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.