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

  • readjustment — an act of readjusting or the state of being readjusted.
  • reclassified — to classify anew.
  • red bandfish — a fish, Cepola haastii, found on the inner continental shelf around New Zealand: family Cepolidae
  • red brigades — an extreme leftist terrorist organization in Italy.
  • red goatfish — a goatfish, Mullus auratus.
  • red larkspur — a plant, Delphinium nudicaule, of the buttercup family, native to the western coast of the U.S., having orange-red or sometimes yellow flowers.
  • red nose day — a fund-raising day on behalf of the British charity organization Comic Relief, which culminates in a live telethon on BBC One
  • redesignated — to mark or point out; indicate; show; specify.
  • reduced mass — a quantity obtained when one particle is moving about another, larger particle that is also moving, equivalent to the mass of the smaller particle, were the larger particle not moving, and equal to the quotient of the product of the two masses divided by their sum.
  • reemphasized — to give emphasis to; lay stress upon; stress: to emphasize a point; to emphasize the eyes with mascara.
  • regardlessly — having or showing no regard; heedless; unmindful (often followed by of).
  • release date — the time, as the day, part of the day, and sometimes the hour, on or at which release copy may be published or broadcast.
  • res judicata — a thing adjudicated; a case that has been decided.
  • residentiary — residing; resident.
  • 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
  • rest assured — reassurance
  • resyndicated — a group of individuals or organizations combined or making a joint effort to undertake some specific duty or carry out specific transactions or negotiations: The local furniture store is individually owned, but is part of a buying syndicate.
  • rhabdosphere — a minute sphere made up of rhabdoliths
  • rhadamanthus — Classical Mythology. a son of Zeus and Europa, rewarded for the justice he exemplified on earth by being made, after his death, a judge in the Underworld, where he served with his brothers Minos and Aeacus.
  • rhadamanthys — Classical Mythology. a son of Zeus and Europa, rewarded for the justice he exemplified on earth by being made, after his death, a judge in the Underworld, where he served with his brothers Minos and Aeacus.
  • rhode island — US state
  • rhodes grass — a grass, Chloris gayana, native to Africa, used as pasturage and fodder in warm climates.
  • rijksdaalder — a cupronickel or silver coin of the Netherlands, equal to 2½ guilders.
  • road surface — the surface of the road, often asphalt
  • road sweeper — a person who sweeps roads
  • rocket salad — rocket2 (def 2).
  • rocket-salad — any of various plants belonging to the genus Hesperis, of the mustard family, and related genera. Compare dame's rocket.
  • rolled glass — a sheet of glass made by the extrusion of molten glass between two rollers.
  • rolled roast — meat that has had the bones removed and been rolled and tied for roasting.
  • rose diamond — a diamond, one side of which is flat, and the other cut into twenty-four triangular facets in two ranges which form a convex face pointed at the top
  • run commands — (operating system)   The expansion of the file name suffix, "rc", common to many Unix configuration files, e.g. .newsrc, .cshrc, .twmrc, elmrc, etc. Always abbreviated to /R C/ when spoken. Note, "rc" is not a typical filename extension as it doesn't start with a dot. The suffix "rc" derives from a script-creation utility in CTSS called "runcom".
  • russian doll — wooden figures that nest inside one other
  • rutlandshire — a former county, now part of Leicestershire, in central England.
  • saccharoidal — having a crystalline or granular texture: said esp. of some sandstones and marbles
  • sacred heart — the physical heart of Jesus, to which special devotion is offered as a symbol of His love and redemptive sacrifice.
  • sacred lotus — Indian lotus.
  • sacred order — Roman Catholic Church. major order.
  • saddle horse — a horse bred, trained, or used for riding.
  • sailboarding — windsurfing.
  • salad burnet — a plant, Poterium sanguisorba, of the rose family, native to Eurasia, having rounded heads of small, greenish flowers in short spikes and edible leaves.
  • salad shaker — a portable plastic container which is used for storing salad and which has a separate compartment for salad dressing. The dressing is put on the salad just before it is eaten and the container can then be shaken to spread the salad dressing evenly.
  • salamandrian — a salamander of the order Batrachia
  • salamandrine — any tailed amphibian of the order Caudata, having a soft, moist, scaleless skin, typically aquatic as a larva and semiterrestrial as an adult: several species are endangered.
  • salamandroid — an amphibian of the genus Salamandra
  • sales ledger — record of business accounts
  • sales trader — a person employed by a market maker, or his firm, to find clients
  • samurai bond — a bond issued in Japan and denominated in yen, available for purchase by nonresidents of Japan
  • san bernardo — a city in central Chile, S of Santiago.
  • san fernando — a city in E Argentina, near Buenos Aires.
  • san salvador — a republic in NW Central America. 13,176 sq. mi. (34,125 sq. km). Capital: San Salvador.
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