12-letter words containing a, v, i, r, u
- invulnerable — incapable of being wounded, hurt, or damaged.
- invulnerably — In an invulnerable manner.
- ivy geranium — a trailing geranium, Pelargonium peltatum, of southern Africa, having a fleshy stem that becomes woody with age, glossy, ivy-shaped leaves, and clusters of flowers ranging from white to deep rose in color.
- jugular vein — vein that carries blood from head to heart
- kurchatovium — (chemistry) A rejected name for rutherfordium.
- laboursaving — reducing (human) effort, hard work, or labour
- levi strauss — David Friedrich [dah-veet free-drikh] /ˈdɑ vit ˈfri drɪx/ (Show IPA), 1808–74, German theologian, philosopher, and author.
- levi-strauss — Claude, 1908–2009, French anthropologist and educator, born in Belgium: founder of structural anthropology.
- liverpudlian — a seaport in Merseyside, in W England, on the Mersey estuary.
- maneuverings — Plural form of maneuvering.
- manoeuvering — Present participle of manoeuver.
- manoeuvrings — Plural form of manoeuvring.
- manu-service — denoting a business that involves both the manufacture of goods and the provision of after-sales services
- misadventure — an instance of bad fortune; mishap.
- misbehaviour — (British) alternative spelling of misbehavior.
- multigravida — a pregnant woman who has been pregnant two or more times.
- multivariant — Characterised by multiple variables.
- multivariate — (of a combined distribution) having more than one variate or variable.
- multivarious — Many and various.
- non-curative — serving to cure or heal; pertaining to curing or remedial treatment; remedial.
- nonuniversal — Not universal.
- nonvehicular — Not vehicular.
- nulligravida — A female who has never been pregnant.
- oncornavirus — any of various RNA viruses that cause tumors in humans and other animals.
- over-anxious — excessively anxious.
- over-qualify — to provide with proper or necessary skills, knowledge, credentials, etc.; make competent: to qualify oneself for a job.
- overcautious — excessively or unnecessarily cautious: Sometimes it doesn't pay to be overcautious in business.
- overfatigued — excessively fatigued
- overissuance — the act of issuing in excessive amounts
- overmaturity — (of a tree or forest) the state of having ceased to grow or have commercial value
- oversanguine — too optimistic
- persuasively — able, fitted, or intended to persuade: a very persuasive argument.
- perturbative — having a tendency to perturb; disturbing.
- pervicacious — extremely willful; obstinate; stubborn.
- picornavirus — any of a group of small, RNA-containing viruses of the family Picornaviridae, infectious to humans and other animals, and including the poliovirus and the rhinoviruses that cause the common cold.
- polyomavirus — any of a genus (Polyomavirus) of papovaviruses that naturally infect wild and laboratory mice, and that cause tumors when injected into newborn mice
- pulverizable — that can be pulverized
- putrefactive — the act or process of putrefying; the anaerobic decomposition of organic matter by bacteria and fungi that results in obnoxiously odorous products; rotting.
- pyruvic acid — a water-soluble liquid, C 3 H 4 O 3 , important in many metabolic and fermentative processes, having an odor resembling that of acetic acid, prepared by the dehydration of tartaric acid: used chiefly in biochemical research.
- quadrivalent — having a valence of four; tetravalent.
- radicivorous — feeding on the roots of plants
- rarity value — if something has rarity value, it is valuable because there a few examples of it
- re-educative — of or relating to re-education
- recuperative — that recuperates.
- reevaluation — an act or instance of evaluating or appraising.
- rejuvenating — making young again
- rejuvenation — to make young again; restore to youthful vigor, appearance, etc.: That vacation has certainly rejuvenated him.
- rejuvenative — to make young again; restore to youthful vigor, appearance, etc.: That vacation has certainly rejuvenated him.
- remunerative — affording remuneration; profitable: remunerative work.
- reputatively — according to reckoning; by repute; putatively