12-letter words containing a, c, v
- inadvertence — the quality or condition of being inadvertent; heedlessness.
- inadvertency — inadvertence.
- inchoatively — in an inchoative or rudimentary fashion; initially
- incogitative — Not cogitative; lacking the power of thought.
- inconversant — Not conversant or acquainted (with something); unfamiliar.
- incrassative — A substance which has the power to thicken; formerly, a medicine supposed to thicken the humours.
- 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.
- invocational — Of or relating to an act of invocation.
- irrelevances — Plural form of irrelevance.
- jacksonville — a seaport in NE Florida, on the St. John's River.
- japan clover — a drought-resistant bush clover, Lespedeza striata, of the legume family, introduced to the southern Atlantic states from Asia, having numerous tiny trifoliate leaves valued for pasturage and hay.
- 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)
- jordan curve — simple closed curve.
- kelvin scale — William Thomson, 1st Baron, 1824–1907, English physicist and mathematician.
- kurchatovium — (chemistry) A rejected name for rutherfordium.
- laffer curve — a relationship postulated between tax rates and tax receipts indicating that rates above a certain level actually produce less revenue because they discourage taxable endeavors and vice versa.
- lascaux cave — a cave in Lascaux, France, discovered in 1940 and containing exceptionally fine Paleolithic wall paintings and engravings thought to date to Magdalenian times (c13,000–8500 b.c.).
- lasciviously — inclined to lustfulness; wanton; lewd: a lascivious, girl-chasing old man.
- 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
- markov chain — a Markov process restricted to discrete random events or to discontinuous time sequences.
- mauve decade — the 1890s, considered as a social and cultural period characterized by prosperity and complacency.
- 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
- microgravity — a condition, especially in space orbit, where the force of gravity is so weak that weightlessness results.
- microwavable — Of food, that is suitable for cooking in a microwave oven.
- modificative — (grammar) That which modifies or qualifies, as a word or clause.
- motorcaravan — A motorized caravan; camper, motor home, recreational vehicle.
- movie camera — motion-picture camera
- multivalence — Chemistry. having a valence of three or higher.
- nasal cavity — sinus
- negativistic — a negative or pessimistic attitude.
- new covenant — (sometimes initial capital letters) (in Christian exegesis) the promises of salvation made by God to humans individually, based on divine grace rather than Mosaic Law.
- 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-activist — an especially active, vigorous advocate of a cause, especially a political cause.
- non-advocacy — the act of pleading for, supporting, or recommending; active espousal: He was known for his advocacy of states' rights.
- non-advocate — to speak or write in favor of; support or urge by argument; recommend publicly: He advocated higher salaries for teachers.
- non-civilian — a person who is not on active duty with a military, naval, police, or fire fighting organization.