12-letter words containing a, d, v, e
- lope de vega — Lope [loh-pey,, -pee;; Spanish law-pe] /ˈloʊ peɪ,, -pi;; Spanish ˈlɔ pɛ/ (Show IPA), (Lope Félix de Vega Carpio) 1562–1635, Spanish dramatist and poet.
- louver board — one of a series of overlapping, sloping boards used as louvers in an opening, so arranged as to admit air but to exclude rain or cut off visibility from the outside.
- love handles — fat midriff
- madeira vine — a herbaceous tropical vine, Anredera cordifolia, having shiny leaves and small, fragrant, white flowers.
- madisonville — a city in W Kentucky.
- maid service — cleaner, cleaning business
- maidservants — Plural form of maidservant.
- maladjustive — Exhibiting or relating to maladjustment.
- markov model — (probability, simulation) A model or simulation based on Markov chains.
- mauve decade — the 1890s, considered as a social and cultural period characterized by prosperity and complacency.
- mediaevalism — Alternative spelling of medievalism.
- median nerve — a nerve that carries impulses between a part of the body and the central nervous system
- medievalisms — Plural form of medievalism.
- medievalists — Plural form of medievalist.
- meditatively — given to, characterized by, or indicative of meditation; contemplative.
- misadventure — an instance of bad fortune; mishap.
- misadvisedly — ill-advisedly
- modificative — (grammar) That which modifies or qualifies, as a word or clause.
- needle valve — a valve with a needlelike part, a fine adjustment, or a small opening, especially a valve in which the opening is controlled by a needlelike or conical point that fits into a conical seat.
- neoflavonoid — (organic chemistry) Any compound, isomeric with the flavonoids, derived from 4-phenyl-1,2-benzopyrone.
- non-advocate — to speak or write in favor of; support or urge by argument; recommend publicly: He advocated higher salaries for teachers.
- non-drivable — to send, expel, or otherwise cause to move by force or compulsion: to drive away the flies; to drive back an attacking army; to drive a person to desperation.
- non-voidable — capable of being nullified or invalidated.
- nonactivated — not activated,
- nonaddictive — producing or tending to cause addiction: an addictive drug.
- nuevo laredo — a city in NE Mexico, on the Rio Grande opposite Laredo, Texas.
- of even date — of the same or today's date
- old covenant — the covenant between God and the ancient Israelites, based on the Mosaic Law.
- old favorite — If you refer to something as an old favorite, you mean that it has been in existence for a long time and everyone knows it or likes it.
- overabundant — an excessive amount or abundance; surfeit: an overabundance of sugar in the diet.
- overachieved — Simple past tense and past participle of overachieve.
- overanalyzed — Simple past tense and past participle of overanalyze.
- overbalanced — Simple past tense and past participle of overbalance.
- overdecorate — To decorate or embellish to an excessive degree.
- overdelicate — extremely or excessively delicate: an overdelicate digestive system.
- overdiagnose — (medicine) To diagnose something more often than it actually occurs.
- overdominant — excessively dominant
- overdrafting — the removal of more water from ground and surface basins than is replaced by rain and melting snow.
- overdramatic — of or relating to the drama.
- overeducated — Having been educated to a higher academic level than is necessary.
- overfatigued — excessively fatigued
- overidealize — to idealize excessively
- overmannered — excessively mannered
- overmedicate — to treat with medicine or medicaments.
- overpedalled — relating to overpedalling
- overpersuade — to persuade (a person) against his or her inclination or intention: By threats and taunts they had overpersuaded him to steal the car.
- oversedation — the calming of mental excitement or abatement of physiological function, especially by the administration of a drug.
- overstrained — exerted, taxed, or used to an excessive extent
- pearl diving — the act of diving for the precious gems pearls
- peradventure — chance, doubt, or uncertainty.