12-letter words containing d, a, v, e, n
- devaluations — Plural form of devaluation.
- devastations — Plural form of devastation.
- deviationism — ideological deviation (esp from orthodox Communism)
- deviationist — One who deviates from accepted beliefs or policies, especially from a prescribed form of Communism.
- devitalizing — Present participle of devitalize.
- devon island — an island in the Nunavut Territory, N Canada. 20,900 sq. mi. (54,100 sq. km).
- devotionally — In a devotional manner.
- disadvantage — absence or deprivation of advantage or equality.
- disadventure — misfortune; bad luck
- disgavelling — the act or quality of being without gavelkind
- dispensative — Granting dispensation.
- disseverance — The act of dissevering; separation.
- ditransitive — noting or pertaining to a verb taking both a direct and an indirect object, as give in “I gave him the package.”.
- diversionary — tending to divert or distract the attention: diversionary tactics of the guerrilla fighters.
- dolly varden — a woman's costume of the late 19th century, including a flower-trimmed, broad-brimmed hat and a dress consisting of a tight bodice and bouffant panniers in a flower print over a calf-length quilted petticoat.
- dorsiventral — Botany. having distinct dorsal and ventral sides, as most foliage leaves.
- dorsoventral — Zoology. pertaining to the dorsal and ventral aspects of the body; extending from the dorsal to the ventral side: the dorsoventral axis.
- dream vision — a conventional device used in narrative verse, employed especially by medieval poets, that presents a story as told by one who falls asleep and dreams the events of the poem: Dante's Divine Comedy exemplifies the dream vision in its most developed form.
- driving seat — In a vehicle such as a car or a bus, the driving seat is the seat where the person who is driving the vehicle sits.
- durante vita — during life.
- edvard munch — Edvard [ed-vahrd] /ˈɛd vɑrd/ (Show IPA), 1863–1944, Norwegian painter and graphic artist.
- encaptivated — Simple past tense and past participle of encaptivate.
- endeavorment — Act of endeavouring; effort.
- endeavouring — Present participle of endeavour.
- endocervical — Within a cervix.
- endovascular — Within a blood vessel.
- evenhandedly — In an evenhanded manner.
- everydayness — (uncountable) The quality or state of happening every day, or frequently.
- evidentially — In an evidential way; according to evidence.
- favouredness — the quality of or extent to which something is favoured
- ferdinand vi — 1713–59, king of Spain 1746–59 (son of Philip V).
- five-and-ten — Also called five-and-ten-cent store [fahyv-uh n-ten-sent] /ˈfaɪv ənˈtɛnˌsɛnt/ (Show IPA), five-and-dime [fahyv-uh n-dahym] /ˈfaɪv ənˈdaɪm/ (Show IPA), dime store, ten-cent store. a store offering a wide assortment of inexpensive items, formerly costing five or ten cents, for personal and household use.
- garden grove — a city in SW California.
- geneva bands — a pair of white lawn or linen strips hanging from the front of the neck or collar of some ecclesiastical and academic robes
- good heavens — You say 'Good heavens!' or 'Heavens!' to express surprise or to emphasize that you agree or disagree with someone.
- grand vizier — the chief officer of state of various Muslim countries, as in the former Ottoman Empire.
- gravel-blind — more blind or dim-sighted than sand-blind and less than stone-blind.
- hand-deliver — to deliver in person or by messenger.
- have in mind — to remember
- have need to — to be compelled or required to; must
- heavy-handed — oppressive; harsh: a heavy-handed master.
- hepadnavirus — Any member of the virus family Hepadnaviridae, capable of causing liver infections in humans and animals.
- inadvertence — the quality or condition of being inadvertent; heedlessness.
- inadvertency — inadvertence.
- indian giver — a person who gives a gift and then takes it back.
- indicatively — showing, signifying, or pointing out; expressive or suggestive (usually followed by of): behavior indicative of mental disorder.
- individuated — Simple past tense and past participle of individuate.
- individuates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of individuate.
- inequivalved — having the valves of the shell of a mollusk unequal in size
- investigated — Simple past tense and past participle of investigate.