12-letter words containing u, n, d, e, r, a
- glutaredoxin — (enzyme) Any of a family of small redox enzymes that use glutathione as a cofactor.
- gluten bread — bread made from gluten flour.
- good-natured — having or showing a pleasant, kindly disposition; amiable: a warm, good-natured person.
- gourmandizer — One who gourmandizes.
- grand coulee — a dry canyon in central Washington: cut by the Columbia River in the glacial period. 52 miles (84 km) long; over 400 feet (120 meters) deep.
- grandaughter — Alternative spelling of granddaughter.
- great sunday — Easter Sunday.
- grey gurnard — a species of scorpionfish, Eutriglia gurnardus
- ground alert — the state of waiting for orders in or near combat airplanes ready to take to the air at once.
- ground cable — a heavy chain for securing permanent floating moorings, as a number of mooring buoys.
- ground cedar — a ground pine, Lycopodium complanatum.
- ground plane — (in perspective drawing) the theoretical horizontal plane receding from the picture plane to the horizon, beginning at the level of the base line.
- ground plate — Electricity. a metal plate for making a ground connection to the earth.
- ground state — the state of least energy of a particle, as an atom, or of a system of particles.
- ground water — the water beneath the surface of the ground, consisting largely of surface water that has seeped down: the source of water in springs and wells.
- hadrosaurine — Hadrosaurid.
- hand-launder — hand-wash.
- harlequinade — a pantomime, farce, or similar play in which Harlequin plays the principal part.
- hepadnavirus — Any member of the virus family Hepadnaviridae, capable of causing liver infections in humans and animals.
- hindquarters — the posterior end of a halved carcass of beef, lamb, etc., sectioned usually between the twelfth and thirteenth ribs.
- horse around — a large, solid-hoofed, herbivorous quadruped, Equus caballus, domesticated since prehistoric times, bred in a number of varieties, and used for carrying or pulling loads, for riding, and for racing.
- housetrained — Simple past tense and past participle of housetrain.
- hundred days — the period from March 20 to June 28, 1815, between the arrival of Napoleon in Paris, after his escape from Elba, and his abdication after the battle of Waterloo.
- in-and-outer — a person who is by turns in and out of a particular situation, condition, venture, investment, etc.
- india rubber — rubber1 (def 1).
- induced drag — the drag force generated in the production of lift.
- ingurgitated — Simple past tense and past participle of ingurgitate.
- intermundane — existing in the space between worlds or heavenly bodies: intermundane space.
- intramundane — existing or occurring within the material world.
- jordan curve — simple closed curve.
- kluge around — (jargon) To avoid a bug or difficult condition by inserting a kluge. Compare workaround.
- land measure — any system of measurement for measuring land.
- landlubberly — Like a landlubber.
- launderettes — Plural form of launderette.
- laundrywomen — Plural form of laundrywoman.
- leatherbound — Bound in leather.
- leonardesque — of, relating to, or suggesting Leonardo da Vinci or the style of his paintings.
- linux loader — (operating system) (LILO) A boot loader for Linux. LILO does not depend on a specific file system, it can boot Linux kernel images from floppy disks and hard disks and can even boot other operating systems. One of up to sixteen differernt images can be selected at boot time. Various parameters, such as the root device, can be set independently for each kernel. LILO can even be used as the master boot record.
- liverpudlian — a seaport in Merseyside, in W England, on the Mersey estuary.
- lunar module — the portion of the Apollo spacecraft in which two astronauts landed on the moon's surface and then returned to the orbiting command module. Abbreviation: LM.
- malnourished — poorly or improperly nourished; suffering from malnutrition: thin, malnourished victims of the famine.
- manufactured — the making of goods or wares by manual labor or by machinery, especially on a large scale: the manufacture of television sets.
- mare undarum — (Sea of Waves) a dark plain in the first quadrant of the face of the moon: about 4800 sq. mi. (12,000 sq. km).
- masquerading — a party, dance, or other festive gathering of persons wearing masks and other disguises, and often elegant, historical, or fantastic costumes.
- miniaturised — Simple past tense and past participle of miniaturise.
- miniaturized — Simple past tense and past participle of miniaturize.
- misadventure — an instance of bad fortune; mishap.
- misdemeanour — Law. a criminal offense defined as less serious than a felony.
- mouse around — To explore public portions of a large system, especially a network such as Internet via FTP or TELNET, looking for interesting stuff to snarf.
- nature study — the study of plants and animals, especially by amateurs.