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

  • 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.
  • squared ring — boxing ring.
  • stand in for — to substitute for
  • standardized — to bring to or make of an established standard size, weight, quality, strength, or the like: to standardize manufactured parts.
  • steam-driven — powered by steam
  • stellar wind — the radial outflow of ionized gas from a star.
  • stick around — to pierce or puncture with something pointed, as a pin, dagger, or spear; stab: to stick one's finger with a needle.
  • stickhandler — a hockey or lacrosse player, esp. one who is talented at stickhandling.
  • 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
  • subarachnoid — of, relating to, or situated below the arachnoid membrane.
  • 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.
  • sunda strait — a strait between Sumatra and Java, connecting the Java Sea and the Indian Ocean. 20–65 miles (32–105 km) wide.
  • superordinal — relating to the superorder
  • 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.
  • swap trading — a contract in which the parties to it exchange liabilities on outstanding debts in trading
  • 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 nearside — the side of a vehicle normally nearer the kerb (in Britain, the left side)
  • tinker's dam — the least value or merit; nothing or anything at all: It's not worth a tinker's damn.
  • tradescantia — any plant of the American genus Tradescantia, widely cultivated for their striped variegated leaves: family Commelinaceae
  • 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).
  • 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.
  • transduction — the transfer of genetic material from one cell to another by means of a virus.
  • transit shed — a building located on or near a pier (piershed) or wharf (wharf shed) used for short-term storage of cargo in transit.
  • translucidus — (of a cloud) sufficiently transparent as not to obscure the sun, moon, or higher clouds.
  • transudation — the act or process of transuding.
  • trepidations — tremulous fear, alarm, or agitation; perturbation.
  • 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
  • unadvertised — to announce or praise (a product, service, etc.) in some public medium of communication in order to induce people to buy or use it: to advertise a new brand of toothpaste.
  • underpassion — an underlying or subconscious passion
  • undersealing — the process of applying a coating of underseal to a motor vehicle
  • understating — to state or represent less strongly or strikingly than the facts would bear out; set forth in restrained, moderate, or weak terms: The casualty lists understate the extent of the disaster.
  • undertakings — the act of a person who undertakes any task or responsibility.
  • undespairing — not despairing; not giving in to despair
  • undischarged — gun: not let off
  • undiscordant — not discordant; not disagreeing or disagreeable
  • undistracted — not distracted; concentrating
  • unfranchised — a privilege of a public nature conferred on an individual, group, or company by a government: a franchise to operate a bus system.
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