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12-letter words containing a, v, i, t

  • exasperative — having an exasperating or irritating nature
  • excavational — Relating to excavation.
  • exhaustively — In an exhaustive manner.
  • exploitative — In the nature of exploitation; acting to exploit someone or something.
  • exprobrative — signifying reproach, reproachful
  • extra virgin — olive oil: of finest quality
  • extractively — in an extractive manner
  • extraversion — Alternative spelling of extroversion.
  • facilitative — to make easier or less difficult; help forward (an action, a process, etc.): Careful planning facilitates any kind of work.
  • faits divers — brief news stories, as those typically found in some French newspapers, that are sensational, lurid, etc.
  • fan vaulting — a system of fan vaults.
  • favorability — The quality or degree of being viewed favorably.
  • favorite son — (at a national political convention) a candidate nominated for office by delegates from his or her own state.
  • fayetteville — a city in S North Carolina.
  • federatively — from a federative point of view
  • fermentative — tending to produce or undergo fermentation.
  • festivalgoer — A person attending a festival.
  • figuratively — of the nature of or involving a figure of speech, especially a metaphor; metaphorical and not literal: The word “head” has several figurative senses, as in “She's the head of the company.”. Synonyms: metaphorical, not literal, symbolic.
  • five nations — (formerly) a confederacy of North American Indian peoples living mainly in and around present-day New York state, consisting of the Cayugas, Mohawks, Oneidas, Onondagas, and Senecas
  • five-and-ten — Also called five-and-ten-cent store [fahyv-uh n-ten-sent] /ˈfaɪv ənˈtɛnˌsɛnt/ (Show IPA), five-and-dime [fahyv-uh n-dahym] /ˈfaɪv ənˈdaɪm/ (Show IPA), dime store, ten-cent store. a store offering a wide assortment of inexpensive items, formerly costing five or ten cents, for personal and household use.
  • flavoprotein — an enzyme, containing riboflavin and linked chemically with a protein, active in the oxidation of foods in animal cells.
  • gallivanters — Plural form of gallivanter.
  • gallivanting — to wander about, seeking pleasure or diversion; gad.
  • galvanotaxis — movement of an organism or any of its parts in a particular direction in response to an electric current; electrotaxis.
  • generatively — capable of producing or creating.
  • generativist — a person who follows or promotes the theories of generative grammar.
  • generativity — Relating to the ability to create or reproduce.
  • give or take — to present voluntarily and without expecting compensation; bestow: to give a birthday present to someone.
  • gravitometer — an instrument that measures specific gravities
  • gravitropism — (biology, botany) a plant's ability to change its growth in response to gravity.
  • gravity cell — a cell containing two electrolytes that have different specific gravities.
  • gravity feed — the supplying of fuel, materials, etc., by force of gravity.
  • gravity wave — Astronomy, Physics. gravitational wave.
  • gravity wind — a light wind directed downslope, occurring at night because of the cooling and densification of the air near the ground.
  • great divide — the continental divide of North America; the Rocky Mountains.
  • gustavus iii — 1746–92, king of Sweden 1771–92: economic and legal reformer.
  • habilitative — to clothe or dress.
  • haricot vert — green bean.
  • harvest mite — chigger (def 1).
  • harvest tick — chigger (def 1).
  • harvest time — season when crops are gathered
  • haute-savoie — a department in E France. 1775 sq. mi. (4595 sq. km). Capital: Annecy.
  • haute-vienne — a department in central France. 2145 sq. mi. (5555 sq. km). Capital: Limoges.
  • have it away — to have sexual intercourse
  • have it good — to be in comfortable circumstances
  • have it made — simple past tense and past participle of make1 .
  • have kittens — to react with disapproval, anxiety, etc
  • have pity on — to have sympathy or show mercy for
  • heavy hitter — a baseball player who makes many extra-base hits.
  • heavyweights — Plural form of heavyweight.
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