12-letter words containing c, o, r, v, e, t
- countermoves — Plural form of countermove.
- countervails — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of countervail.
- countervalue — An equivalent or equal, especially in military strategy.
- courtly love — a tradition represented in Western European literature between the 12th and the 14th centuries, idealizing love between a knight and a revered (usually married) lady
- cover letter — A cover letter is the same as a covering letter.
- covert cloth — a twill-weave cotton or worsted suiting fabric
- cross-staves — an instrument for measuring the angle of elevation of heavenly bodies, consisting of a calibrated staff with another shorter staff perpendicular to and sliding on it.
- curvicostate — having curved ribs
- curvifoliate — having leaves curved or bent back
- decoratively — In a decorative manner.
- 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
- discoverment — (obsolete) discovery.
- discoverture — the state of being discovert; freedom from coverture.
- dusty clover — a bush clover, Lespedeza capitata.
- dutch clover — white clover.
- edulcorative — edulcorant
- eigenvectors — Plural form of eigenvector.
- electronvolt — (physics) alternative spelling of electron volt.
- elevator car — a compartment which carries people from floor to floor in a building via a vertical shaft
- equivocatory — Indicating, or characterized by, equivocation.
- evisceration — A disemboweling; the removal of viscera.
- gift voucher — gift certificate.
- growth curve — a curve on a graph in which a variable is plotted against time to illustrate the growth of the variable
- haricot vert — green bean.
- hovering act — an act forbidding or restricting the loitering of foreign or domestic vessels within the prescribed limits of a coastal nation.
- inconversant — Not conversant or acquainted (with something); unfamiliar.
- incorruptive — incorruptible; not tending to be corrupted
- insectivores — Plural form of insectivore.
- interconvert — to subject to interconversion; interchange.
- intervocalic — (usually of a consonant) immediately following a vowel and preceding a vowel, as the v in cover.
- introductive — serving or used to introduce; preliminary; beginning: an introductory course; an introductory paragraph.
- 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)
- non-curative — serving to cure or heal; pertaining to curing or remedial treatment; remedial.
- non-reactive — tending to react.
- nondirective — Not directive.
- open verdict — law: coroner's jury finding
- over-excited — If you say that someone is over-excited, you mean that they are more excited than you think is desirable.
- overabstract — thought of apart from concrete realities, specific objects, or actual instances: an abstract idea.
- overactivate — to make active; cause to function or act.
- overactivity — Excessive activity.
- overcapacity — capacity beyond what is normal, allowed, or desirable.
- overcautious — excessively or unnecessarily cautious: Sometimes it doesn't pay to be overcautious in business.
- overcritical — excessively critical; hypercritical.
- overdecorate — To decorate or embellish to an excessive degree.
- overdelicate — extremely or excessively delicate: an overdelicate digestive system.
- overdiscount — to discount excessively
- overdocument — to document excessively
- overdramatic — of or relating to the drama.
- overeducated — Having been educated to a higher academic level than is necessary.