12-letter words containing a, d, v, e
- cave dweller — a prehistoric person; person who lives in a cave
- civilianized — Simple past tense and past participle of civilianize.
- coach driver — a person who drives a coach
- coordinative — of the same order or degree; equal in rank or importance.
- cradle vault — barrel vault.
- crane driver — a person who drives a crane
- culvertailed — dove-tailed
- curvicaudate — having a curved tail
- cutaway dive — a back dive in which the diver rotates the body to enter the water headfirst facing the springboard.
- dad and dave — stereotypes of the unsophisticated rural dweller before World War II
- danube river — a river in central and SE Europe, flowing E from southern Germany to the Black Sea. 1725 miles (2775 km) long.
- daredeviltry — reckless daring; venturesome boldness.
- david souter — David H. born 1939, U.S. jurist: associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1990–2009.
- david turner — (person) Professor David A Turner. One of the pioneers of functional languages. He designed several languages, including, SASL (1976), KRC (1981), and Miranda, many of which were implemented using combinators and the S-K reduction machine which he defined. He coined the name "ZF expression" for the list comprehension. He worked at UKC and set up a company, Research Software Limited to market Miranda.
- de havilland — Sir Geoffrey. 1882–1965, British aircraft designer. He produced many military aircraft and the first jet airliners
- deactivating — Present participle of deactivate.
- deactivation — The act of deactivating something, such as a bomb.
- death valley — a desert valley in E California and W Nevada: the lowest, hottest, and driest area of the US. Lowest point: 86 m (282 ft) below sea level. Area: about 3885 sq km (1500 sq miles)
- debilitative — producing or bringing about a weakened state
- decemvirates — Plural form of decemvirate.
- decoratively — In a decorative manner.
- degenerative — A degenerative disease or condition is one that gets worse as time progresses.
- deleveraging — an instance of this: The economic crisis has forced a deleverage.
- deliberative — A deliberative institution or procedure has the power or the right to make important decisions.
- deliverables — items named in a contract, course, or project that must be delivered for its successful completion
- deliverances — Plural form of deliverance.
- delivery van — a small van used esp for delivery rounds
- demand curve — A demand curve is a graph showing the price of an item and the amount consumers want to buy.
- demotivating — to provide with a motive, or a cause or reason to act; incite; impel.
- demotivation — the act of demotivating
- denominative — giving or constituting a name; naming
- denotatively — having power to denote.
- denunciative — Denunciatory.
- deoppilative — any drug which removes obstructions in the body
- depo-provera — a synthetic progestogen, C24H34O4, used to treat uterine or kidney cancer, to prevent conception for long periods, etc.
- depopulative — That depopulates.
- depravedness — The state of being depraved; depravity.
- depreciative — Tending to depreciate (in value etc.).
- deprivations — Plural form of deprivation.
- derivability — The condition of being derivable.
- derivational — Of or pertaining to derivation; relating to that which is derived.
- derivatively — derived.
- derogatively — lessening; belittling; derogatory.
- desiderative — feeling or expressing desire
- desquamative — tending to cause desquamation; characterized by desquamation
- detector van — a vehicle fitted with equipment that detects whether or not a house has a television. This is used to catch people who have not paid for a television licence and so are illegally using a television
- deux chevaux — a very small, inexpensive automobile
- devaluations — Plural form of devaluation.
- devastations — Plural form of devastation.
- deviationism — ideological deviation (esp from orthodox Communism)