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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
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