12-letter words containing c, o, s, t, i, v
- give suck to — to give (a baby or young animal) milk from the breast or udder
- inconversant — Not conversant or acquainted (with something); unfamiliar.
- insectivores — Plural form of insectivore.
- non-activist — an especially active, vigorous advocate of a cause, especially a political cause.
- noncausative — Not causative.
- nonselective — having the function or power of selecting; making a selection.
- 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.
- overcautious — excessively or unnecessarily cautious: Sometimes it doesn't pay to be overcautious in business.
- overdiscount — to discount excessively
- overstocking — to stock to excess: We are overstocked on this item.
- positivistic — the state or quality of being positive; definiteness; assurance.
- postvaccinal — occurring after a vaccine
- proclivities — natural or habitual inclination or tendency; propensity; predisposition: a proclivity to meticulousness.
- proscriptive — the act of proscribing.
- psychoactive — of or relating to a substance having a profound or significant effect on mental processes: a psychoactive drug.
- rostropovich — Mstislav (Leopoldovich) [mis-tuh-slahv lee-uh-pohl-duh-vich;; Russian mstyi-slahf lyi-uh-pawl-duh-vyich] /ˈmɪs təˌslɑv ˌli əˈpoʊl də vɪtʃ;; Russian mstyɪˈslɑf lyɪ əˈpɔl də vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1927–2007, Soviet cellist and conductor (husband of Galina Vishnevskaya).
- serve notice — to give formal warning or information, as of intentions; announce
- shostakovich — Dimitri Dimitrievich [dih-mee-tree di-mee-tree-uh-vich;; Russian dmyee-tryee dmyee-tryi-yi-vyich] /dɪˈmi tri dɪˈmi tri ə vɪtʃ;; Russian ˈdmyi tryi ˈdmyi tryɪ yɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1906–75, Russian composer.
- tschaikovsky — Peter Ilyich [il-yich] /ˈɪl yɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich.
- varicosities — the state or condition of being varicose.
- vasoactivity — activity that affects the diameter of blood vessels
- velcro strip — a strip or roll of Velcro, able to be cut to the required length
- vesiculation — characterized by or covered with vesicles.
- victorianism — the distinctive character, thought, tendencies, etc., of the Victorian period.
- victoriously — having achieved a victory; conquering; triumphant: our victorious army.
- victory ship — a fast, turbine-powered cargo ship of World War II, having a capacity of about 11,000 dead-weight tons.
- visceromotor — of or relating to the normal movements of the viscera, especially the digestive tract.
- viscerotonia — a personality type characterized by hedonism and conviviality: said to be correlated with an endomorph body type
- viscerotonic — of, relating to, or possessing the character traits typical of viscerotonia
- viscoelastic — pertaining to a substance having both viscous and elastic properties.
- viscountship — the position of being a viscount
- vision cloth — a curtain with an inset scrim behind which a lighted scene appears, as a vision, dream, or the like.
- vociferosity — the characteristic of being vociferous
- voix celeste — an organ stop having for each note two pipes tuned to slightly different pitches and producing a wavering, gentle tone.