12-letter words containing c, e, r, v
- divergencies — Plural form of divergency.
- diverticular — Of or relating to diverticula.
- diverticulum — a blind, tubular sac or process branching off from a canal or cavity, especially an abnormal, saclike herniation of the mucosal layer through the muscular wall of the colon.
- divorce mill — a divorce court, especially such a court in a state or country that does not impose difficult requirements, as a long period of residence or humiliating grounds, on those who wish to dissolve their marriage.
- drove chisel — a chisel with a broad edge used for dressing stone
- dusty clover — a bush clover, Lespedeza capitata.
- dutch clover — white clover.
- 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.
- effervescent — effervescing; bubbling.
- effervescing — Present participle of effervesce.
- effervescive — Tending to produce effervescence.
- eigenvectors — Plural form of eigenvector.
- electronvolt — (physics) alternative spelling of electron volt.
- 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.
- exclusive or — (logic) (XOR, EOR) /X or, E or/ A two-input function whose result is true if one input is true and the other is false. The truth table is A | B | A xor B --+---+-------- F | F | F F | T | T T | F | T T | T | F The output is thus true if the inputs are not equal. If one input is false, the other is passed unchanged whereas if one input is true, the other is inverted. In Boolean algebra, exclusive or is often written as a plus in a circle: "⊕". The circle may be omitted suggesting addition modulo two. In digital logic, an exclusive or logic gate is drawn like a normal inclusive or gate but with a curved line across both inputs: {exclusive or gate " />.
- 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.
- fire service — The fire service is an organization which has the job of putting out fires.
- food service — the preparation, delivery, serving, etc., of ready-to-eat foods: The cafeteria employs over 20 people in food service.
- frederick iv — Frederick III (def 1).
- french curve — a flat drafting instrument, usually consisting of a sheet of clear plastic, the edges of which are cut into several scroll-like curves enabling a draftsperson to draw lines of varying curvature.
- french leave — Sometimes Offensive. a departure without ceremony, permission, or notice: Taking French leave, he evaded his creditors.
- full-service — offering or providing a wide range of services related to the basic line of business, as when a filling station changes tires or makes car repairs in addition to selling gasoline.
- geneva cross — a red Greek cross on a white background, displayed to distinguish ambulances, hospitals, and persons belonging to the Red Cross Society.
- gift voucher — gift certificate.
- grave accent — a mark ( ˋ ) used to indicate:
- gravicembalo — a harpsichord.
- gravity cell — a cell containing two electrolytes that have different specific gravities.
- ground cover — the herbaceous plants and low shrubs in a forest, considered as a whole.
- growth curve — a curve on a graph in which a variable is plotted against time to illustrate the growth of the variable
- 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).
- hectic fever — a fever associated with tuberculosis
- heroic verse — a form of verse adapted to the treatment of heroic or exalted themes: in classical poetry, dactylic hexameter; in English and German, iambic pentameter; and in French, the Alexandrine. An example of heroic verse is Achilles' wrath, to Greece the direful spring / Of woes unnumbered, heavenly goddess, sing!
- 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.
- imperceptive — not perceptive; lacking perception.
- imperfective — noting an aspect of the verb, as in Russian, that indicates incompleteness of the action or state at a temporal point of reference.
- improvidence — not provident; lacking foresight; incautious; unwary.