12-letter words containing c, h, e, v
- nonvehicular — Not vehicular.
- olive branch — a branch of the olive tree as an emblem of peace.
- overachieved — Simple past tense and past participle of overachieve.
- overachiever — to perform, especially academically, above the potential indicated by tests of one's mental ability or aptitude.
- overcharging — Present participle of overcharge.
- overemphatic — excessive or undue emphasis.
- overpurchase — to acquire by the payment of money or its equivalent; buy.
- overreaching — to reach or extend over or beyond: The shelf overreached the nook and had to be planed down.
- overscutched — overworked; worn out
- petach tikva — a city in W Israel, NE of Tel Aviv.
- psychoactive — of or relating to a substance having a profound or significant effect on mental processes: a psychoactive drug.
- receivership — the condition of being in the hands of a receiver.
- rough-voiced — having a harsh or grating voice: a rough-voiced barker.
- schererville — a town in NW Indiana.
- scheveningen — a town in the W Netherlands, near The Hague: seaside resort.
- silver birch — tree with silvery-white bark
- silver perch — Also called mademoiselle. Ichthyology. a drum, Bairdiella chrysoura, of southern U.S. waters.
- sivapithecus — a genus of extinct Miocene primates of Asia that resemble the modern orangutan.
- 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.
- swivel chair — a chair whose seat turns around horizontally on a swivel.
- the services — the armed forces
- the-overcoat — a short story (1842) by Gogol.
- trench fever — a recurrent fever, often suffered by soldiers in trenches in World War I, caused by a rickettsia transmitted by the body louse.
- tsesarevitch — (in Russian history) the eldest son of a tsar or his heir apparent
- unachievable — to bring to a successful end; carry through; accomplish: The police crackdown on speeders achieved its purpose.
- underachieve — to perform, especially academically, below the potential indicated by tests of one's mental ability or aptitude.
- veneer patch — a patch made in one of the veneers of a sheet of plywood before layup.
- vereshchagin — Vasili Vasilievich [vuh-syee-lyee vuh-syee-lyi-vyich] /vʌˈsyi lyi vʌˈsyi lyɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1842–1904, Russian painter.
- very much so — The expression very much so is an emphatic way of answering 'yes' to something or saying that it is true or correct.
- weaver finch — any of a number of Old World finches (family Ploceidae) that weave elaborate domed nests of sticks, grass, etc.
- whencesoever — From whatever place or source.
- white clover — a clover, Trifolium repens, having white flowers, common in pastures and meadows.