12-letter words containing s, u, n, d, e
- egads button — a switch that triggers the destruction in flight of a malfunctioning missile.
- elucidations — Plural form of elucidation.
- encapsulated — Simple past tense and past participle of encapsulate.
- endogenously — In an endogenous manner.
- endonuclease — An enzyme that cleaves a polynucleotide chain by separating nucleotides other than the two end ones.
- endophyllous — enclosed in a leaf or sheath
- endovascular — Within a blood vessel.
- enduringness — The quality of being enduring; lastingness.
- enstructured — built into the structure of something
- entertissued — interwoven
- equidistance — (uncountable) Equal distance.
- eunuchoidism — A syndrome in males with a lack of sex characteristics due to lack of proper male sex hormones.
- expenditures — Plural form of expenditure.
- extinguished — Cause (a fire or light) to cease to burn or shine.
- favouredness — the quality of or extent to which something is favoured
- flindermouse — (obsolete) A bat (the mammal).
- flux density — the magnetic, radiant, or electric flux per unit of cross-sectional area.
- fourdriniers — Plural form of fourdrinier.
- fourfoldness — the quality of consisting of four parts
- french sudan — former name of Mali.
- frondiferous — Producing fronds.
- fundamentals — serving as, or being an essential part of, a foundation or basis; basic; underlying: fundamental principles; the fundamental structure.
- fundusectomy — (surgery) The surgical removal of the fundus of an organ, such as the uterus or the stomach.
- glandiferous — bearing nuts or acorns
- golden syrup — treacle (def 2b).
- great sunday — Easter Sunday.
- ground rules — Usually, ground rules. basic or governing principles of conduct in any situation or field of endeavor: the ground rules of press conferences.
- ground state — the state of least energy of a particle, as an atom, or of a system of particles.
- groundedness — the solid surface of the earth; firm or dry land: to fall to the ground.
- groundlessly — In a groundless manner; without justification.
- groundsheets — Plural form of groundsheet.
- groundstroke — A stroke played after the ball has bounced, as opposed to a volley.
- grudgingness — The state or quality of grudging.
- hadrosaurine — Hadrosaurid.
- hebetudinous — the state of being dull; lethargy.
- hepadnavirus — Any member of the virus family Hepadnaviridae, capable of causing liver infections in humans and animals.
- hindquarters — the posterior end of a halved carcass of beef, lamb, etc., sectioned usually between the twelfth and thirteenth ribs.
- horrendously — shockingly dreadful; horrible: a horrendous crime.
- horse around — a large, solid-hoofed, herbivorous quadruped, Equus caballus, domesticated since prehistoric times, bred in a number of varieties, and used for carrying or pulling loads, for riding, and for racing.
- househusband — a man whose spouse works and who stays home to manage their household.
- housetrained — Simple past tense and past participle of housetrain.
- hudson river — Henry, died 1611? English navigator and explorer.
- human shield — a person or group of people located or intentionally placed in a potential line of fire or in an area likely to be attacked.
- hundred days — the period from March 20 to June 28, 1815, between the arrival of Napoleon in Paris, after his escape from Elba, and his abdication after the battle of Waterloo.
- Îles du vent — a group of islands in the S Pacific, in French Polynesia in the W Society Archipelago: Moorea, Maio (Tubuai Manu), and Mehetia and Tetiaroa. Pop: 184 222 (2002)
- impoundments — Plural form of impoundment.
- imprest fund — a fund of petty cash.
- impudentness — Quality of being impudent.
- in spadefuls — in an extreme or emphatic way
- in the dumps — a depressed state of mind (usually preceded by in the): to be in the dumps over money problems.