12-letter words containing ld
- scratchbuild — to build a scale model of something from scratch, that is, from raw materials like wood, clay or paper
- second world — the world's industrialized nations other than the U.S. and the U.S.S.R.
- several-fold — comprising several parts or members.
- shareholding — a holder or owner of shares, especially in a company or corporation.
- shield match — a cricket match for the Sheffield Shield
- shipbuilding — a person whose occupation is the designing or constructing of ship.
- shoulder bag — a handbag with shoulder strap attached.
- shoulder pad — clothing: insert in shoulder
- shoulder-bag — A shoulder-bag is a bag that has a long strap so that it can be carried on a person's shoulder.
- six-year-old — being six years in age
- skip welding — a technique of spacing welds on thin structural members in order to balance and minimize internal stresses due to heat.
- skullduggery — skulduggery.
- smallholding — a piece of land rented or sold to a farmer by county authorities for purposes of cultivation.
- soldier crab — a small blue Australian estuarine crab of the Mictyris genus usually found in large numbers
- spot welding — fusing metal
- stakeholders — the holder of the stakes of a wager.
- stockholders — Also called stockowner. a holder or owner of stock in a corporation.
- stranglehold — Wrestling. an illegal hold by which an opponent's breath is choked off.
- street child — Street children are homeless children who live outdoors in a city and live by begging or stealing.
- stringholder — an oblong piece of wood at the lower end of the body of a viol or other stringed instrument to which the strings are attached.
- stud welding — the semiautomatic welding of a stud or similar piece of metal to a flat part, usually by means of an electric arc
- subthreshold — (of a stimulus) too weak to produce a response.
- tack welding — to join (pieces of metal) with a number of small welds spaced some distance apart.
- take hold of — grasp, seize sth
- the bushveld — an area of low altitude in N South Africa, having scrub vegetation
- the cold war — the period (1945-91) of cold war between the Soviet Union and its Communist allies and the U.S. and its non-Communist allies
- the highveld — the high-altitude grassland region of E South Africa
- the old adam — the evil supposedly inherent in human nature
- the old bill — policemen collectively or in general
- the old dart — England
- the old days — the past
- thioaldehyde — any of a class of compounds formed by the action of hydrogen sulfide on aldehydes, and regarded as aldehydes with the oxygen replaced by sulfur.
- this-worldly — distinguished by or relating to material or earthly concerns; not spiritual or concerned with life in a future or imaginary world
- thousandfold — having a thousand elements or parts.
- throttlehold — a stifling grip; stranglehold: The new regime kept a throttlehold on academic freedom.
- title-holder — The title-holder is the person who most recently won a sports competition that is held regularly.
- to hold fast — If you hold something fast, you hold it tightly and firmly. If something is stuck fast, it is stuck very firmly and cannot move.
- to hold sway — If someone or something holds sway, they have great power or influence over a particular place or activity.
- trophy child — anything taken in war, hunting, competition, etc., especially when preserved as a memento; spoil, prize, or award.
- underbuilder — (in the construction trade) a person who assists in building
- unyieldingly — unable to bend or be penetrated under pressure; hard: trees so unyielding that they broke in the harsh north winds.
- valdai hills — a region of hills and plateaus in NW Russia, between Moscow and St Petersburg. Greatest height: 346 m (1135 ft)
- van de velde — Adriaen. 1636–72, Dutch painter of landscapes with animals and figures
- vector field — a region, domain, set, etc., with a vector assigned at each point; vector function.
- visual field — field of vision.
- wall molding — back molding.
- water shield — Also called water target. an aquatic plant, Brasenia schreberi, of the water lily family, having purple flowers, floating, elliptic leaves, and a jellylike coating on the underwater stems and roots.
- wethersfield — a town in central Connecticut.
- wild apricot — apricot (def 4).
- wild cabbage — a European plant, Brassica oleracea, with broad leaves and a long spike of yellow flowers: the plant from which the cabbages, cauliflower, broccoli, and Brussels sprout have been bred