12-letter words containing dr
- quadriplegia — paralysis of all four limbs or of the entire body below the neck.
- quadriplegic — a person with quadriplegia.
- quadrisected — Simple past tense and past participle of quadrisect.
- quadrisonics — quadraphony.
- quadrivalent — having a valence of four; tetravalent.
- quadrominium — a building consisting of four individually owned apartments or living units.
- quadrophonic — Alternative spelling of quadraphonic.
- quadrumanous — four-handed; having all four feet adapted for use as hands, as monkeys.
- quadruplexes — Plural form of quadruplex.
- quick-drying — (of paint, concrete, glue, etc) that dries quickly
- quill driver — a person who does a great deal of writing.
- quote-driven — denoting an electronic market system, esp for stock exchanges, in which prices are determined by quotations made by market makers or dealers
- rally driver — sports-car racer
- rehydratable — capable of being rehydrated
- rhododendron — any evergreen or deciduous shrub or tree belonging to the genus Rhododendron, of the heath family, having rounded clusters of showy, pink, purple, or white flowers and oval or oblong leaves.
- rhombohedral — a solid bounded by six rhombic planes.
- rhombohedron — a solid bounded by six rhombic planes.
- rouge dragon — a pursuivant at the English college of arms
- salamandrian — a salamander of the order Batrachia
- salamandrine — any tailed amphibian of the order Caudata, having a soft, moist, scaleless skin, typically aquatic as a larva and semiterrestrial as an adult: several species are endangered.
- salamandroid — an amphibian of the genus Salamandra
- sandrocottus — Greek name of Chandragupta.
- scolopendrid — any myriapod of the order Scolopendrida, including many large, poisonous centipedes.
- self-drawing — the act of a person or thing that draws.
- self-driving — (of a machine) operating without the guidance of a human.
- sierra madre — a mountain range extending from S Wyoming into N Colorado.
- slave driver — an overseer of slaves.
- slave-driver — an overseer of slaves.
- sports drink — a drink containing sugar and salts, etc designed to help replace fluid and energy lost through the physical exertion of sport
- stage-driver — the driver of a stagecoach.
- steam-driven — powered by steam
- striped drum — a North American marine and freshwater sciaenid fish, Equetus pulcher, that utters a drumming sound
- strong drink — alcoholic drink
- sun-drenched — Sun-drenched places have a lot of hot sunshine.
- sweaterdress — a knitted, woollen dress
- sweet dreams — sleep well
- tetradrachma — a silver coin of ancient Greece, equal to four drachmas.
- tetrahedrite — a steel-gray or blackish mineral with a brilliant metallic luster, essentially copper and antimony sulfide, (Cu, Fe, Zn, Ag,) 12 Sb 4 S 13 , an end member of a series of solid solutions into which arsenic enters to form tennantite: mined as an ore of copper and silver.
- tetrahydrate — a hydrate that contains four molecules of water, as potassium sodium tartrate, KNaC 4 H 4 O 6 ·4H 2 O.
- tetrahydroxy — (of a molecule) containing four hydroxyl groups.
- the hundreds — the numbers 100 to 109
- tmj syndrome — a condition attributed to tension in or faulty articulation of the temporomandibular joint, having a wide range of symptoms that include dizziness, ringing in the ears, and pain in the head, neck, and shoulders.
- to draw lots — If people draw lots to decide who will do something, they each take a piece of paper from a container. One or more pieces of paper is marked, and the people who take marked pieces are chosen.
- to drop dead — If you tell someone to drop dead, you are insulting them, rudely disagreeing with them, or refusing to do something, or telling them to stop bothering you.
- top dressing — tennis court
- truck driver — sb employed to drive a lorry
- tumble dryer — A tumble dryer is an electric machine which dries washing by turning it over and over and blowing warm air onto it.
- underdrawers — an undergarment for the lower part of the body, typically covering at least part of the legs. Compare drawer (def 2).
- underdrawing — the act of sketching a subject before painting it on the same surface
- underdressed — to clothe oneself less completely or formally than is usual or fitting for the circumstances.