12-letter words containing a, v, i
- alluvial fan — a fan-shaped accumulation of silt, sand, gravel, and boulders deposited by fast-flowing mountain rivers when they reach flatter land
- alphaviruses — Plural form of alphavirus.
- alternatives — a choice limited to one of two or more possibilities, as of things, propositions, or courses of action, the selection of which precludes any other possibility: You have the alternative of riding or walking.
- alto-relievo — high relief
- alto-rilievo — alto-relievo
- amalgamative — of or relating to amalgamation
- amazon river — a river in N South America, flowing E from the Peruvian Andes through N Brazil to the Atlantic Ocean: the largest river in the world in volume of water carried. 3900 miles (6280 km) long.
- ambivalently — in an ambivalent manner
- ameliorative — Able to repair or ameliorate.
- amenhotep iv — died 1357? b.c, king of Egypt 1375?–1357?: reformer of ancient Egyptian religion (son of Amenhotep III).
- american ivy — a vitaceous woody vine, Parthenocissus quinquefolia, of North America, having tendrils with adhesive tips, bluish-black berry-like fruits, and compound leaves that turn red in autumn: widely planted for ornament
- animadverted — Simple past tense and past participle of animadvert.
- animadverter — a person who expresses his or her opinion without fear of criticism or rebuke
- animal lover — a person who feels fondness for animals
- annihilative — Serving to annihilate; radically destructive.
- antananarivo — the capital of Madagascar, on the central plateau: founded in the 17th century by a Hova chief; university (1961). Pop: 1 808 000 (2005 est)
- antediluvial — Of or pertaining to a time before Noah's flood (or similar deluge myth).
- antediluvian — Antediluvian things are old or old-fashioned.
- anti-vitamin — any substance that interferes with the action of a vitamin.
- anticipative — inclined to anticipate; of or full of anticipation
- anticreative — opposed to originality of thought or the display of imagination
- antigraviton — (mostly, scifi) The hypothetical antipartner of a graviton.
- antinovelist — a writer of antinovels
- antiochus iv — ?215–164 bc, Seleucid king of Syria (175–164), who attacked the Jews and provoked the revolt of the Maccabees
- antitakeover — opposed to or acting against a takeover
- antitussives — Plural form of antitussive.
- antiviolence — opposed to or acting against violence in society
- aortic valve — a semilunar valve between the aorta and the left ventricle of the heart that prevents the blood from flowing back into the left ventricle.
- appellatives — Plural form of appellative.
- apperceiving — Present participle of apperceive.
- apperceptive — conscious perception.
- applausively — in an applausive manner
- appletviewer — (web, testing) A simplified web browser used for testing applets. You can't browse HTML with it but you can run applets to test them before embedding them in a web page.
- appreciative — An appreciative reaction or comment shows the enjoyment that you are getting from something.
- apprehensive — Someone who is apprehensive is afraid that something bad may happen.
- archive file — a single computer file that contains one or more files that have been compressed
- archive site — (networking) (Or "FTP site", "FTP archive") An Internet host where program source, documents, e-mail or news messages are stored for public access via anonymous FTP, Gopher, web or other document distribution system. There may be several archive sites (mirrors) for, e.g., a Usenet newsgroup though one may be recognised as the main one. FTP servers were common on the Internet for about ten years but have been largely replaced by web servers since the invention of the World-Wide Web and its HTTP protocol. Some well-known archive sites included Imperial College, UK, UUNET, USA, GNU archive site. The archie service attempted to index the contents of FTP archives, foreshadowing the indexing of the web by Google and others.
- arenaviruses — Plural form of arenavirus.
- arfvedsonite — a type of hornblende with the composition Na3(Fe,Mg)4FeSi8O22(OH)2
- arrival date — Your arrival date is the date that you are expected to come to a hotel or other location.
- arrival time — the time when someone or something arrives, arrived, or will arrive
- articulative — relating to articulation
- assaultively — in an assaultive manner
- asseverating — Present participle of asseverate.
- asseveration — the act of asseverating.
- asseverative — characterized by or relating to solemn declaration or affirmation
- assimilative — of or causing assimilation; assimilating
- assumptively — taken for granted.
- at intervals — If something happens at intervals, it happens several times with gaps or pauses in between.
- atorvastatin — a statin, (C 33 H 34 FN 2 O 5) 2 ·Ca 3 H 2 O, used in the prevention and treatment of heart disease.