12-letter words containing r, a, d, i, l, s
- slave driver — an overseer of slaves.
- slave-driver — an overseer of slaves.
- sliced bread — bread: sold pre-sliced
- slide guitar — bottleneck (def 3).
- snail darter — a tan, striped, snail-eating perch, Percina tanasi, 3 inches (7.5 cm) long, occurring only in the Tennessee River: a threatened species.
- social order — structure or hierarchy of society
- solar radius — the unit, equivalent to the radius of the sun, in which the radii of stars and other celestial objects are given.
- soldier crab — a small blue Australian estuarine crab of the Mictyris genus usually found in large numbers
- solidaristic — relating to solidarism
- 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.
- spiny lizard — any of numerous iguanid lizards of the genus Sceloporus, common in North and Central America, usually having keeled scales that may end in a sharp point.
- spiral-bound — having a spiral binding.
- sporadically — (of similar things or occurrences) appearing or happening at irregular intervals in time; occasional: sporadic renewals of enthusiasm.
- stellar wind — the radial outflow of ionized gas from a star.
- stickhandler — a hockey or lacrosse player, esp. one who is talented at stickhandling.
- strait-laced — excessively strict in conduct or morality; puritanical; prudish: strait-laced censors.
- stringhalted — afflicted with stringhalt
- subeditorial — of or relating to a subeditor, the work of a subeditor or a subeditorship
- subepidermal — just below the epidermis or skin
- subsidiarily — serving to assist or supplement; auxiliary; supplementary.
- sugar glider — a gliding possum, Petaurus breviceps, inhabiting open forests of New Guinea, Tasmania, and Australia.
- sulfarsenide — any compound containing an arsenide and a sulfide.
- superordinal — relating to the superorder
- swim bladder — air bladder (def 2).
- transdialect — to translate (speech, writing, etc.) into a different dialect.
- translucidus — (of a cloud) sufficiently transparent as not to obscure the sun, moon, or higher clouds.
- triadelphous — (of stamens) united by the filaments into three sets or bundles.
- tropicalised — to make tropical, as in character or appearance.
- truk islands — a group of islands in the W Pacific, in the E Caroline Islands: administratively part of the US Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands from 1947; became self-governing in 1979 as part of the Federated States of Micronesia; consists of 11 chief islands; a major Japanese naval base during World War II. Pop: 53 381 (2006). Area: 130 sq km (50 sq miles)
- ultradistant — extremely distant
- undersealing — the process of applying a coating of underseal to a motor vehicle
- unserialized — to publish in serial form.
- vascularised — (of a tissue or embryo) to develop or extend blood vessels or other fluid-bearing vessels or ducts; become vascular.
- vascularized — rendered vascular by the formation of new blood vessels.
- vasodilatory — of or relating to the dilation of blood vessels
- via dolorosa — (initial capital letters) Christ's route to Golgotha.
- water shield — Also called water target. an aquatic plant, Brasenia schreberi, of the water lily family, having purple flowers, floating, elliptic leaves, and a jellylike coating on the underwater stems and roots.
- watered silk — silk with a wavy lustrous finish
- wild mustard — any of several weedy plants belonging to the genus Brassica, of the mustard family, as charlock.
- wild parsley — any of several uncultivated plants resembling the parsley in shape and structure.
- wild parsnip — a strong-smelling umbelliferous plant, Pastinaca sativa, that has an inedible root: the ancestor of the cultivated parsnip
- windlestraws — Plural form of windlestraw.
- world savior — Saoshyant.
- world's fair — a large international exposition with exhibitions of arts, crafts, industrial and agricultural products, scientific achievements, etc.