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12-letter words containing r, o, u, n, d, e

  • radionuclide — a radioactive nuclide.
  • read up (on) — to become well informed (about) by reading
  • rear-mounted — (of an engine, etc) fitted at the back of a vehicle
  • redoublement — the act of redoubling
  • reductionism — the theory that every complex phenomenon, especially in biology or psychology, can be explained by analyzing the simplest, most basic physical mechanisms that are in operation during the phenomenon.
  • reductionist — the theory that every complex phenomenon, especially in biology or psychology, can be explained by analyzing the simplest, most basic physical mechanisms that are in operation during the phenomenon.
  • refoundation — an act of refounding
  • rendezvouses — an agreement between two or more persons to meet at a certain time and place.
  • reproduction — the act or process of reproducing.
  • resoundingly — making an echoing sound: a resounding thud.
  • revenue bond — a bond issued, as by a municipal utility, to finance a specific project, the income from which will be used for repaying the bond.
  • reynoldsburg — a town in central Ohio.
  • ride shotgun — a smoothbore gun for firing small shots to kill birds and small quadrupeds, though often used with buckshot to kill larger animals.
  • rodent ulcer — an ulcerating basal cell skin cancer, common on the face.
  • rouge dragon — a pursuivant at the English college of arms
  • round-lotter — a buyer or seller of round lots.
  • screw around — a metal fastener having a tapered shank with a helical thread, and topped with a slotted head, driven into wood or the like by rotating, especially by means of a screwdriver.
  • send out for — If you send out for food, for example pizzas or sandwiches, you phone and ask for it to be delivered to you.
  • series-wound — noting a commutator motor in which the field circuit and armature circuit are connected in series.
  • silver mound — a perennial Japanese herb, Artemisia schmidtiana, having silver-green leaves forming a moundlike shape.
  • sleep around — to take the rest afforded by a suspension of voluntary bodily functions and the natural suspension, complete or partial, of consciousness; cease being awake.
  • snowed under — If you say that you are snowed under, you are emphasizing that you have a lot of work or other things to deal with.
  • sound camera — a motion-picture camera that is capable of photographing silently at the normal speed of 24 fps and operating in synchronization with separate audio recording equipment.
  • southernwood — a woody-stemmed wormwood, Artemisia abrotanum, of southern Europe, having aromatic, finely dissected leaves.
  • stereo sound — reproduction of sound using two or more separate microphones to feed two or more loudspeakers through separate channels in order to give a spatial effect to the sound
  • stone-ground — (of wheat or other grain) ground between millstones, especially those made of burstone, so as to retain the whole of the grain and preserve nutritional content.
  • subintroduce — to introduce subtly
  • subordinated — placed in or belonging to a lower order or rank.
  • superconduct — to conduct electricity very efficiently or without resistance, to act as a superconductor
  • 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
  • surrejoinder — a plaintiff's reply to a defendant's rejoinder.
  • thread count — thread density of a woven fabric
  • thundercloud — cumulonimbus.
  • 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.
  • tin-fluoride — stannous fluoride.
  • tremendously — extraordinarily great in size, amount, or intensity: a tremendous ocean liner; tremendous talent.
  • turacoverdin — a green pigment found in certain feathers of the touraco
  • turned comma — quotation mark.
  • type founder — a person engaged in the making of metallic types for printers.
  • unaffordable — that can be afforded; believed to be within one's financial means: attractive new cars at affordable prices.
  • unapproached — not approached; not able to be approached or neared
  • unauthorized — lacking permission; unsanctioned: unauthorized access.
  • unburdensome — oppressively heavy; onerous.
  • uncalled for — not called for; not required; superfluous; unwanted.
  • uncalled-for — not called for; not required; superfluous; unwanted.
  • unchaperoned — not chaperoned; not accompanied by a chaperone
  • unchronicled — not chronicled or recorded
  • unconfronted — to face in hostility or defiance; oppose: The feuding factions confronted one another.
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