12-letter words containing c, i, v, e, s
- 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!
- incentivised — Simple past tense and past participle of incentivise.
- incentivises — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of incentivise.
- incentivizes — to give incentives to: The government should incentivize the private sector to create jobs.
- incisiveness — penetrating; cutting; biting; trenchant: an incisive tone of voice.
- inclusive of — including; taking into account
- inclusive or — the connective that gives the value true to a disjunction if either or both of the disjuncts are true
- inconclusive — not conclusive; not resolving fully all doubts or questions: inconclusive evidence.
- inconversant — Not conversant or acquainted (with something); unfamiliar.
- incrassative — A substance which has the power to thicken; formerly, a medicine supposed to thicken the humours.
- indecisively — characterized by indecision, as persons; irresolute; undecided.
- ingravescent — (esp of a disease) becoming more severe
- inobservance — lack of attention; inattention; heedlessness: drowsy inobservance.
- insectivores — Plural form of insectivore.
- insusceptive — insusceptible
- interservice — (US) Involving relationships between branches of the armed services.
- intravesical — Within the urinary bladder.
- irrelevances — Plural form of irrelevance.
- irrespective — without regard to something else, especially something specified; ignoring or discounting (usually followed by of): Irrespective of my wishes, I should go.
- jacksonville — a seaport in NE Florida, on the St. John's River.
- jurisdictive — Jurisdictional.
- kelvin scale — William Thomson, 1st Baron, 1824–1907, English physicist and mathematician.
- living space — home: rooms, etc.
- lovesickness — Quality or property of being lovesick.
- maid service — cleaner, cleaning business
- manu-service — denoting a business that involves both the manufacture of goods and the provision of after-sales services
- microgrooves — Plural form of microgroove.
- microvessels — Plural form of microvessel.
- mischievious — Misconstruction of mischievous.
- misconceived — Simple past tense and past participle of misconceive.
- misconceives — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of misconceive.
- misperceived — Simple past tense and past participle of misperceive.
- misperceives — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of misperceive.
- multiservice — involving two or more of the armed services
- negativistic — a negative or pessimistic attitude.
- 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.
- non-cohesive — characterized by or causing cohesion: a cohesive agent.
- noncausative — Not causative.
- noncollusive — involving collusion; fraudulently contrived by agreement: a collusive agreement to increase prices.
- noncorrosive — That does not cause corrosion.
- nonexclusive — not admitting of something else; incompatible: mutually exclusive plans of action.
- nonocclusive — occluding or tending to occlude.
- nonselective — having the function or power of selecting; making a selection.
- oblivescence — the process of forgetting.
- obliviscence — the condition or fact of failing to remember or having failed to remember or of being absent-minded
- over-precise — definitely or strictly stated, defined, or fixed: precise directions.
- overcautious — excessively or unnecessarily cautious: Sometimes it doesn't pay to be overcautious in business.
- overclassify — to classify to excess
- overdiscount — to discount excessively