12-letter words containing a, v, i
- uninitiative — an introductory act or step; leading action: to take the initiative in making friends.
- uninnovative — tending to innovate, or introduce something new or different; characterized by innovation.
- uninvestable — that can be invested.
- 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.
- unmotivating — to provide with a motive, or a cause or reason to act; incite; impel.
- unpavilioned — not provided with a pavilion
- 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?
- unvaccinated — to inoculate with the vaccine of cowpox so as to render the subject immune to smallpox.
- unvanquished — to conquer or subdue by superior force, as in battle.
- unvariegated — varied; diversified; diverse.
- unventilated — not having stale or foul air driven out
- unverbalized — not verbalized or put into words
- unverifiable — to prove the truth of, as by evidence or testimony; confirm; substantiate: Events verified his prediction.
- unvindicated — to clear, as from an accusation, imputation, suspicion, or the like: to vindicate someone's honor.
- unwaveringly — to sway to and fro; flutter: Foliage wavers in the breeze.
- uv ceti star — flare star.
- vacation pay — salary paid during holidays
- vacationland — an area having recreational facilities, historic or picturesque sights, etc., that attract vacationists.
- vaginicoline — living in a sheath
- vaginicolous — living in a sheath
- vainglorious — filled with or given to vainglory: a vainglorious actor.
- valdai hills — a region of hills and plateaus in NW Russia, between Moscow and St Petersburg. Greatest height: 346 m (1135 ft)
- valenciennes — a city in N France, SE of Lille.
- valeric acid — any of several isomeric organic acids having the formula C 5 H 10 O 2 , the common one being a liquid of pungent odor obtained from valerian roots: used chiefly as an intermediate in perfumery.
- valetudinary — valetudinarian.
- valle-inclán — Rámon María del (raˈmɔn maˈria del). 1866–1936, Spanish novelist and dramatist. His works include the novel Tirano Banderas (1926) and the satirical play Don Friolera's Horns (1925)
- valorization — to provide for the maintaining of the value or price of (a commercial commodity) by a government's purchasing the commodity at the fixed price or by its making special loans to the producers.
- valpolicella — a dry, red table wine from the Veneto region of northern Italy.
- valve lifter — (in an internal-combustion engine) a tappet that opens a valve when actuated by a camshaft.
- valve spring — a helical spring used to hold closed a valve in the cylinder head of an internal-combustion engine
- valve timing — Valve timing is the exact timing of the opening and closing of the valves in a piston 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)
- vanadic acid — any of certain acids containing vanadium, especially one having the formula H 3 VO 4 .
- 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.
- vanilla bean — any tropical, climbing orchid of the genus Vanilla, especially V. planifolia, bearing podlike fruit yielding an extract used in flavoring food, in perfumery, etc.
- vanilla-bean — any tropical, climbing orchid of the genus Vanilla, especially V. planifolia, bearing podlike fruit yielding an extract used in flavoring food, in perfumery, etc.
- vanity plate — a vehicle license plate bearing a combination of letters or numbers requested by the licensee, as a name or occupation.
- 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
- vaporization — the act of vaporizing.
- vapour trail — A vapour trail is a white line of water vapour left in the sky by an aeroplane, a rocket, or a missile.
- varia lectio — a variant reading.
- variableness — apt or liable to vary or change; changeable: variable weather; variable moods.