12-letter words containing a, v, e, r, i, n
- transversion — a turning across, or into, something else
- transvestism — the practice, especially of men, of wearing clothing usually associated with the opposite sex for psychological gratification.
- transvestist — someone who partakes in transvestism
- transvestite — a person, especially a male, who assumes the dress and manner usually associated with the opposite sex.
- trivial name — a common name or vernacular name, as of a plant or animal
- trypaflavine — acriflavine hydrochloride.
- turacoverdin — a green pigment found in certain feathers of the touraco
- ultraviolent — characterized by or pertaining to extreme acts of violence
- unadvertised — to announce or praise (a product, service, etc.) in some public medium of communication in order to induce people to buy or use it: to advertise a new brand of toothpaste.
- unaggressive — characterized by or tending toward unprovoked offensives, attacks, invasions, or the like; militantly forward or menacing: aggressive acts against a neighboring country.
- unattractive — providing pleasure or delight, especially in appearance or manner; pleasing; charming; alluring: an attractive personality.
- uncreativity — the state or quality of being creative.
- underachieve — to perform, especially academically, below the potential indicated by tests of one's mental ability or aptitude.
- undervaluing — to value below the real worth; put too low a value on.
- unforgivable — to grant pardon for or remission of (an offense, debt, etc.); absolve.
- universalism — universal character; universality.
- universalist — a person characterized by universalism, as in knowledge, interests, or activities.
- universality — the character or state of being universal; existence or prevalence everywhere.
- universalize — to make universal.
- unpersuasive — not capable of persuading
- unprevailing — lacking force, not effective
- unrelievable — to ease or alleviate (pain, distress, anxiety, need, etc.).
- unreviewable — a critical article or report, as in a periodical, on a book, play, recital, or the like; critique; evaluation.
- unsurvivable — able to be survived: Would an atomic war be survivable?
- unvariegated — varied; diversified; diverse.
- unverbalized — not verbalized or put into words
- unverifiable — to prove the truth of, as by evidence or testimony; confirm; substantiate: Events verified his prediction.
- unwaveringly — to sway to and fro; flutter: Foliage wavers in the breeze.
- valetudinary — valetudinarian.
- valve spring — a helical spring used to hold closed a valve in the cylinder head of an internal-combustion engine
- 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.
- vanity press — a printing house that specializes in publishing books for which the authors pay all or most of the costs.
- vaporishness — the quality or state of being vaporish
- variableness — apt or liable to vary or change; changeable: variable weather; variable moods.
- variety turn — an act in a variety show
- varnish tree — any of various trees yielding sap or other substances used for varnish, as Rhus verniciflua, of Japan.
- varying hare — snowshoe hare.
- velarization — to pronounce with velar articulation.
- venerability — commanding respect because of great age or impressive dignity; worthy of veneration or reverence, as because of high office or noble character: a venerable member of Congress.
- venetian red — a red pigment, originally prepared from a natural oxide of iron, now usually made by calcining a mixture of lime and ferrous sulfate.
- venn diagram — a diagram that uses circles to represent sets and their relationships.
- ventromedial — relating to both the ventral and medial surfaces, or to the front and to the middle
- venus's-hair — a delicate maidenhair fern, Adiantum capillus-veneris.
- verbal irony — irony in which a person says or writes one thing and means another, or uses words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of the literal meaning.
- verd antique — a green, mottled or impure serpentine, sold as a marble and much used for decorative purposes.
- vereshchagin — Vasili Vasilievich [vuh-syee-lyee vuh-syee-lyi-vyich] /vʌˈsyi lyi vʌˈsyi lyɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1842–1904, Russian painter.
- verification — the act of verifying.
- vertebration — vertebrate formation.
- verticalness — the quality or state of being vertical; uprightness