12-letter words containing c, e, v
- multivalence — Chemistry. having a valence of three or higher.
- negativistic — a negative or pessimistic attitude.
- nerve center — a group of nerve cells closely connected with one another and acting together in the performance of some function.
- nerve centre — The nerve centre of an organization is the place from where its activities are controlled and where its leaders meet.
- new covenant — (sometimes initial capital letters) (in Christian exegesis) the promises of salvation made by God to humans individually, based on divine grace rather than Mosaic Law.
- news service — an agency that gathers news stories for its members or subscribers. Compare news agency (def 1), press association, wire service.
- no vacancies — No vacancies is used on a notice at a hotel or guest house when there are no rooms available to rent.
- nomenclative — relating to the act of naming
- non-achiever — a person who consistently fails to achieve, esp academically
- non-advocate — to speak or write in favor of; support or urge by argument; recommend publicly: He advocated higher salaries for teachers.
- non-cohesive — characterized by or causing cohesion: a cohesive agent.
- non-covetous — inordinately or wrongly desirous of wealth or possessions; greedy.
- non-curative — serving to cure or heal; pertaining to curing or remedial treatment; remedial.
- non-elective — pertaining to the principle of electing to an office, position, etc.
- non-reactive — tending to react.
- non-violence — absence or lack of violence; state or condition of avoiding violence.
- nonactivated — not activated,
- nonaddictive — producing or tending to cause addiction: an addictive drug.
- nonaffective — of, caused by, or expressing emotion or feeling; emotional.
- noncausative — Not causative.
- noncivilized — Not civilized.
- noncognitive — of or relating to cognition; concerned with the act or process of knowing, perceiving, etc. : cognitive development; cognitive functioning.
- noncollusive — involving collusion; fraudulently contrived by agreement: a collusive agreement to increase prices.
- noncombative — Not combative.
- nonconducive — tending to produce; contributive; helpful; favorable (usually followed by to): Good eating habits are conducive to good health.
- noncorrosive — That does not cause corrosion.
- noncrossover — a chromosome that has not crossed over during meiosis
- nondeceptive — not deceptive
- nondeductive — not related to deduction or subtraction
- nondirective — Not directive.
- noneffective — not effective.
- nonexclusive — not admitting of something else; incompatible: mutually exclusive plans of action.
- nonexecutive — a person or group of persons having administrative or supervisory authority in an organization.
- noninductive — not inductive: a noninductive resistance.
- nonobjective — not objective.
- nonocclusive — occluding or tending to occlude.
- nonrevocable — Not revocable.
- nonselective — having the function or power of selecting; making a selection.
- nonvehicular — Not vehicular.
- normal curve — a bell-shaped curve showing a particular distribution of probability over the values of a random variable. Also called Gaussian curve, probability curve.
- novell, inc. — (company, networking) A software development company specialising in networking and workgroup applications. The company has diversified in recent years, with the acquisition of several mainstream applications, including Wordperfect and Quattro Pro. Other products include UnixWare, AppWare, Personal NetWare, Groupwise and Novell Dos 7. (21 Sept 1995)
- object value — (jargon) In industrial design, a measure of consumers' immediate desire for an object, even before they know or understand what it does. "Gassee may be nuts, but at least the BeBox has great object value."
- objectivized — to cause to become concrete or objective; objectify.
- oblivescence — the process of forgetting.
- obliviscence — the condition or fact of failing to remember or having failed to remember or of being absent-minded
- old covenant — the covenant between God and the ancient Israelites, based on the Mosaic Law.
- olive branch — a branch of the olive tree as an emblem of peace.
- once removed — relative: one generation older
- open verdict — law: coroner's jury finding
- out of voice — with the voice temporarily in a poor condition, esp for singing