12-letter words containing r, a, d, e, s, t
- star-crossed — thwarted or opposed by the stars; ill-fated: star-crossed lovers.
- star-studded — lighted by or full of stars; bright: a star-studded night.
- starchedness — the condition or quality of being starched
- stated clerk — an administrative official in the Presbyterian Church and certain other Protestant churches
- steam-driven — powered by steam
- stearic acid — a colorless, waxlike, sparingly water-soluble, odorless solid, C 1 8 H 3 6 O 2 , the most common fatty acid, occurring as the glyceride in tallow and other animal fats and in some animal oils: used chiefly in the manufacture of soaps, stearates, candles, cosmetics, and in medicine in suppositories and pill coatings.
- stellar wind — the radial outflow of ionized gas from a star.
- stepdaughter — a daughter of one's husband or wife by a previous marriage.
- stickhandler — a hockey or lacrosse player, esp. one who is talented at stickhandling.
- stonyhearted — unfeeling; pitiless; cruel
- storm-lashed — badly affected by storms
- stouthearted — brave and resolute; dauntless.
- straddleback — astride, on horseback
- straightbred — (of animals) purebred; having parents of the same breed
- straightedge — a bar or strip of wood, plastic, or metal having at least one long edge of sufficiently reliable straightness for use in drawing or testing straight lines, plane surfaces, etc.
- strait-laced — excessively strict in conduct or morality; puritanical; prudish: strait-laced censors.
- strandedness — composed of a specified number or kind of strands (usually used in combination): a five-stranded rope.
- stranglehold — Wrestling. an illegal hold by which an opponent's breath is choked off.
- 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.
- strike hands — to show agreement by clasping hands
- stringhalted — afflicted with stringhalt
- striped bass — an important American game fish, Morone saxatilis, having blackish stripes along each side.
- 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
- subeditorial — of or relating to a subeditor, the work of a subeditor or a subeditorship
- subfeudatory — of or relating to subfeu
- subordinated — placed in or belonging to a lower order or rank.
- subsaturated — soaked, impregnated, or imbued thoroughly; charged thoroughly or completely; brought to a state of saturation.
- sugar-coated — Sugar-coated food is covered with a sweet substance made of sugar.
- superstardom — a person, as a performer or athlete, who enjoys wide recognition, is esteemed for exceptional talent, and is eagerly sought after for his or her services.
- sweaterdress — a knitted, woollen dress
- sweet dreams — sleep well
- 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 nearside — the side of a vehicle normally nearer the kerb (in Britain, the left side)
- thermostated — a device, including a relay actuated by thermal conduction or convection, that functions to establish and maintain a desired temperature automatically or signals a change in temperature for manual adjustment.
- third estate — the third of the three estates or political orders: the commons in France or England. Compare estate (def 5).
- third stream — a style of music that uses features of both jazz and classical music in an attempt to develop a new and distinctive musical idiom.
- thitherwards — in that direction
- thunderflash — a pyrotechnic device which is noisy, but not dangerous, and which is used in military exercises
- tinker's dam — the least value or merit; nothing or anything at all: It's not worth a tinker's damn.
- trade school — a high school giving instruction chiefly in the skilled trades.
- trade secret — a secret process, technique, method, etc., used to advantage in a trade, business, profession, etc.
- tradescantia — any plant of the American genus Tradescantia, widely cultivated for their striped variegated leaves: family Commelinaceae
- tradespeople — people engaged in trade, esp shopkeepers
- tradesperson — a skilled worker
- 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.