12-letter words that end in ds
- mantelboards — Plural form of mantelboard.
- microseconds — Plural form of microsecond.
- milliseconds — Plural form of millisecond.
- mockingbirds — Plural form of mockingbird.
- mortarboards — Plural form of mortarboard.
- motherboards — Plural form of motherboard.
- near islands — a group of islands of SW Alaska, the smallest and westernmost of the Aleutian Islands, including Attu.
- netherworlds — Plural form of netherworld.
- nonstandards — Plural form of nonstandard.
- noticeboards — Plural form of noticeboard.
- nurserymaids — Plural form of nurserymaid.
- of few words — taciturn, who rarely speaks
- of two minds — If you are of two minds, you are uncertain about what to do, especially when you have to choose between two courses of action.
- on the cards — likely
- on the skids — a plank, bar, log, or the like, especially one of a pair, on which something heavy may be slid or rolled along.
- palm islands — a group of three man-made island systems under construction just off the shore in Dubai, each in the shape of a palm tree
- prayer beads — the beads of the rosary
- public goods — services such as national defence, law enforcement, and road building, that are for the benefit of, and available to, all members of the public
- rubber goods — contraceptives; condoms
- run commands — (operating system) The expansion of the file name suffix, "rc", common to many Unix configuration files, e.g. .newsrc, .cshrc, .twmrc, elmrc, etc. Always abbreviated to /R C/ when spoken. Note, "rc" is not a typical filename extension as it doesn't start with a dot. The suffix "rc" derives from a script-creation utility in CTSS called "runcom".
- serial bonds — Serial bonds are bonds that are issued at the same time but have staggered maturity dates.
- shadow bands — slow-moving waves of light and dark observed to move across light-coloured surfaces on the earth just before and after totality in a solar eclipse. They are thought to originate from the effects of irregular atmospheric refraction
- strike hands — to show agreement by clasping hands
- sweat glands — one of the minute, coiled, tubular glands of the skin that secrete sweat.
- swiss guards — a corps of Swiss mercenary soldiers, esp. those hired as Vatican bodyguards to the pope
- 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 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
- thitherwards — in that direction
- 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)
- undersigneds — being the one or ones whose signature appears at the end of a letter or document: All of the undersigned persons are bound by the contract.
- vienna woods — Wienerwald.
- war of words — argument
- weasel words — a word used to temper the forthrightness of a statement; a word that makes one's views equivocal, misleading, or confusing.
- whitherwards — toward what or which place
- zeptoseconds — Plural form of zeptosecond.