12-letter words containing a, v, n
- hanover park — a city in NE Illinois.
- harvest moon — the moon at and about the period of fullness that is nearest to the autumnal equinox.
- haute-vienne — a department in central France. 2145 sq. mi. (5555 sq. km). Capital: Limoges.
- havana brown — a breed of medium-sized cat with large eyes, large ears, and a sleek brown coat
- havana cigar — any of various cigars hand rolled in Cuba, known esp for their high quality
- have a nerve — If you say that someone has a nerve or has the nerve to do something, you are criticizing them for doing something which you feel they had no right to do.
- have company — If you have company, you have a visitor or friend with you.
- have in mind — to remember
- have kittens — to react with disapproval, anxiety, etc
- have need to — to be compelled or required to; must
- have none of — If you say that someone will have none of something, or is having none of something, you mean that they refuse to accept it.
- have pity on — to have sympathy or show mercy for
- heaven knows — You can say 'Heaven knows' to emphasize that you do not know something, or that you find something very surprising.
- heavenliness — (uncountable) The state or quality of being heavenly.
- heavy oxygen — either of the two stable isotopes of oxygen having mass numbers of 17 and 18.
- heavy-handed — oppressive; harsh: a heavy-handed master.
- hepadnavirus — Any member of the virus family Hepadnaviridae, capable of causing liver infections in humans and animals.
- hiv-negative — not infected with the HIV virus
- hoover apron — a dresslike coverall for women that ties at the waist.
- hovering act — an act forbidding or restricting the loitering of foreign or domestic vessels within the prescribed limits of a coastal nation.
- idiot savant — a mentally defective person with an exceptional skill or talent in a special field, as a highly developed ability to play music or to solve complex mathematical problems mentally at great speed.
- illuminative — giving light; illuminating.
- in any event — whatever the situation
- in favour of — If one thing is rejected in favour of another, the second thing is done or chosen instead of the first.
- inactivating — Present participle of inactivate.
- inactivation — The process of rendering something inactive.
- inadvertence — the quality or condition of being inadvertent; heedlessness.
- inadvertency — inadvertence.
- inchoatively — in an inchoative or rudimentary fashion; initially
- incogitative — Not cogitative; lacking the power of thought.
- inconversant — Not conversant or acquainted (with something); unfamiliar.
- incrassative — A substance which has the power to thicken; formerly, a medicine supposed to thicken the humours.
- indian giver — a person who gives a gift and then takes it back.
- indicatively — showing, signifying, or pointing out; expressive or suggestive (usually followed by of): behavior indicative of mental disorder.
- individual's — a single human being, as distinguished from a group.
- individually — one at a time; separately: The delegates were introduced individually.
- individuated — Simple past tense and past participle of individuate.
- individuates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of individuate.
- inequivalent — Not equivalent.
- inequivalved — having the valves of the shell of a mollusk unequal in size
- inexhaustive — not exhaustive; not thorough
- infiltrative — to filter into or through; permeate.
- ingravescent — (esp of a disease) becoming more severe
- initiatively — an introductory act or step; leading action: to take the initiative in making friends.
- innervations — Plural form of innervation.
- innovational — something new or different introduced: numerous innovations in the high-school curriculum.
- innovatively — tending to innovate, or introduce something new or different; characterized by innovation.
- inobservable — Unobservable.
- inobservance — lack of attention; inattention; heedlessness: drowsy inobservance.
- intake valve — a valve in the cylinder head of an internal-combustion engine that opens at the proper moment in the cycle to allow the fuel-air mixture to be drawn into the cylinder.