12-letter words containing a, n, d, v
- grand vizier — the chief officer of state of various Muslim countries, as in the former Ottoman Empire.
- gravel-blind — more blind or dim-sighted than sand-blind and less than stone-blind.
- graving dock — an excavated shore dry dock for the repair and maintenance of ships.
- gravity wind — a light wind directed downslope, occurring at night because of the cooling and densification of the air near the ground.
- hand-deliver — to deliver in person or by messenger.
- have in mind — to remember
- have need to — to be compelled or required to; must
- heavy-handed — oppressive; harsh: a heavy-handed master.
- hepadnavirus — Any member of the virus family Hepadnaviridae, capable of causing liver infections in humans and animals.
- idiot savant — a mentally defective person with an exceptional skill or talent in a special field, as a highly developed ability to play music or to solve complex mathematical problems mentally at great speed.
- inadvertence — the quality or condition of being inadvertent; heedlessness.
- inadvertency — inadvertence.
- indian giver — a person who gives a gift and then takes it back.
- indicatively — showing, signifying, or pointing out; expressive or suggestive (usually followed by of): behavior indicative of mental disorder.
- individual's — a single human being, as distinguished from a group.
- individually — one at a time; separately: The delegates were introduced individually.
- individuated — Simple past tense and past participle of individuate.
- individuates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of individuate.
- inequivalved — having the valves of the shell of a mollusk unequal in size
- invalidating — Present participle of invalidate.
- invalidation — to render invalid; discredit.
- investigated — Simple past tense and past participle of investigate.
- isoflavonoid — (organic chemistry) Any compound, isomeric with the flavonoids, derived from 3-phenyl-1,4-benzopyrone.
- jordan curve — simple closed curve.
- jordan river — Barbara Charline, 1936–96, U.S. politician.
- la verendrye — Pierre Gaultier de Varenne [French pyer goh-tyey duh va-ren] /French pyɛr goʊˈtyeɪ də vaˈrɛn/ (Show IPA), Sieur de, 1685–1749, Canadian explorer of North America.
- landgraviate — the office, jurisdiction, or territory of a landgrave.
- landgravines — Plural form of landgravine.
- lavender bag — a small fabric bag filled with dried lavender flowers and placed amongst clothes or linen to scent them
- leave behind — fail to bring
- liverpudlian — a seaport in Merseyside, in W England, on the Mersey estuary.
- living death — a completely miserable, joyless existence, experience, situation, etc.; ordeal: He found the steaming jungle a living death.
- 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.
- maidservants — Plural form of maidservant.
- median nerve — a nerve that carries impulses between a part of the body and the central nervous system
- misadventure — an instance of bad fortune; mishap.
- 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-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-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.
- nulligravida — A female who has never been pregnant.
- 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.