12-letter words containing u, n, d
- supermundane — above and beyond the nature or character of the worldly or terrestrial.
- superordinal — relating to the superorder
- supplemented — something added to complete a thing, supply a deficiency, or reinforce or extend a whole.
- support band — a band, pop group, rock group, etc not topping the bill
- supramundane — transcending the world
- 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.
- syndactylous — having fingers, or toes, united
- the hundreds — the numbers 100 to 109
- thousandfold — having a thousand elements or parts.
- thread count — thread density of a woven fabric
- throw around — ideas, etc.: exchange, brainstorm
- thundercloud — cumulonimbus.
- thunderflash — a pyrotechnic device which is noisy, but not dangerous, and which is used in military exercises
- thunderstick — bull-roarer.
- thunderstone — any of various stones or fossils formerly thought to be fallen thunderbolts.
- thunderstorm — a transient storm of lightning and thunder, usually with rain and gusty winds, sometimes with hail or snow, produced by cumulonimbus clouds.
- thymus gland — a ductless, butterfly-shaped gland lying at the base of the neck, formed mostly of lymphatic tissue and aiding in the production of T cells of the immune system: after puberty, the lymphatic tissue gradually degenerates.
- tin-fluoride — stannous fluoride.
- tongue-blade — a broad, thin piece of wood used by doctors to hold down the patient's tongue during an examination of the mouth and throat.
- touch and go — precarious situation
- touch ground — (of a ship) to strike the sea bed
- touch-and-go — risky; precarious: a touch-and-go descent down the mountain.
- tough-minded — characterized by a practical, unsentimental attitude or point of view.
- 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.
- tremendously — extraordinarily great in size, amount, or intensity: a tremendous ocean liner; tremendous talent.
- 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)
- tunnel diode — an extremely stable semiconductor diode, having a very narrow highly doped p-n junction, in which electrons travel across the junction by means of the tunnel effect
- 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
- turn of mind — If someone is of a particular turn of mind, they have that kind of mind or character.
- turned comma — quotation mark.
- turtlenecked — having a turtleneck
- type founder — a person engaged in the making of metallic types for printers.
- ultradistant — extremely distant
- ultramundane — outside or beyond the earth or the orbits of the planets.
- ultrarefined — having been refined exceptionally well or thoroughly
- umnak island — a mountainous island in SW Alaska, in the Fox Islands of the E central Aleutian Islands.
- un-disrupted — to cause disorder or turmoil in: The news disrupted their conference.