class that enjoys special privileges; favored: the privileged few.
- unproclaimed — to announce or declare in an official or formal manner: to proclaim war.
- unproductive — having the power of producing; generative; creative: a productive effort.
- unprohibited — to forbid (an action, activity, etc.) by authority or law: Smoking is prohibited here.
- unpropertied — owning property: the propertied class.
- unredemptive — serving to redeem.
- unresponding — to reply or answer in words: to respond briefly to a question.
- unsupervised — to oversee (a process, work, workers, etc.) during execution or performance; superintend; have the oversight and direction of.
- unworshipped — not worshipped; not admired or revered