12-letter words containing a, v, i
- 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.
- diverticular — Of or relating to diverticula.
- 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.
- dovetail saw — a backsaw for fine woodworking, as dovetailing.
- 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.
- drive sb mad — If you say that someone or something drives you mad, you mean that you find them extremely annoying.
- driveability — the degree of smoothness and steadiness of acceleration of an automotive vehicle: The automatic transmission has been improved to give the new model better drivability.
- 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.
- dubitatively — in a dubitative manner
- durante vita — during life.
- dv cartridge — (games) (Digital Video?) A plug-in circuit cartridge required by some games consoles in order to play MPEG video material.
- dzhugashvili — Iosif Vissarionovich [Russian yaw-syif-vyi-suh-ryi-aw-nuh-vyich] /Russian ˈyɔ syɪf vyɪ sə ryɪˈɔ nə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), Stalin, Joseph.
- earth-moving — Earth-moving equipment is machinery that is used for digging and moving large amounts of soil.
- edith cavell — Edith Louisa, 1865–1915, English nurse: executed by the Germans in World War I.
- edulcorative — edulcorant
- edwardsville — a town in SW Illinois.
- 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.
- equivocality — The quality of being equivocal.
- equivocating — Present participle of equivocate.
- equivocation — The use of ambiguous language to conceal the truth or to avoid committing oneself; prevarication.
- equivocatory — Indicating, or characterized by, equivocation.
- 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.
- every bit as — equally, just as
- evidentially — In an evidential way; according to evidence.