12-letter words containing c, o, v, e, t
- curvicostate — having curved ribs
- curvifoliate — having leaves curved or bent back
- deactivation — The act of deactivating something, such as a bomb.
- decongestive — having the ability to ease crowding or clogging in busy locations
- 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.
- dissociative — to sever the association of (oneself); separate: He tried to dissociate himself from the bigotry in his past.
- 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
- equivocality — The quality of being equivocal.
- equivocating — Present participle of equivocate.
- equivocation — The use of ambiguous language to conceal the truth or to avoid committing oneself; prevarication.
- equivocatory — Indicating, or characterized by, equivocation.
- evisceration — A disemboweling; the removal of viscera.
- excavational — Relating to excavation.
- gift voucher — gift certificate.
- gingivectomy — surgical removal of gum tissue.
- give suck to — to give (a baby or young animal) milk from the breast or udder
- 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.
- inchoatively — in an inchoative or rudimentary fashion; initially
- incogitative — Not cogitative; lacking the power of thought.
- inconvenient — not easily accessible or at hand: The phone is in an inconvenient place.
- inconversant — Not conversant or acquainted (with something); unfamiliar.
- incorruptive — incorruptible; not tending to be corrupted
- innocent vii — (Cosimo de' Migliorati) 1336–1406, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1404–06.
- 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.
- intoxicative — of or relating to intoxicants or intoxication.
- 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)
- modificative — (grammar) That which modifies or qualifies, as a word or clause.
- multi-voiced — having a voice of a specified kind (usually used in combination): shrill-voiced.
- 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-advocate — to speak or write in favor of; support or urge by argument; recommend publicly: He advocated higher salaries for teachers.
- non-covetous — inordinately or wrongly desirous of wealth or possessions; greedy.
- non-curative — serving to cure or heal; pertaining to curing or remedial treatment; remedial.
- non-elective — pertaining to the principle of electing to an office, position, etc.
- non-reactive — tending to react.
- nonactivated — not activated,