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12-letter words containing t, h, u, d

  • middle dutch — the Dutch language of the period c1100–c1500. Abbreviation: MD.
  • middle youth — the period of life between about 30 and 50
  • midnight sun — the sun visible at midnight in mid-summer in arctic and antarctic regions.
  • motormouthed — (of a person) Being a motor mouth; inclined to talk too much.
  • moustachioed — Alternative spelling of moustachio\u2019d.
  • mouthbreeder — any of several fishes of the genera Tilapia and Haplochromis, that hatch and care for their young in the mouth.
  • mouthbrooder — A freshwater cichlid fish that protects its eggs (and in some cases its young) by carrying them in its mouth.
  • multiwarhead — (of a missile) capable of carrying several independent warheads
  • mustard bath — a supposed cure for aches, tired muscles, colds and fevers, consisting of bathing in hot water infused with mustard seeds
  • muttonheaded — a slow-witted, foolish, or stupid person; dolt.
  • naughty word — a word that is considered to be rude
  • old chestnut — old saying, cliché
  • old faithful — one of the best known geysers of Yellowstone National Park.
  • open-mouthed — having the mouth open.
  • orthodonture — orthodontia (def 2).
  • outlandishly — In an outlandish manner.
  • outstretched — to stretch forth; extend: to outstretch one's hand in welcome.
  • overscutched — overworked; worn out
  • phosphureted — combined with phosphorus, especially in its lowest valence state.
  • photoinduced — induced by light.
  • photoproduct — any product which is produced by a chemical reaction that uses light or other electromagnetic radiation to increase energy of particles
  • plattdeutsch — the Low German vernacular dialects spoken in northern Germany.
  • proudhearted — full of pride.
  • punched tape — Computers. paper tape.
  • pure-hearted — (of a person) without malice, treachery, or evil intent; honest; sincere; guileless.
  • put to death — the act of dying; the end of life; the total and permanent cessation of all the vital functions of an organism. Compare brain death.
  • radiothorium — a disintegration product of thorium.
  • read-through — reading (def 1).
  • rhadamanthus — Classical Mythology. a son of Zeus and Europa, rewarded for the justice he exemplified on earth by being made, after his death, a judge in the Underworld, where he served with his brothers Minos and Aeacus.
  • ride shotgun — a smoothbore gun for firing small shots to kill birds and small quadrupeds, though often used with buckshot to kill larger animals.
  • rutlandshire — a former county, now part of Leicestershire, in central England.
  • scratchbuild — to build a scale model of something from scratch, that is, from raw materials like wood, clay or paper
  • short radius — the perpendicular distance from the centre of a regular polygon to a side
  • shut-out bid — a pre-emptive bid
  • smooth hound — a smooth dogfish, especially Mustelus mustelus, inhabiting waters along the coast of Europe.
  • snatch squad — a squad of soldiers or police trained to deal with demonstrations by picking out and arresting the alleged ringleaders
  • sodium light — the light produced by a sodium lamp
  • south dakota — a state in the N central United States: a part of the Midwest. 77,047 sq. mi. (199,550 sq. km). Capital: Pierre. Abbreviation: SD (for use with zip code), S. Dak.
  • south euclid — a city in NE Ohio, near Cleveland.
  • south hadley — a city in W Massachusetts.
  • south island — the largest island of New Zealand. 58,093 sq. mi. (150,460 sq. km).
  • southernwood — a woody-stemmed wormwood, Artemisia abrotanum, of southern Europe, having aromatic, finely dissected leaves.
  • spiderhunter — any of several sunbirds of the genus Arachnothera, of southern Asia and the East Indies, having dull-colored plumage and a long bill.
  • stepdaughter — a daughter of one's husband or wife by a previous marriage.
  • stouthearted — brave and resolute; dauntless.
  • studio couch — an upholstered couch, usually without a back, convertible into a double bed by sliding a bed frame out from beneath it and covering the frame with the mattress that forms the upper thickness of the upholstery.
  • subthreshold — (of a stimulus) too weak to produce a response.
  • sudden death — an overtime period in which a tied contest is won and play is stopped immediately after one of the contestants scores, as in football, or goes ahead, as in golf.
  • talmud torah — (in Europe) a community-supported Jewish elementary school for teaching children Hebrew, Bible, and the fundamentals of Judaism.
  • the bushveld — an area of low altitude in N South Africa, having scrub vegetation
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