12-letter words containing a, v, o, t, r, e
- derivational — Of or pertaining to derivation; relating to that which is derived.
- derogatively — lessening; belittling; derogatory.
- detector van — a vehicle fitted with equipment that detects whether or not a house has a television. This is used to catch people who have not paid for a television licence and so are illegally using a television
- dorsiventral — Botany. having distinct dorsal and ventral sides, as most foliage leaves.
- dorsoventral — Zoology. pertaining to the dorsal and ventral aspects of the body; extending from the dorsal to the ventral side: the dorsoventral axis.
- earth-moving — Earth-moving equipment is machinery that is used for digging and moving large amounts of soil.
- edulcorative — edulcorant
- elevator car — a compartment which carries people from floor to floor in a building via a vertical shaft
- endeavorment — Act of endeavouring; effort.
- envigorating — Present participle of envigorate.
- equivocatory — Indicating, or characterized by, equivocation.
- evaporations — Plural form of evaporation.
- evisceration — A disemboweling; the removal of viscera.
- evolutionary — Of or relating to evolution.
- exprobrative — signifying reproach, reproachful
- extraversion — Alternative spelling of extroversion.
- favorite son — (at a national political convention) a candidate nominated for office by delegates from his or her own state.
- festivalgoer — A person attending a festival.
- flavoprotein — an enzyme, containing riboflavin and linked chemically with a protein, active in the oxidation of foods in animal cells.
- galvanometer — an instrument for detecting the existence of small electric currents and determining their strength.
- galvanometry — the method or process of determining the strength of electric currents.
- give or take — to present voluntarily and without expecting compensation; bestow: to give a birthday present to someone.
- governmental — the political direction and control exercised over the actions of the members, citizens, or inhabitants of communities, societies, and states; direction of the affairs of a state, community, etc.; political administration: Government is necessary to the existence of civilized society.
- governorates — Plural form of governorate.
- gravitometer — an instrument that measures specific gravities
- gustave dore — (Paul) Gustave [pawl gy-stav] /pɔl güˈstav/ (Show IPA), 1832?–83, French painter, illustrator, and sculptor.
- haricot vert — green bean.
- harvest home — the bringing home of the harvest.
- harvest moon — the moon at and about the period of fullness that is nearest to the autumnal equinox.
- hovering act — an act forbidding or restricting the loitering of foreign or domestic vessels within the prescribed limits of a coastal nation.
- ibota privet — a Japanese spreading shrub, Ligustrum obtusifolium, of the olive family, having hairy leaves and nodding white flower clusters.
- il trovatore — an opera (1853) by Giuseppe Verdi.
- inconversant — Not conversant or acquainted (with something); unfamiliar.
- innervations — Plural form of innervation.
- intervocalic — (usually of a consonant) immediately following a vowel and preceding a vowel, as the v in cover.
- intraveneous — Misspelling of intravenous.
- investigator — to examine, study, or inquire into systematically; search or examine into the particulars of; examine in detail.
- inveteration — The act of making inveterate.
- invigorative — to give vigor to; fill with life and energy; energize.
- katharevousa — The purist form of modern Greek used in traditional literary writing, as opposed to the form that is spoken and used in everyday writing (called demotic).
- lever-action — (of a rifle) having a lever action.
- levorotation — Rotation in an anticlockwise direction, especially such rotation of the plane of polarized light.
- levorotatory — turning to the left, as the rotation to the left of the plane of polarization of light in certain crystals and compounds. Symbol: l-.
- liverpolitan — a native or inhabitant of Liverpool
- lovecraftian — referring to or reminiscent of the work of the American fantasy and horror fiction author H.P. Lovecraft (1870–1937)
- malversation — improper or corrupt behavior in office, especially in public office.
- movie rating — a classification of a film as according to the age of viewers thought suitable to see it, and which can differ according to the level in the film of violent content, sexual content, etc
- nature lover — someone who likes plants, birds and other natural phenomena
- naval stores — supplies for warships.
- nemorivagant — Lb rare wandering in the woods.