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12-letter words containing a, c, i, v, e

  • indicatively — showing, signifying, or pointing out; expressive or suggestive (usually followed by of): behavior indicative of mental disorder.
  • ingravescent — (esp of a disease) becoming more severe
  • inobservance — lack of attention; inattention; heedlessness: drowsy inobservance.
  • intervocalic — (usually of a consonant) immediately following a vowel and preceding a vowel, as the v in cover.
  • intoxicative — of or relating to intoxicants or intoxication.
  • intravesical — Within the urinary bladder.
  • invercargill — a city on S South Island, in New Zealand.
  • irrelevances — Plural form of irrelevance.
  • jacksonville — a seaport in NE Florida, on the St. John's River.
  • java archive — (file format, filename extension)   (jar) A compressed archive file containing Java class files, filename extension: ".jar". The Java Development Kit contains a tool called "jar" for creating .jar files, similar to the standard Unix tar command. As well as archiving and compressing the Java class files, it also inserts a "manifest" file which can contain information about the class files, such as a digital signature. Combining class files into a single archive file makes it possible to download them in a single HTTP transaction. This, and the compression, speeds up execution of Java programs delivered via the Internet. (2001}-02-03)
  • kelvin scale — William Thomson, 1st Baron, 1824–1907, English physicist and mathematician.
  • lever-action — (of a rifle) having a lever action.
  • living space — home: rooms, etc.
  • lovecraftian — referring to or reminiscent of the work of the American fantasy and horror fiction author H.P. Lovecraft (1870–1937)
  • machiavelian — of, like, or befitting Machiavelli.
  • maid service — cleaner, cleaning business
  • manu-service — denoting a business that involves both the manufacture of goods and the provision of after-sales services
  • mexican wave — If a crowd of people do a Mexican wave, each person in the crowd stands up and puts their arms in the air after the person to one side of them, creating a continuous wave-like motion through the crowd.
  • michael viii — surnamed Palaeologus (ˈpælɪəˌləʊɡəs). 1224–82, Byzantine emperor (1259–82); founder of the Palaeologan dynasty. His reign saw the recovery of Constantinople from the Latins (1261) and the reunion (1274) of the Greek and Roman churches
  • microwavable — Of food, that is suitable for cooking in a microwave oven.
  • modificative — (grammar) That which modifies or qualifies, as a word or clause.
  • movie camera — motion-picture camera
  • multivalence — Chemistry. having a valence of three or higher.
  • negativistic — a negative or pessimistic attitude.
  • no vacancies — No vacancies is used on a notice at a hotel or guest house when there are no rooms available to rent.
  • nomenclative — relating to the act of naming
  • non-achiever — a person who consistently fails to achieve, esp academically
  • non-curative — serving to cure or heal; pertaining to curing or remedial treatment; remedial.
  • non-reactive — tending to react.
  • nonactivated — not activated,
  • nonaddictive — producing or tending to cause addiction: an addictive drug.
  • nonaffective — of, caused by, or expressing emotion or feeling; emotional.
  • noncausative — Not causative.
  • noncombative — Not combative.
  • nonvehicular — Not vehicular.
  • olive branch — a branch of the olive tree as an emblem of peace.
  • overachieved — Simple past tense and past participle of overachieve.
  • overachiever — to perform, especially academically, above the potential indicated by tests of one's mental ability or aptitude.
  • overactivate — to make active; cause to function or act.
  • overactivity — Excessive activity.
  • overcapacity — capacity beyond what is normal, allowed, or desirable.
  • overcautious — excessively or unnecessarily cautious: Sometimes it doesn't pay to be overcautious in business.
  • overcharging — Present participle of overcharge.
  • overclassify — to classify to excess
  • overcramming — excessive cramming
  • overcritical — excessively critical; hypercritical.
  • overdelicate — extremely or excessively delicate: an overdelicate digestive system.
  • overdramatic — of or relating to the drama.
  • overemphatic — excessive or undue emphasis.
  • overissuance — the act of issuing in excessive amounts
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