12-letter words containing a, v, i, n
- 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.
- devon island — an island in the Nunavut Territory, N Canada. 20,900 sq. mi. (54,100 sq. km).
- devotionally — In a devotional manner.
- disadvantage — absence or deprivation of advantage or equality.
- disadventure — misfortune; bad luck
- disapproving — Expressing an unfavorable opinion.
- disgavelling — the act or quality of being without gavelkind
- disinvoltura — Self-assurance; lack of constraint.
- dispensative — Granting dispensation.
- disseverance — The act of dissevering; separation.
- 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.
- diversionary — tending to divert or distract the attention: diversionary tactics of the guerrilla fighters.
- divinatorial — of or related to divination
- diving board — a springboard.
- divinization — The act or process of making divine.
- don giovanni — an opera (1787) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
- dorsiventral — Botany. having distinct dorsal and ventral sides, as most foliage leaves.
- dream vision — a conventional device used in narrative verse, employed especially by medieval poets, that presents a story as told by one who falls asleep and dreams the events of the poem: Dante's Divine Comedy exemplifies the dream vision in its most developed form.
- driving sail — a sail that, when filled, tends to force the hull of a vessel downward (opposed to lifting sail).
- driving seat — In a vehicle such as a car or a bus, the driving seat is the seat where the person who is driving the vehicle sits.
- durante vita — during life.
- earth-moving — Earth-moving equipment is machinery that is used for digging and moving large amounts of soil.
- eke a living — If you eke a living or eke out an existence, you manage to survive with very little money.
- encaptivated — Simple past tense and past participle of encaptivate.
- encaptivates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of encaptivate.
- endeavouring — Present participle of endeavour.
- endocervical — Within a cervix.
- entitativity — (psychology) The perception of a group as a single entity, distinct from its members.
- envenomation — The injection of a venom etc by means of a sting, etc.
- enviableness — Enviability.
- envigorating — Present participle of envigorate.
- envisagement — The act of envisaging.
- equivalently — In an equivalent manner; equally.
- equivocating — Present participle of equivocate.
- equivocation — The use of ambiguous language to conceal the truth or to avoid committing oneself; prevarication.
- evangelicals — Plural form of evangelical.
- evangelistic — Seeking to convert others to the Christian faith; missionary.
- evangelizing — Present participle of evangelize.
- evaporations — Plural form of evaporation.
- even-pinnate — with pinnate leaflets that are symmetrically paired
- evening meal — dinner or supper
- evening star — Venus as seen after sunset
- evening wear — smart clothing designed for wearing at formal occasions during the evening
- everchanging — Which changes frequently and, presumably, will continue to do so forever.
- everlastings — Plural form of everlasting.