12-letter words containing a, v, r, i, c, e
- lovecraftian — referring to or reminiscent of the work of the American fantasy and horror fiction author H.P. Lovecraft (1870–1937)
- maid service — cleaner, cleaning business
- manu-service — denoting a business that involves both the manufacture of goods and the provision of after-sales services
- microwavable — Of food, that is suitable for cooking in a microwave oven.
- movie camera — motion-picture camera
- non-achiever — a person who consistently fails to achieve, esp academically
- non-curative — serving to cure or heal; pertaining to curing or remedial treatment; remedial.
- non-reactive — tending to react.
- nonvehicular — Not vehicular.
- olive branch — a branch of the olive tree as an emblem of peace.
- overachieved — Simple past tense and past participle of overachieve.
- overachiever — to perform, especially academically, above the potential indicated by tests of one's mental ability or aptitude.
- overactivate — to make active; cause to function or act.
- overactivity — Excessive activity.
- overcapacity — capacity beyond what is normal, allowed, or desirable.
- overcautious — excessively or unnecessarily cautious: Sometimes it doesn't pay to be overcautious in business.
- overcharging — Present participle of overcharge.
- overclassify — to classify to excess
- overcramming — excessive cramming
- overcritical — excessively critical; hypercritical.
- overdelicate — extremely or excessively delicate: an overdelicate digestive system.
- overdramatic — of or relating to the drama.
- overemphatic — excessive or undue emphasis.
- overissuance — the act of issuing in excessive amounts
- overmedicate — to treat with medicine or medicaments.
- overreaching — to reach or extend over or beyond: The shelf overreached the nook and had to be planed down.
- overreaction — to react or respond more strongly than is necessary or appropriate.
- overreactive — tending to react.
- overreliance — confident or trustful dependence.
- perivisceral — surrounding or situated about the viscera.
- perspectival — a technique of depicting volumes and spatial relationships on a flat surface. Compare aerial perspective, linear perspective.
- pervicacious — extremely willful; obstinate; stubborn.
- petrifactive — having the ability to turn substances into stone
- prevaricator — a person who speaks falsely; liar.
- privatdocent — (in German and certain other universities) a private teacher or lecturer recognized by the university but receiving no compensation from it, being remunerated by fees.
- putrefactive — the act or process of putrefying; the anaerobic decomposition of organic matter by bacteria and fungi that results in obnoxiously odorous products; rotting.
- ravioli code — (jargon, humour) Object-oriented code consisting of a number of small and loosely-coupled software components. Presumably, the term is a compliment, contrasting the code with spaghetti code.
- re-educative — of or relating to re-education
- reactivation — to render active again; revive.
- reactiveness — tending to react.
- reactivities — the quality or condition of being reactive.
- recreatively — to refresh by means of relaxation and enjoyment, as restore physically or mentally.
- recuperative — that recuperates.
- refractivity — the power to refract.
- relativistic — of or relating to relativity or relativism.
- retractively — in a retractive manner
- revictualled — victuals, food supplies; provisions.
- rice vinegar — a vinegar made from fermented rice or rice wine, used esp in Chinese and Japanese cuisine
- saving grace — a quality that makes up for other generally negative characteristics; redeeming feature.
- scavengering — scavenging