12-letter words containing t, r, a, n, s, d
- hidradenitis — (medicine) inflammation of the sweat glands.
- hindquarters — the posterior end of a halved carcass of beef, lamb, etc., sectioned usually between the twelfth and thirteenth ribs.
- housetrained — Simple past tense and past participle of housetrain.
- hydrastinine — a white, crystalline, poisonous alkaloid, C 11 H 13 NO 3 , synthesized from hydrastine: used to arrest bleeding, especially in the uterus.
- hydrogenates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hydrogenate.
- hydronautics — (nautical) The science of the design and construction of ships, their engines, and their instrumentation.
- impersonated — to assume the character or appearance of; pretend to be: He was arrested for impersonating a police officer.
- in the cards — a usually rectangular piece of stiff paper, thin pasteboard, or plastic for various uses, as to write information on or printed as a means of identifying the holder: a 3″ × 5″ file card; a membership card.
- industrially — of, pertaining to, of the nature of, or resulting from industry: industrial production; industrial waste.
- inside track — the inner, or shorter, track of a racecourse.
- interdentals — Plural form of interdental.
- internalised — Simple past tense and past participle of internalise.
- interstadial — a period of temporary retreat of ice during a glacial stage; a warming period.
- intimidators — Plural form of intimidator.
- kristiansand — a seaport in S Norway.
- kristianstad — a town in S Sweden: founded in 1614 as a Danish fortress, it was finally acquired by Sweden in 1678. Pop: 75 590 (2004 est)
- land plaster — finely ground gypsum, used chiefly as a fertilizer.
- launderettes — Plural form of launderette.
- laundry list — a lengthy, especially random list of items: a laundry list of hoped-for presents; a laundry list of someone's crimes.
- lean towards — If you lean towards or lean toward a particular idea, belief, or type of behaviour, you have a tendency to think or act in a particular way.
- maidservants — Plural form of maidservant.
- mainstreamed — Simple past tense and past participle of mainstream.
- mantelboards — Plural form of mantelboard.
- masterminded — Simple past tense and past participle of mastermind.
- meanspirited — petty; small-minded; ungenerous: a meanspirited man, unwilling to forgive.
- median strip — a paved, planted, or landscaped strip in the center of a highway that separates lanes of traffic going in opposite directions.
- miniaturised — Simple past tense and past participle of miniaturise.
- misadventure — an instance of bad fortune; mishap.
- misandristic — Exhibiting misandry; man-hating.
- moderateness — The quality of being moderate.
- monohydrates — Plural form of monohydrate.
- naked street — a traffic-management strategy pioneered in the Netherlands in which all distinctions between pavements and roads are removed. Each road user is given equal priority, thereby ensuring that motorists have to slow down and drive more carefully
- namib desert — a desert region in SW Africa, extending along the coast from SW Angola to W South Africa. 1200 miles (1930 km) long, 30–100 miles (48–160 km) wide; 50,000 sq. mi. (129,500 sq. km).
- nature study — the study of plants and animals, especially by amateurs.
- neanderthals — Plural form of neanderthal.
- near-sighted — seeing distinctly at a short distance only; myopic.
- nitrous acid — an acid, HNO 2 , known only in solution.
- non standard — not standard.
- non-standard — not standard.
- nonbroadcast — not broadcast to a wide audience, supplied on a hidden or private network
- nonstandards — Plural form of nonstandard.
- nonsteroidal — of or relating to a substance that is not a steroid but has certain similar physiological effects.
- north island — the northernmost principal island of New Zealand. 44,281 sq. mi. (114,690 sq. km).
- noticeboards — Plural form of noticeboard.
- obdurateness — The characteristic of being obdurate; stubbornness.
- on the cards — likely
- outspreading — Present participle of outspread.
- oversedation — the calming of mental excitement or abatement of physiological function, especially by the administration of a drug.
- overstrained — exerted, taxed, or used to an excessive extent
- palindromist — a word, line, verse, number, sentence, etc., reading the same backward as forward, as Madam, I'm Adam or Poor Dan is in a droop.