12-letter words containing c, a, v, e, n
- overcramming — excessive cramming
- overissuance — the act of issuing in excessive amounts
- 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.
- overreliance — confident or trustful dependence.
- peace-loving — If you describe someone as peace-loving, you mean that they try to avoid quarrelling or fighting with other people.
- pentavalence — the condition of having a valency of five
- perseverance — steady persistence in a course of action, a purpose, a state, etc., especially in spite of difficulties, obstacles, or discouragement.
- plano-convex — pertaining to or noting a lens that is plane on one side and convex on the other.
- planoconcave — pertaining to or noting a lens that is plane on one side and concave on the other.
- 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.
- reactivation — to render active again; revive.
- reactiveness — tending to react.
- reconvalesce — to convalesce again
- reconveyance — to convey again.
- renovascular — of or relating to the blood vessels of the kidneys.
- rice vinegar — a vinegar made from fermented rice or rice wine, used esp in Chinese and Japanese cuisine
- roncesvalles — a village in N Spain, in the Pyrenees: defeat of part of Charlemagne's army and the death of Roland a.d.
- sacral nerve — any of the nerves arising in five pairs from the spinal cord in the sacrum.
- salk vaccine — a vaccine that contains three types of inactivated poliomyelitis viruses and induces immunity against the disease.
- saving grace — a quality that makes up for other generally negative characteristics; redeeming feature.
- scavengering — scavenging
- screen saver — a program that displays a constantly shifting pattern on a screen when the computer is idle, originally used to prevent damage to the screen through continuous display of the same image but now used primarily for decoration.
- security van — an armoured van used to transport money or other valuables
- servicewoman — a woman who is a member of the armed forces of a country.
- space-saving — that saves space.
- surveillance — a watch kept over a person, group, etc., especially over a suspect, prisoner, or the like: The suspects were under police surveillance.
- tetravalence — the condition of having a valency of four
- turacoverdin — a green pigment found in certain feathers of the touraco
- un-revocable — that may be revoked.
- unachievable — to bring to a successful end; carry through; accomplish: The police crackdown on speeders achieved its purpose.
- unattractive — providing pleasure or delight, especially in appearance or manner; pleasing; charming; alluring: an attractive personality.
- unconversant — familiar by use or study (usually followed by with): conversant with Spanish history.
- uncovenanted — not agreed to or promised by covenant.
- uncreativity — the state or quality of being creative.
- uncultivable — capable of being cultivated.
- uncultivated — prepared and used for raising crops; tilled: cultivated land.
- under canvas — If you are living and sleeping under canvas, you are living and sleeping in a tent.
- underachieve — to perform, especially academically, below the potential indicated by tests of one's mental ability or aptitude.
- unobservance — a failure to comply or observe (a law, custom, etc)
- unvaccinated — to inoculate with the vaccine of cowpox so as to render the subject immune to smallpox.
- unvindicated — to clear, as from an accusation, imputation, suspicion, or the like: to vindicate someone's honor.
- vaginicoline — living in a sheath
- valenciennes — a city in N France, SE of Lille.
- valle-inclán — Rámon María del (raˈmɔn maˈria del). 1866–1936, Spanish novelist and dramatist. His works include the novel Tirano Banderas (1926) and the satirical play Don Friolera's Horns (1925)
- valve bounce — A valve bounce is the bouncing of a poppet valve on its seat when it is closing.
- van riebeeck — Jan, full name Johan Anthoniszoon van Riebeeck. 1619–77, Dutch colonial administrator. Founder of the colony of the Cape of Good Hope (1652)
- vaporescence — production or formation of vapor.
- vax document — A document preparation system from DEC.
- velocipedean — someone who rides a velocipede