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12-letter words containing nd

  • 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
  • transcendent — going beyond ordinary limits; surpassing; exceeding.
  • transcending — to rise above or go beyond; overpass; exceed: to transcend the limits of thought; kindness transcends courtesy.
  • transmundane — reaching beyond or existing outside the physical or visible world.
  • tremendously — extraordinarily great in size, amount, or intensity: a tremendous ocean liner; tremendous talent.
  • trend-setter — A trend-setter is a person or institution that starts a new fashion or trend.
  • trendsetting — establishing or influencing a new trend or fashion.
  • tribute band — A tribute band is a pop group that plays the music and copies the style of another, much more famous, pop group.
  • trick ending — an ending of a story or play, etc., that employs a surprise element or character to resolve the plot.
  • trondhjemite — a coarse-grained igneous rock composed of quartz, plagioclase feldspar, and a small amount of biotite.
  • 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)
  • turn of mind — If someone is of a particular turn of mind, they have that kind of mind or character.
  • two-cylinder — (of an engine) having two cylinders
  • tyndall beam — the visible path of light produced by the scattering action (Tyndall effect) of the particles in a colloidal solution on a beam of light passed through it.
  • type founder — a person engaged in the making of metallic types for printers.
  • ultramundane — outside or beyond the earth or the orbits of the planets.
  • umnak island — a mountainous island in SW Alaska, in the Fox Islands of the E central Aleutian Islands.
  • un-inducible — to lead or move by persuasion or influence, as to some action or state of mind: to induce a person to buy a raffle ticket.
  • unascendable — not able to be ascended or climbed
  • unattendance — the act of attending.
  • unbefriended — having no friends or companions
  • uncandidness — the quality or condition of being uncandid; lack of candidness or openness
  • uncompounded — composed of two or more parts, elements, or ingredients: Soap is a compound substance.
  • unconductive — having the property or capability of conducting.
  • unconfounded — to perplex or amaze, especially by a sudden disturbance or surprise; bewilder; confuse: The complicated directions confounded him.
  • undeciphered — to make out the meaning of (poor or partially obliterated writing, etc.): to decipher a hastily scribbled note.
  • undecomposed — not reduced to constituent elements
  • undeductible — capable of being deducted.
  • undefendable — to ward off attack from; guard against assault or injury (usually followed by from or against): The sentry defended the gate against sudden attack.
  • undefensible — capable of being defended against assault or injury: The troops were bivouacked in a defensible position.
  • undefinitely — clearly defined or determined; not vague or general; fixed; precise; exact: a definite quantity; definite directions.
  • undefinitive — most reliable or complete, as of a text, author, criticism, study, or the like: the definitive biography of Andrew Jackson.
  • undefoliated — having the leaves left intact
  • undelectable — delightful; highly pleasing; enjoyable: a delectable witticism.
  • undeliberate — carefully weighed or considered; studied; intentional: a deliberate lie.
  • undelightful — giving great pleasure or delight; highly pleasing: a delightful surprise.
  • undemocratic — pertaining to or of the nature of democracy or a democracy.
  • undependable — capable of being depended on; worthy of trust; reliable: a dependable employee.
  • under arrest — to seize (a person) by legal authority or warrant; take into custody: The police arrested the burglar.
  • under canvas — If you are living and sleeping under canvas, you are living and sleeping in a tent.
  • under escort — with armed accompaniment
  • under orders — If you are under orders to do something, you have been told to do it by someone in authority.
  • under threat — If a person or thing is under threat, there is a danger that something unpleasant might be done to them, or that they might cease to exist.
  • under-butler — the chief male servant of a household, usually in charge of serving food, the care of silverware, etc.
  • under-design — to prepare the preliminary sketch or the plans for (a work to be executed), especially to plan the form and structure of: to design a new bridge.
  • under-keeper — a person who guards or watches, as at a prison or gate.
  • under-manage — to bring about or succeed in accomplishing, sometimes despite difficulty or hardship: She managed to see the governor. How does she manage it on such a small income?
  • under-report — to give an insufficient account or report of
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