12-letter words containing a, n, t, i, v
- galvanotaxis — movement of an organism or any of its parts in a particular direction in response to an electric current; electrotaxis.
- generatively — capable of producing or creating.
- generativist — a person who follows or promotes the theories of generative grammar.
- generativity — Relating to the ability to create or reproduce.
- gravity wind — a light wind directed downslope, occurring at night because of the cooling and densification of the air near the ground.
- haute-vienne — a department in central France. 2145 sq. mi. (5555 sq. km). Capital: Limoges.
- have kittens — to react with disapproval, anxiety, etc
- have pity on — to have sympathy or show mercy for
- hiv-negative — not infected with the HIV virus
- hovering act — an act forbidding or restricting the loitering of foreign or domestic vessels within the prescribed limits of a coastal nation.
- 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.
- illuminative — giving light; illuminating.
- in any event — whatever the situation
- inactivating — Present participle of inactivate.
- inactivation — The process of rendering something inactive.
- 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.
- individuated — Simple past tense and past participle of individuate.
- individuates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of individuate.
- inequivalent — Not equivalent.
- inexhaustive — not exhaustive; not thorough
- infiltrative — to filter into or through; permeate.
- ingravescent — (esp of a disease) becoming more severe
- initiatively — an introductory act or step; leading action: to take the initiative in making friends.
- innervations — Plural form of innervation.
- innovational — something new or different introduced: numerous innovations in the high-school curriculum.
- innovatively — tending to innovate, or introduce something new or different; characterized by innovation.
- 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.
- interleaving — sector interleave
- interpluvial — designating a drier period occurring between two periods of persistently heavy rainfall
- intervaginal — Anatomy, Zoology. pertaining to or involving the vagina.
- intervarsity — any first-string team, especially in sports, that represents a school, college, university, or the like: He is on the varsity in tennis and in debating.
- intervillage — occurring between two or more villages
- intervocalic — (usually of a consonant) immediately following a vowel and preceding a vowel, as the v in cover.
- interweaving — Present participle of interweave.
- intoxicative — of or relating to intoxicants or intoxication.
- intransitive — noting or having the quality of an intransitive verb.
- intravaginal — Within the vagina.
- intraveneous — Misspelling of intravenous.
- intravesical — Within the urinary bladder.
- intravitally — during life
- intravitreal — Within an eye.
- invaginating — Present participle of invaginate.
- invagination — the act or process of invaginating.
- invalidating — Present participle of invalidate.