12-letter words containing s, d, e
- adventitious — added or appearing accidentally or unexpectedly
- adventurists — Plural form of adventurist.
- adversaryism — an attitude, as in labor-management negotiations, that any opposition to demands indicates an unwillingness of one side to cooperate and bargain in good faith.
- adversatives — Plural form of adversative.
- advertisable — 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.
- advertorials — Plural form of advertorial.
- aerodonetics — the study of soaring or gliding flight, esp the study of gliders
- aerodynamics — Aerodynamics is the study of the way in which objects move through the air.
- aerosiderite — a meteorite which is composed mainly of iron
- affectedness — assumed artificially; unnatural; feigned: affected sophistication; an affected British accent.
- affranchised — Simple past tense and past participle of affranchise.
- aids-related — caused by or associated with the AIDS virus
- air disaster — a very serious air crash in which in a lot of people are killed or injured
- alexanderson — Ernst F. W [urnst] /ɜrnst/ (Show IPA), 1878–1975, U.S. engineer and inventor.
- alexandrines — Plural form of alexandrine.
- alexandrinus — the Greek uncial codex, dating from the early 5th century a.d., originally containing the complete text of the Greek Old and New Testaments.
- almond paste — ground almond mixture
- alongside of — at the side of; beside; adjoining
- alphabetised — (British) Arranged in alphabetical order.
- ambassadress — a woman ambassador
- ambidextrous — Someone who is ambidextrous can use both their right hand and their left hand equally skilfully.
- amundsen sea — a part of the South Pacific Ocean, in Antarctica off Byrd Land
- amyl sulfide — a yellow liquid consisting of a mixture of isomers having the formula (C 5 H 11) 2 S, used chiefly in the preparation of organic sulfur compounds.
- androgenesis — a type of reproduction in insects and plants involving the development of an embryo that contains only paternal chromosomes
- androsterone — an androgenic steroid hormone produced in the testes. Formula: C19H30O2
- anecdotalism — an inclination to relate anecdotes
- anesthetized — to render physically insensible, as by an anesthetic.
- angst-ridden — characterized by a feeling of dread or anxiety
- anisaldehyde — a colorless, oily, aromatic liquid, the para form of C 8 H 8 O 2 , having a vanillalike odor: used chiefly in the manufacture of cosmetics and perfume, and as an intermediate in organic synthesis.
- antependiums — Plural form of antependium.
- anthologised — Simple past tense and past participle of anthologise.
- anticathodes — Plural form of anticathode.
- antidiabetes — Countering diabetes.
- antispending — opposed to excessive governmental spending
- apfelstrudel — apple strudel
- apostle bird — a gregarious grey-and-brown Australian nest-building bird, Struthidea cinerea
- apotheosized — Simple past tense and past participle of apotheosize.
- appendencies — attached or suspended; annexed.
- appendicitis — Appendicitis is an illness in which a person's appendix is infected and painful.
- applied arts — arts that are put to practical use
- archdiocesan — Relating to an archdiocese.
- archdioceses — Plural form of archdiocese.
- arched truss — a truss having an archlike form but unlike a true arch in that it is free to move horizontally at its base, as in expanding or contracting because of temperature changes.
- arfvedsonite — a type of hornblende with the composition Na3(Fe,Mg)4FeSi8O22(OH)2
- armada chest — an iron or iron-bound strongbox of the 17th or 18th century.
- armed forces — The armed forces or the armed services of a country are its military forces, usually the army, navy, marines, and air force.
- arsenic acid — a white poisonous soluble crystalline solid used in the manufacture of arsenates and insecticides. Formula: H3AsO4
- arseniureted — combined with arsenic
- arts student — a person studying an arts subject
- asclepiadean — of or relating to a type of classical verse line consisting of a spondee, two or three choriambs, and an iamb