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12-letter words containing nd

  • storm window — a supplementary window sash for protecting a window against drafts, driving rain, etc.
  • strandedness — composed of a specified number or kind of strands (usually used in combination): a five-stranded rope.
  • strike hands — to show agreement by clasping hands
  • stupendously — causing amazement; astounding; marvelous: stupendous news.
  • sub-industry — the aggregate of manufacturing or technically productive enterprises in a particular field, often named after its principal product: the automobile industry; the steel industry.
  • sub-standard — A sub-standard service or product is unacceptable because it is below a required standard.
  • sunda strait — a strait between Sumatra and Java, connecting the Java Sea and the Indian Ocean. 20–65 miles (32–105 km) wide.
  • sunday paper — a newspaper which is only published on Sundays
  • sunday punch — Boxing. the most powerful and effective punch of a boxer, especially the punch used in trying to gain a knockout.
  • superconduct — to conduct electricity very efficiently or without resistance, to act as a superconductor
  • supermundane — above and beyond the nature or character of the worldly or terrestrial.
  • support band — a band, pop group, rock group, etc not topping the bill
  • supramundane — transcending the world
  • surrejoinder — a plaintiff's reply to a defendant's rejoinder.
  • surroundings — something that surrounds.
  • sweat glands — one of the minute, coiled, tubular glands of the skin that secrete sweat.
  • sweep-second — (on a timepiece) a second hand that is a sweep hand.
  • sweet almond — the nutlike kernel of the fruit of either of two trees, Prunus dulcis (sweet almond) or P. dulcis amara (bitter almond) which grow in warm temperate regions.
  • syndactylism — having certain digits joined together.
  • syndactylous — having fingers, or toes, united
  • syndiotactic — (of a polymer molecule) having a regular alternation of opposite configurations at successive regularly spaced positions along the chain. See also configuration (def 4).
  • take in hand — the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
  • technobandit — a person who steals technological secrets, as from the government or a place of employment, and sells them to agents of foreign governments or to competing firms.
  • tender offer — a public offer to purchase stock of a corporation from its shareholders at a certain price within a stated time limit, often in an effort to win control of the company.
  • tenderometer — a device measuring the tenderness of peas
  • thank kindly — to thank heartily
  • the east end — a densely populated part of E London containing former industrial and dock areas, now extensively redeveloped for offices
  • the hundreds — the numbers 100 to 109
  • the lowlands — a low generally flat region of central Scotland, around the Forth and Clyde valleys, separating the Southern Uplands from the Highlands
  • the mainland — a particular landmass as viewed from a nearby island with which it has close links, such as Great Britain as viewed from Northern Ireland or continental Australia as viewed from Tasmania
  • the midlands — the central counties of England, including Warwickshire, Northamptonshire, Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, Staffordshire, the former West Midlands metropolitan county, and Worcestershire: characterized by manufacturing industries
  • the pandects — a digest of Roman civil law in fifty books, compiled for the emperor Justinian in the 6th cent. a.d.; the Digest
  • the west end — a part of W central London containing the main shopping and entertainment areas
  • third gender — a gender classification in societies that recognize a gender other than male or female.
  • thousandfold — having a thousand elements or parts.
  • three-handed — involving three hands or players, as a game at cards.
  • 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.
  • time-binding — the distinctively human attribute of preserving memories and records of experiences for the use of subsequent generations.
  • tits and ass — the presentation of women in titillating costumes or postures, especially as a feature of an entertainment, as a musical revue.
  • 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.
  • toe and heel — a technique used by racing drivers while changing gear on sharp bends, in which the brake is operated by the toe (or heel) of the right foot while the heel (or toe) simultaneously operates the accelerator
  • top and tail — method of washing a baby
  • touch and go — precarious situation
  • touch ground — (of a ship) to strike the sea bed
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