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12-letter words containing s, h, e, l, d

  • sulphadoxine — an antibiotic drug of the sulphonamide group, commonly used in combination with pyrimethamine to treat malaria, and in combination with various drugs to treat certain infections
  • sulphonamide — any of a class of organic compounds that are amides of sulphonic acids containing the group –SO2NH2 or a group derived from this. An important class of sulphonamides are the sulfa drugs
  • swedish mile — a unit of length used in Sweden, equal to 10 kilometres
  • swell-headed — a vain or arrogant person.
  • swelled head — an inordinately grand opinion of oneself; conceit.
  • synadelphite — an arsenate containing manganese and aluminium
  • the bushveld — an area of low altitude in N South Africa, having scrub vegetation
  • the disabled — those who are physically or mentally disabled; the handicapped
  • the lowlands — a low generally flat region of central Scotland, around the Forth and Clyde valleys, separating the Southern Uplands from the Highlands
  • the midlands — the central counties of England, including Warwickshire, Northamptonshire, Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, Staffordshire, the former West Midlands metropolitan county, and Worcestershire: characterized by manufacturing industries
  • the old days — the past
  • thunderflash — a pyrotechnic device which is noisy, but not dangerous, and which is used in military exercises
  • trade school — a high school giving instruction chiefly in the skilled trades.
  • triadelphous — (of stamens) united by the filaments into three sets or bundles.
  • underclothes — clothes worn under outer clothes.
  • unhandselled — a gift or token for good luck or as an expression of good wishes, as at the beginning of the new year or when entering upon a new situation or enterprise.
  • unhandsomely — unattractively
  • unhydrolysed — not having undergone hydrolysis
  • unmarshalled — a military officer of the highest rank, as in the French and some other armies. Compare field marshal.
  • unsepulchred — not sepulchred
  • unshadowable — not able to be shadowed
  • 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.
  • wethersfield — a town in central Connecticut.
  • whole-souled — wholehearted; hearty.
  • world-shaker — something of sufficient importance to affect the entire world: The book is no world-shaker, but it's pleasant reading.
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