12-letter words containing a, t, v
- curvifoliate — having leaves curved or bent back
- curvirostral — having a curved or crooked beak
- cutaway dive — a back dive in which the diver rotates the body to enter the water headfirst facing the springboard.
- daredeviltry — reckless daring; venturesome boldness.
- david souter — David H. born 1939, U.S. jurist: associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1990–2009.
- david turner — (person) Professor David A Turner. One of the pioneers of functional languages. He designed several languages, including, SASL (1976), KRC (1981), and Miranda, many of which were implemented using combinators and the S-K reduction machine which he defined. He coined the name "ZF expression" for the list comprehension. He worked at UKC and set up a company, Research Software Limited to market Miranda.
- davis strait — a strait between Baffin Island, in Canada, and Greenland
- deactivating — Present participle of deactivate.
- deactivation — The act of deactivating something, such as a bomb.
- death valley — a desert valley in E California and W Nevada: the lowest, hottest, and driest area of the US. Lowest point: 86 m (282 ft) below sea level. Area: about 3885 sq km (1500 sq miles)
- debilitative — producing or bringing about a weakened state
- decemvirates — Plural form of decemvirate.
- decoratively — In a decorative manner.
- degenerative — A degenerative disease or condition is one that gets worse as time progresses.
- deliberative — A deliberative institution or procedure has the power or the right to make important decisions.
- demotivating — to provide with a motive, or a cause or reason to act; incite; impel.
- demotivation — the act of demotivating
- denominative — giving or constituting a name; naming
- denotatively — having power to denote.
- denunciative — Denunciatory.
- deoppilative — any drug which removes obstructions in the body
- depopulative — That depopulates.
- depreciative — Tending to depreciate (in value etc.).
- deprivations — Plural form of deprivation.
- derivability — The condition of being derivable.
- derivational — Of or pertaining to derivation; relating to that which is derived.
- derivatively — derived.
- derogatively — lessening; belittling; derogatory.
- desiderative — feeling or expressing desire
- desquamative — tending to cause desquamation; characterized by desquamation
- detector van — a vehicle fitted with equipment that detects whether or not a house has a television. This is used to catch people who have not paid for a television licence and so are illegally using a television
- devaluations — Plural form of devaluation.
- devastations — Plural form of devastation.
- deviationism — ideological deviation (esp from orthodox Communism)
- deviationist — One who deviates from accepted beliefs or policies, especially from a prescribed form of Communism.
- devitalizing — Present participle of devitalize.
- devolatilise — to cause (a vapor) to liquefy.
- devolatilize — to cause (a vapor) to liquefy.
- devotionally — In a devotional manner.
- disadvantage — absence or deprivation of advantage or equality.
- disadventure — misfortune; bad luck
- disinvoltura — Self-assurance; lack of constraint.
- dispensative — Granting dispensation.
- dissertative — of or relating to dissertation
- dissociative — to sever the association of (oneself); separate: He tried to dissociate himself from the bigotry in his past.
- disturbative — capable of disturbing
- ditransitive — noting or pertaining to a verb taking both a direct and an indirect object, as give in “I gave him the package.”.
- divaricating — Present participle of divaricate.
- divarication — to spread apart; branch; diverge.
- diverticular — Of or relating to diverticula.