12-letter words containing c, a, r, v
- cuiaba-river — a river in SW Brazil. About 300 miles (485 km) long.
- culvertailed — dove-tailed
- curry favour — to ingratiate oneself, esp with superiors
- curvicaudate — having a curved tail
- curvicostate — having curved ribs
- curvifoliate — having leaves curved or bent back
- curvirostral — having a curved or crooked beak
- cyma reversa — a cyma whose convex part projects beyond the concave part.
- decemvirates — Plural form of decemvirate.
- decoratively — In a decorative manner.
- deliverances — Plural form of deliverance.
- demand curve — A demand curve is a graph showing the price of an item and the amount consumers want to buy.
- depreciative — Tending to depreciate (in value etc.).
- 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
- discoverable — to see, get knowledge of, learn of, find, or find out; gain sight or knowledge of (something previously unseen or unknown): to discover America; to discover electricity. Synonyms: detect, espy, descry, discern, ascertain, unearth, ferret out, notice.
- disprivacied — deprived of privacy
- disseverance — The act of dissevering; separation.
- divaricating — Present participle of divaricate.
- divarication — to spread apart; branch; diverge.
- diverticular — Of or relating to diverticula.
- dv cartridge — (games) (Digital Video?) A plug-in circuit cartridge required by some games consoles in order to play MPEG video material.
- edulcorative — edulcorant
- edvard munch — Edvard [ed-vahrd] /ˈɛd vɑrd/ (Show IPA), 1863–1944, Norwegian painter and graphic artist.
- elevator car — a compartment which carries people from floor to floor in a building via a vertical shaft
- endocervical — Within a cervix.
- endovascular — Within a blood vessel.
- equivocatory — Indicating, or characterized by, equivocation.
- everchanging — Which changes frequently and, presumably, will continue to do so forever.
- eviscerating — Present participle of eviscerate.
- evisceration — A disemboweling; the removal of viscera.
- extractively — in an extractive manner
- extravagance — Lack of restraint in spending money or use of resources.
- extravagancy — (archaic, 17-19th centuries) The characteristic of being extravagant.
- facial nerve — either one of the seventh pair of cranial nerves composed of motor fibers that control muscles of the face except those used in chewing.
- french leave — Sometimes Offensive. a departure without ceremony, permission, or notice: Taking French leave, he evaded his creditors.
- geneva cross — a red Greek cross on a white background, displayed to distinguish ambulances, hospitals, and persons belonging to the Red Cross Society.
- grave accent — a mark ( ˋ ) used to indicate:
- gravicembalo — a harpsichord.
- graving dock — an excavated shore dry dock for the repair and maintenance of ships.
- gravity cell — a cell containing two electrolytes that have different specific gravities.
- half-covered — to be or serve as a covering for; extend over; rest on the surface of: Snow covered the fields.
- haricot vert — green bean.
- harvest tick — chigger (def 1).
- havana cigar — any of various cigars hand rolled in Cuba, known esp for their high quality
- hever castle — a Tudor mansion near Edenbridge in Kent: home of Anne Boleyn before her marriage; Italian garden added in the 20th century by the Astor family
- hovering act — an act forbidding or restricting the loitering of foreign or domestic vessels within the prescribed limits of a coastal nation.
- inadvertence — the quality or condition of being inadvertent; heedlessness.
- inadvertency — inadvertence.
- 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.