12-letter words containing s, t, a, n, d, r
- 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
- student card — a card verifying somebody's identity as a university student and entitling them to services, discounts, etc
- stun grenade — a nonlethal grenade which is used to disturb the senses of enemies by its loud noise and its bright light
- sub-standard — A sub-standard service or product is unacceptable because it is below a required standard.
- 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.
- sunda strait — a strait between Sumatra and Java, connecting the Java Sea and the Indian Ocean. 20–65 miles (32–105 km) wide.
- support band — a band, pop group, rock group, etc not topping the bill
- 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 ardennes — a wooded plateau in SE Belgium, Luxembourg, and NE France: scene of heavy fighting in both World Wars
- the herdsman — the constellation Boötes
- the nearside — the side of a vehicle normally nearer the kerb (in Britain, the left side)
- thunderflash — a pyrotechnic device which is noisy, but not dangerous, and which is used in military exercises
- 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
- tradesperson — a skilled worker
- 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).
- trans-jordan — an area east of the Jordan River, in SW Asia: a British mandate (1921–23); an emirate (1923–49); now the major part of the kingdom of Jordan.
- transcendent — going beyond ordinary limits; surpassing; exceeding.
- 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.
- transductant — the transfer of genetic material from one cell to another by means of a virus.
- transduction — the transfer of genetic material from one cell to another by means of a virus.
- transgressed — to violate a law, command, moral code, etc.; offend; sin.
- 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.
- transmundane — reaching beyond or existing outside the physical or visible world.
- 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
- un-scattered — distributed or occurring at widely spaced and usually irregular intervals: scattered villages; scattered showers.
- 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.
- under arrest — to seize (a person) by legal authority or warrant; take into custody: The police arrested the burglar.
- underservant — a servant of inferior or subordinate rank.
- understaffed — having an insufficient number of personnel: The hospital is understaffed.
- understander — a person who understands
- 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.
- understratum — a substratum.
- undertakings — the act of a person who undertakes any task or responsibility.
- undesecrated — to divest of sacred or hallowed character or office.
- undiscordant — not discordant; not disagreeing or disagreeable