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12-letter words containing s, u, r, d, i

  • stick around — to pierce or puncture with something pointed, as a pin, dagger, or spear; stab: to stick one's finger with a needle.
  • stradivarius — a violin or other instrument made by Stradivari or his family.
  • striped drum — a North American marine and freshwater sciaenid fish, Equetus pulcher, that utters a drumming sound
  • studded tire — a boss, knob, nailhead, or other protuberance projecting from a surface or part, especially as an ornament.
  • study period — a period of time or lesson used for studying
  • sub-industry — the aggregate of manufacturing or technically productive enterprises in a particular field, often named after its principal product: the automobile industry; the steel industry.
  • sub-mediocre — of only ordinary or moderate quality; neither good nor bad; barely adequate: The car gets only mediocre mileage, but it's fun to drive. Synonyms: undistinguished, commonplace, pedestrian, everyday; run-of-the-mill. Antonyms: extraordinary, superior, uncommon, incomparable.
  • subarachnoid — of, relating to, or situated below the arachnoid membrane.
  • subdelirious — having the symptoms of subdelirium; suffering from subdelirium
  • subeditorial — of or relating to a subeditor, the work of a subeditor or a subeditorship
  • subepidermal — just below the epidermis or skin
  • suberic acid — a crystalline dibasic acid, C 8 H 1 4 O 4 , obtained especially from suberin, castor oil, and cork: used chiefly in the preparation of plastics and plasticizers.
  • subintroduce — to introduce subtly
  • subjudiciary — the judicial branch of government.
  • 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.
  • subsidiarily — serving to assist or supplement; auxiliary; supplementary.
  • subsidiarity — secondary importance
  • sudoriferous — bearing or secreting sweat.
  • sudoriparous — producing or secreting sweat.
  • sugar glider — a gliding possum, Petaurus breviceps, inhabiting open forests of New Guinea, Tasmania, and Australia.
  • sulfarsenide — any compound containing an arsenide and a sulfide.
  • sunda strait — a strait between Sumatra and Java, connecting the Java Sea and the Indian Ocean. 20–65 miles (32–105 km) wide.
  • superevident — extremely or very evident
  • superimposed — (of a stream or drainage system) having a course not adjusted to the structure of the rocks presently undergoing erosion but determined rather by a prior erosion cycle or by formerly overlying rocks or sediments.
  • superkingdom — in some systems of biological classification, either of the two major subdivisions, prokaryote or eukaryote, into which all living organisms can be placed
  • superordinal — relating to the superorder
  • supply-sider — a person, especially an economist, who advocates supply-side economics.
  • surfboarding — a long, narrow board on which a person stands or lies prone in surfboarding.
  • surinam toad — a South American aquatic frog, Pipa pipa, the female of which carries the eggs and tadpoles in small depressions on its back.
  • surrejoinder — a plaintiff's reply to a defendant's rejoinder.
  • surroundings — something that surrounds.
  • swiss guards — a corps of Swiss mercenary soldiers, esp. those hired as Vatican bodyguards to the pope
  • thunderstick — bull-roarer.
  • traducianism — the doctrine that the human soul is propagated along with the body. Compare creationism (def 3).
  • transduction — the transfer of genetic material from one cell to another by means of a virus.
  • translucidus — (of a cloud) sufficiently transparent as not to obscure the sun, moon, or higher clouds.
  • transudation — the act or process of transuding.
  • trepidatious — tremulous fear, alarm, or agitation; perturbation.
  • triadelphous — (of stamens) united by the filaments into three sets or bundles.
  • tricuspidate — having three cusps or flaps.
  • 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)
  • truss bridge — a bridge in which the loads are supported by trusses.
  • ultradistant — extremely distant
  • un-disrupted — to cause disorder or turmoil in: The news disrupted their conference.
  • un-furbished — to restore to freshness of appearance or good condition (often followed by up): to furbish a run-down neighborhood; to furbish up one's command of a foreign language.
  • 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.
  • unbesmirched — to soil; tarnish; discolor.
  • unchristened — not christened
  • unconsidered — thought about or decided upon with care: a considered opinion.
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