12-letter words containing a, n, t, i, v
- invalidation — to render invalid; discredit.
- invert sugar — a mixture of the dextrorotatory forms of glucose and fructose, formed naturally in fruits and produced artificially in syrups or fondants by treating cane sugar with acids.
- invertebrate — Zoology. not vertebrate; without a backbone. of or relating to creatures without a backbone.
- investigable — capable of being investigated.
- investigated — Simple past tense and past participle of investigate.
- investigates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of investigate.
- investigator — to examine, study, or inquire into systematically; search or examine into the particulars of; examine in detail.
- inveterately — settled or confirmed in a habit, practice, feeling, or the like: an inveterate gambler.
- inveteration — The act of making inveterate.
- invigilating — Present participle of invigilate.
- invigilation — The act of watching or invigilating.
- invigilators — Plural form of invigilator.
- invigorating — to give vigor to; fill with life and energy; energize.
- invigoration — to give vigor to; fill with life and energy; energize.
- invigorative — to give vigor to; fill with life and energy; energize.
- invigorators — Plural form of invigorator.
- invitational — restricted to participants who have been invited: an invitational track meet.
- invocational — Of or relating to an act of invocation.
- involutional — of, relating to, or characteristic of involutional melancholia: involutional symptoms.
- invultuation — the use of or the act of making images of people, animals, etc, for witchcraft
- irrelevantly — not relevant; not applicable or pertinent: His lectures often stray to interesting but irrelevant subjects.
- landgraviate — the office, jurisdiction, or territory of a landgrave.
- laxativeness — the condition or quality of being laxative
- leave-taking — a saying farewell; a parting or goodbye; departure: His leave-taking was brief.
- lever-action — (of a rifle) having a lever action.
- levitational — Relating to levitation.
- levorotation — Rotation in an anticlockwise direction, especially such rotation of the plane of polarized light.
- lignum vitae — either of two tropical American trees, Guaiacum officinale or G. sanctum, of the caltrop family, having very hard, heavy wood.
- line voltage — the voltage supplied by a power line, measured at the point of use.
- liverpolitan — a native or inhabitant of Liverpool
- living death — a completely miserable, joyless existence, experience, situation, etc.; ordeal: He found the steaming jungle a living death.
- lovecraftian — referring to or reminiscent of the work of the American fantasy and horror fiction author H.P. Lovecraft (1870–1937)
- maidservants — Plural form of maidservant.
- malt vinegar — acidic condiment made from malted barley
- malternative — An alcoholic beverage that contains some malt alcohol, and may contain other types of alcohol, and that is an alternative to beer.
- malversation — improper or corrupt behavior in office, especially in public office.
- manipulative — influencing or attempting to influence the behavior or emotions of others for one’s own purposes: a manipulative boss.
- martinsville — a city in S Virginia.
- ministrative — Serving to aid; ministering.
- misadventure — an instance of bad fortune; mishap.
- motivational — the act or an instance of motivating, or providing with a reason to act in a certain way: I don't understand what her motivation was for quitting her job. Synonyms: motive, inspiration, inducement, cause, impetus.
- movie rating — a classification of a film as according to the age of viewers thought suitable to see it, and which can differ according to the level in the film of violent content, sexual content, etc
- multivalence — Chemistry. having a valence of three or higher.
- multivariant — Characterised by multiple variables.
- multivitamin — containing or consisting of several vitamins: multivitamin capsules.
- nasal cavity — sinus
- navigability — deep and wide enough to provide passage to ships: a navigable channel.
- navigational — the act or process of navigating.
- negative ion — an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- negative tax — a payment by the State to a person with a low income, the magnitude of the payment increasing as the income decreases. It is regarded as a form of social welfare