12-letter words containing a, k, v, i
- antitakeover — opposed to or acting against a takeover
- block caving — a method of mining a large block of ore by systematically undercutting so the ore will cave. Compare cave (def 5a).
- buck private — a common soldier
- carving fork — a large, two-tined fork with a metal guard to protect the hand, used to hold meat in place as it is being carved
- cave cricket — any of several nocturnal, wingless, cricketlike long-horned grasshoppers of the family Gryllacrididae, characterized by a humpbacked appearance and inhabiting dark moist habitats, as caves, cellars, hollow trees, and the ground under logs and stones.
- cavity block — a precast concrete block that contains a cavity or cavities
- chakravartin — (in Indian philosophy, politics, etc.) an ideal, universal, enlightened ruler, under whom the world exists in justice and peace.
- devil's mark — (in witchcraft) a mark, as a scar or blemish, on the body of a person who has made a compact with a devil.
- eke a living — If you eke a living or eke out an existence, you manage to survive with very little money.
- geelvink bay — former (Dutch) name of Sarera Bay.
- give or take — to present voluntarily and without expecting compensation; bestow: to give a birthday present to someone.
- graving dock — an excavated shore dry dock for the repair and maintenance of ships.
- harvest tick — chigger (def 1).
- have kittens — to react with disapproval, anxiety, etc
- intake valve — a valve in the cylinder head of an internal-combustion engine that opens at the proper moment in the cycle to allow the fuel-air mixture to be drawn into the cylinder.
- jacksonville — a seaport in NE Florida, on the St. John's River.
- kavir desert — Dasht-e-Kavir.
- kelvin scale — William Thomson, 1st Baron, 1824–1907, English physicist and mathematician.
- kurchatovium — (chemistry) A rejected name for rutherfordium.
- leave-taking — a saying farewell; a parting or goodbye; departure: His leave-taking was brief.
- make believe — the style or manner in which something is made; form; build.
- make-believe — pretense, especially of an innocent or playful kind; feigning; sham: the make-believe of children playing.
- markov chain — a Markov process restricted to discrete random events or to discontinuous time sequences.
- petach tikva — a city in W Israel, NE of Tel Aviv.
- private joke — a joke that is understood only by a certain social group
- quacksalving — resembling or characteristic of a quacksalver
- rock carving — the practice of carving on rock
- salk vaccine — a vaccine that contains three types of inactivated poliomyelitis viruses and induces immunity against the disease.
- sauk village — a town in NE Illinois.
- savings bank — a bank that receives savings accounts only and pays interest to its depositors.
- service mark — a proprietary term, such as Blue Cross and Blue Shield, American Express, or Planned Parenthood, that is registered with the Patent and Trademark Office. Abbreviation: SM.
- shiva-shakti — the Godhead, of which the masculine, passive, transcendent, eternal principle is Shiva, and the feminine, active, immanent, temporal principle is Shakti, the Divine Mother.
- shostakovich — Dimitri Dimitrievich [dih-mee-tree di-mee-tree-uh-vich;; Russian dmyee-tryee dmyee-tryi-yi-vyich] /dɪˈmi tri dɪˈmi tri ə vɪtʃ;; Russian ˈdmyi tryi ˈdmyi tryɪ yɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1906–75, Russian composer.
- stakhanovism — a method for increasing production by rewarding individual initiative, developed in the Soviet Union in 1935.
- stakhanovite — a worker in the Soviet Union who regularly surpassed production quotas and was specially honored and rewarded.
- stanislavski — Konstantin [kon-stuh n-teen;; Russian kuh n-stuhn-tyeen] /ˈkɒn stənˌtin;; Russian kən stʌnˈtyin/ (Show IPA), (Konstantin Sergeevich Alekseev) 1863–1938, Russian actor, producer, and director.
- stanislavsky — Konstantin [kon-stuh n-teen;; Russian kuh n-stuhn-tyeen] /ˈkɒn stənˌtin;; Russian kən stʌnˈtyin/ (Show IPA), (Konstantin Sergeevich Alekseev) 1863–1938, Russian actor, producer, and director.
- stravinskian — of, relating to, or suggesting the composer Igor Stravinsky or his works.
- survival kit — Military. a package containing medical supplies, rations, and other vital equipment for use by a person forced to land in or parachute into the ocean, jungle, or other isolated or hostile territory.
- takeover bid — offer to buy a company
- thanksgiving — the act of giving thanks; grateful acknowledgment of benefits or favors, especially to God.
- tschaikovsky — Peter Ilyich [il-yich] /ˈɪl yɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich.
- van riebeeck — Jan, full name Johan Anthoniszoon van Riebeeck. 1619–77, Dutch colonial administrator. Founder of the colony of the Cape of Good Hope (1652)
- vanga shrike — any of several birds of the family Vangidae, endemic to Madagascar, some of which resemble shrikes, with great diversity in size, color, and bill shape.
- vishnevskaya — Galina (Pavlovna) [guh-lee-nuh pahv-lohv-nuh,, pav-;; Russian guh-lyee-nuh pah-vluh v-nuh] /gəˈli nə pɑvˈloʊv nə,, pæv-;; Russian gʌˈlyi nə ˈpɑ vləv nə/ (Show IPA), 1926–2012, Soviet operatic soprano, in the U.S. (wife of Mstislav Rostropovich).
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