12-letter words containing t, u, n, d, r, a
- sunda strait — a strait between Sumatra and Java, connecting the Java Sea and the Indian Ocean. 20–65 miles (32–105 km) wide.
- support band — a band, pop group, rock group, etc not topping the bill
- surinam toad — a South American aquatic frog, Pipa pipa, the female of which carries the eggs and tadpoles in small depressions on its back.
- thread count — thread density of a woven fabric
- throw around — ideas, etc.: exchange, brainstorm
- thunderflash — a pyrotechnic device which is noisy, but not dangerous, and which is used in military exercises
- tracker fund — finance: type of savings account
- traducianism — the doctrine that the human soul is propagated along with the body. Compare creationism (def 3).
- transductant — the transfer of genetic material from one cell to another by means of a virus.
- 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.
- transmundane — reaching beyond or existing outside the physical or visible world.
- transudation — the act or process of transuding.
- tribute band — A tribute band is a pop group that plays the music and copies the style of another, much more famous, pop group.
- tripudiation — the act of dancing for joy
- trudeaumania — obsessional enthusiasm for Pierre Trudeau
- 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)
- turacoverdin — a green pigment found in certain feathers of the touraco
- turf dancing — a fluid style of street-dancing originating in the Bay Area of San Francisco, California
- turned comma — quotation mark.
- ultradistant — extremely distant
- ultramundane — outside or beyond the earth or the orbits of the planets.
- ultrarefined — having been refined exceptionally well or thoroughly
- un-liberated — to set free, as from imprisonment or bondage.
- un-scattered — distributed or occurring at widely spaced and usually irregular intervals: scattered villages; scattered showers.
- unaccredited — officially recognized as meeting the essential requirements, as of academic excellence: accredited schools.
- 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.
- unaffrighted — to frighten.
- unaggregated — formed by the conjunction or collection of particulars into a whole mass or sum; total; combined: the aggregate amount of indebtedness.
- unattributed — to regard as resulting from a specified cause; consider as caused by something indicated (usually followed by to): She attributed his bad temper to ill health.
- unauthorized — lacking permission; unsanctioned: unauthorized access.
- uncalibrated — to determine, check, or rectify the graduation of (any instrument giving quantitative measurements).
- uncelebrated — not celebrated or marked by festivities; unremarked
- uncirculated — to move in a circle or circuit; move or pass through a circuit back to the starting point: Blood circulates throughout the body.
- uncontracted — drawn together; reduced in compass or size; made smaller; shrunken.
- uncorrelated — to place in or bring into mutual or reciprocal relation; establish in orderly connection: to correlate expenses and income.
- uncreditable — of ignoble character
- undeliberate — carefully weighed or considered; studied; intentional: a deliberate lie.
- undemocratic — pertaining to or of the nature of democracy or a democracy.
- under arrest — to seize (a person) by legal authority or warrant; take into custody: The police arrested the burglar.
- under threat — If a person or thing is under threat, there is a danger that something unpleasant might be done to them, or that they might cease to exist.
- underblanket — a blanket placed under a bottom sheet
- undercoating — a coat or jacket worn under another.
- undereducate — to educate too little or poorly.
- undergarment — an article of underwear.
- underlayment — material laid between a subfloor and a finish floor of linoleum, asphalt tile, etc.
- underservant — a servant of inferior or subordinate rank.
- understaffed — having an insufficient number of personnel: The hospital is understaffed.
- understander — a person who understands
- understating — to state or represent less strongly or strikingly than the facts would bear out; set forth in restrained, moderate, or weak terms: The casualty lists understate the extent of the disaster.