12-letter words containing c, l, a, v, t, e
- evangelistic — Seeking to convert others to the Christian faith; missionary.
- excavational — Relating to excavation.
- extractively — in an extractive manner
- facilitative — to make easier or less difficult; help forward (an action, a process, etc.): Careful planning facilitates any kind of work.
- gravity cell — a cell containing two electrolytes that have different specific gravities.
- 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
- inchoatively — in an inchoative or rudimentary fashion; initially
- indicatively — showing, signifying, or pointing out; expressive or suggestive (usually followed by of): behavior indicative of mental disorder.
- intervocalic — (usually of a consonant) immediately following a vowel and preceding a vowel, as the v in cover.
- intravesical — Within the urinary bladder.
- lever-action — (of a rifle) having a lever action.
- lovecraftian — referring to or reminiscent of the work of the American fantasy and horror fiction author H.P. Lovecraft (1870–1937)
- multivalence — Chemistry. having a valence of three or higher.
- nomenclative — relating to the act of naming
- 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."
- old covenant — the covenant between God and the ancient Israelites, based on the Mosaic Law.
- overcritical — excessively critical; hypercritical.
- overdelicate — extremely or excessively delicate: an overdelicate digestive system.
- pentavalence — the condition of having a valency of five
- perspectival — a technique of depicting volumes and spatial relationships on a flat surface. Compare aerial perspective, linear perspective.
- recreatively — to refresh by means of relaxation and enjoyment, as restore physically or mentally.
- relativistic — of or relating to relativity or relativism.
- retractively — in a retractive manner
- revictualled — victuals, food supplies; provisions.
- service flat — an apartment with complete hotel services.
- space travel — spaceflight of manned vehicles.
- tetravalence — the condition of having a valency of four
- uncultivable — capable of being cultivated.
- uncultivated — prepared and used for raising crops; tilled: cultivated land.
- varia lectio — a variant reading.
- velociraptor — a small carnivorous dinosaur of the genus Velociraptor , from the late Cretaceous period, capable of leaping, and growing to a length of about 6 feet (2 meters), having feathers, a flat snout, short forelimbs with large handlike talons, and a large sickle-shaped claw on each foot.
- verticalness — the quality or state of being vertical; uprightness
- verticillate — disposed in or forming verticils or whorls, as flowers or hairs.
- vesicularity — the quality or state of being vesicular
- vesiculation — characterized by or covered with vesicles.
- vibratiuncle — a slight vibration
- viscoelastic — pertaining to a substance having both viscous and elastic properties.
- volstead act — an act of Congress, introduced in 1919 by Andrew J. Volstead to implement the Eighteenth Amendment of the Constitution, which forbade the sale of alcoholic beverages.
- volta effect — contact potential.
- voltaic cell — cell1 (def 7a).
- voltaic pile — an early battery cell, consisting of several metal disks, each made of one of two dissimilar metals, arranged in an alternating series, and separated by pads moistened with an electrolyte.
- water clover — a common freshwater fern, Marsilea quadrifolia, of lake edges and quiet ponds, having roots embedded in the bottom, very slender and often tangled stems, and floating, cloverlike leaves composed of four leaflets.