12-letter words containing c, o, n, v, a, t
- countervalue — An equivalent or equal, especially in military strategy.
- crown octavo — a size of book, about 5 × 7½ inches (13 × 19 cm), untrimmed. Abbreviation: crown 8vo.
- deactivation — The act of deactivating something, such as a bomb.
- detector van — a vehicle fitted with equipment that detects whether or not a house has a television. This is used to catch people who have not paid for a television licence and so are illegally using a television
- divarication — to spread apart; branch; diverge.
- equivocating — Present participle of equivocate.
- equivocation — The use of ambiguous language to conceal the truth or to avoid committing oneself; prevarication.
- evisceration — A disemboweling; the removal of viscera.
- excavational — Relating to excavation.
- hovering act — an act forbidding or restricting the loitering of foreign or domestic vessels within the prescribed limits of a coastal nation.
- inactivation — The process of rendering something inactive.
- inchoatively — in an inchoative or rudimentary fashion; initially
- incogitative — Not cogitative; lacking the power of thought.
- inconversant — Not conversant or acquainted (with something); unfamiliar.
- intervocalic — (usually of a consonant) immediately following a vowel and preceding a vowel, as the v in cover.
- intoxicative — of or relating to intoxicants or intoxication.
- invocational — Of or relating to an act of invocation.
- 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)
- motorcaravan — A motorized caravan; camper, motor home, recreational vehicle.
- 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.
- nomenclative — relating to the act of naming
- non-activist — an especially active, vigorous advocate of a cause, especially a political cause.
- non-advocate — to speak or write in favor of; support or urge by argument; recommend publicly: He advocated higher salaries for teachers.
- non-curative — serving to cure or heal; pertaining to curing or remedial treatment; remedial.
- non-reactive — tending to react.
- 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.
- noncombative — Not combative.
- nova scotian — a peninsula and province in SE Canada: once a part of the French province of Acadia. 21,068 sq. mi. (54,565 sq. km). Capital: Halifax.
- old covenant — the covenant between God and the ancient Israelites, based on the Mosaic Law.
- orthovanadic — relating to orthovanadates
- overreaction — to react or respond more strongly than is necessary or appropriate.
- ovolactarian — lacto-ovo-vegetarian.
- postvaccinal — occurring after a vaccine
- privatdocent — (in German and certain other universities) a private teacher or lecturer recognized by the university but receiving no compensation from it, being remunerated by fees.
- reactivation — to render active again; revive.
- turacoverdin — a green pigment found in certain feathers of the touraco
- unconversant — familiar by use or study (usually followed by with): conversant with Spanish history.
- uncovenanted — not agreed to or promised by covenant.
- vacation pay — salary paid during holidays
- vacationland — an area having recreational facilities, historic or picturesque sights, etc., that attract vacationists.
- vaticination — an act of prophesying.
- vax document — A document preparation system from DEC.
- verification — the act of verifying.
- vesiculation — characterized by or covered with vesicles.
- victorianism — the distinctive character, thought, tendencies, etc., of the Victorian period.
- vilification — to speak ill of; defame; slander.