12-letter words containing c, e, v
- silviculture — the cultivation of forest trees; forestry.
- sivapithecus — a genus of extinct Miocene primates of Asia that resemble the modern orangutan.
- snow-covered — Snow-covered places and things are covered over with snow.
- space travel — spaceflight of manned vehicles.
- space-saving — that saves space.
- spotted cavy — paca.
- spring vetch — any of several mostly climbing plants belonging to the genus Vicia, of the legume family, having pinnate leaves ending in tendrils and bearing pealike flowers, especially V. sativa (spring vetch) cultivated for forage and soil improvement.
- stupefactive — serving to stupefy.
- subcivilized — not quite civilized
- subjectively — existing in the mind; belonging to the thinking subject rather than to the object of thought (opposed to objective).
- subjectivise — make subjective
- subjectivism — Epistemology. the doctrine that all knowledge is limited to experiences by the self, and that transcendent knowledge is impossible.
- subjectivist — Epistemology. the doctrine that all knowledge is limited to experiences by the self, and that transcendent knowledge is impossible.
- subjectivity — the state or quality of being subjective; subjectiveness.
- subjectivize — to make subjective
- subscriptive — a sum of money given or pledged as a contribution, payment, investment, etc.
- subservience — serving or acting in a subordinate capacity; subordinate.
- subserviency — serving or acting in a subordinate capacity; subordinate.
- successively — following in order or in uninterrupted sequence; consecutive: three successive days.
- surface wave — a seismic wave that travels along or parallel to the earth's surface (distinguished from body wave).
- surveillance — a watch kept over a person, group, etc., especially over a suspect, prisoner, or the like: The suspects were under police surveillance.
- susceptivity — receptive.
- sweet clover — melilot.
- swivel chair — a chair whose seat turns around horizontally on a swivel.
- sylviculture — the cultivation of forest trees; forestry.
- teleservices — any services available through teletext
- tetravalence — the condition of having a valency of four
- the services — the armed forces
- the-overcoat — a short story (1842) by Gogol.
- tongue cover — a loose-leaf binding having a flap of the cover concealing the binding posts.
- tree-covered — covered by or having many trees
- trench fever — a recurrent fever, often suffered by soldiers in trenches in World War I, caused by a rickettsia transmitted by the body louse.
- truck driver — sb employed to drive a lorry
- tsesarevitch — (in Russian history) the eldest son of a tsar or his heir apparent
- 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.
- uncoercively — in an uncoercive manner
- unconclusive — inconclusive
- unconductive — having the property or capability of conducting.
- 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.
- undiscovered — 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.
- unobservance — a failure to comply or observe (a law, custom, etc)