12-letter words containing a, c, v
- dissociative — to sever the association of (oneself); separate: He tried to dissociate himself from the bigotry in his past.
- divaricating — Present participle of divaricate.
- divarication — to spread apart; branch; diverge.
- diverticular — Of or relating to diverticula.
- duvet jacket — a down-filled jacket used esp by mountaineers
- dv cartridge — (games) (Digital Video?) A plug-in circuit cartridge required by some games consoles in order to play MPEG video material.
- edith cavell — Edith Louisa, 1865–1915, English nurse: executed by the Germans in World War I.
- edulcorative — edulcorant
- edvard munch — Edvard [ed-vahrd] /ˈɛd vɑrd/ (Show IPA), 1863–1944, Norwegian painter and graphic artist.
- elevator car — a compartment which carries people from floor to floor in a building via a vertical shaft
- encaptivated — Simple past tense and past participle of encaptivate.
- encaptivates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of encaptivate.
- endocervical — Within a cervix.
- endovascular — Within a blood vessel.
- equivocality — The quality of being equivocal.
- equivocating — Present participle of equivocate.
- equivocation — The use of ambiguous language to conceal the truth or to avoid committing oneself; prevarication.
- equivocatory — Indicating, or characterized by, equivocation.
- escape valve — a valve that releases air, steam, etc, above a certain pressure; relief valve or safety valve
- evanescently — In an evanescent manner.
- evangelicals — Plural form of evangelical.
- evangelistic — Seeking to convert others to the Christian faith; missionary.
- everchanging — Which changes frequently and, presumably, will continue to do so forever.
- eviscerating — Present participle of eviscerate.
- evisceration — A disemboweling; the removal of viscera.
- excavational — Relating to excavation.
- extractively — in an extractive manner
- extravagance — Lack of restraint in spending money or use of resources.
- extravagancy — (archaic, 17-19th centuries) The characteristic of being extravagant.
- facial nerve — either one of the seventh pair of cranial nerves composed of motor fibers that control muscles of the face except those used in chewing.
- facilitative — to make easier or less difficult; help forward (an action, a process, etc.): Careful planning facilitates any kind of work.
- fancy diving — diving competition from a springboard into water, the contestants being judged chiefly by their grace and control in executing a specified series of dives in a prescribed manner.
- food vacuole — a membrane-enclosed cell vacuole with a digestive function, containing material taken up in by the process of phagocytosis.
- french leave — Sometimes Offensive. a departure without ceremony, permission, or notice: Taking French leave, he evaded his creditors.
- galvanically — pertaining to or produced by galvanism; producing or caused by an electric current.
- galvanoscope — an instrument for detecting the existence of an electric current and determining its direction.
- geneva cross — a red Greek cross on a white background, displayed to distinguish ambulances, hospitals, and persons belonging to the Red Cross Society.
- grave accent — a mark ( ˋ ) used to indicate:
- gravicembalo — a harpsichord.
- graving dock — an excavated shore dry dock for the repair and maintenance of ships.
- gravity cell — a cell containing two electrolytes that have different specific gravities.
- half-covered — to be or serve as a covering for; extend over; rest on the surface of: Snow covered the fields.
- haricot vert — green bean.
- harvest tick — chigger (def 1).
- havana cigar — any of various cigars hand rolled in Cuba, known esp for their high quality
- have company — If you have company, you have a visitor or friend with you.
- hever castle — a Tudor mansion near Edenbridge in Kent: home of Anne Boleyn before her marriage; Italian garden added in the 20th century by the Astor family
- hovering act — an act forbidding or restricting the loitering of foreign or domestic vessels within the prescribed limits of a coastal nation.
- inactivating — Present participle of inactivate.
- inactivation — The process of rendering something inactive.