12-letter words containing d, e, l, v
- sea lavender — an Old World, maritime plant, Limonium vulgare, of the leadwort family, having one-sided spikes of small, lavender-colored flowers.
- self-devised — to contrive, plan, or elaborate; invent from existing principles or ideas: to devise a method.
- self-devoted — intense devotion of oneself to an activity or to a field or profession, as art or science.
- self-driving — (of a machine) operating without the guidance of a human.
- self-evident — evident in itself without proof or demonstration; axiomatic.
- self-evolved — to develop gradually: to evolve a scheme.
- self-starved — to die or perish from lack of food or nourishment.
- semi-invalid — a person who is partially disabled or somewhat infirm
- several-fold — comprising several parts or members.
- shirtsleeved — not wearing a jacket or coat
- shovel-nosed — having the head, snout, or beak broad and flat like the blade of a shovel.
- shovel-ready — of or relating to a construction project that is ready to start immediately
- silver medal — a medal, traditionally of silver or silver in color, awarded to a person or team finishing second in a competition, meet, or tournament.
- silver mound — a perennial Japanese herb, Artemisia schmidtiana, having silver-green leaves forming a moundlike shape.
- slave driver — an overseer of slaves.
- slave trader — sb who traffics in people
- slave-driver — an overseer of slaves.
- sleeve board — a small-scale ironing board for pressing sleeves, especially a narrow board that fits inside a coat sleeve.
- subcivilized — not quite civilized
- subdividable — to divide (that which has already been divided) into smaller parts; divide again after a first division.
- swallow dive — swan dive.
- the bushveld — an area of low altitude in N South Africa, having scrub vegetation
- the highveld — the high-altitude grassland region of E South Africa
- three-valued — of or relating to propositions having a value other than truth or falsity.
- tidal volume — the volume of water associated with a rising tide
- unalleviated — to make easier to endure; lessen; mitigate: to alleviate sorrow; to alleviate pain.
- uncultivated — prepared and used for raising crops; tilled: cultivated land.
- underdevelop — to develop (something) short of the required amount: to underdevelop film.
- undervaluing — to value below the real worth; put too low a value on.
- undeservedly — according to desert; justly; rightly.
- undivestedly — in an undivested manner
- ungalvanized — to stimulate by or as if by a galvanic current.
- unobservedly — without having been observed; in an unobserved manner
- unpavilioned — not provided with a pavilion
- unprivileged — belonging to a class that enjoys special privileges; favored: the privileged few.
- unprovokedly — in an unprovoked manner
- unrelievedly — in an unrelieved manner
- unreservedly — not restricted; without reservation; full; entire; unqualified: unreserved approval.
- unventilated — not having stale or foul air driven out
- unverbalized — not verbalized or put into words
- val-de-marne — a department in N France. 94 sq. mi. (243 sq. km). Capital: Créteil.
- valeric acid — any of several isomeric organic acids having the formula C 5 H 10 O 2 , the common one being a liquid of pungent odor obtained from valerian roots: used chiefly as an intermediate in perfumery.
- valetudinary — valetudinarian.
- van de velde — Adriaen. 1636–72, Dutch painter of landscapes with animals and figures
- varicoloured — having many colours; variegated; motley
- vascularised — (of a tissue or embryo) to develop or extend blood vessels or other fluid-bearing vessels or ducts; become vascular.
- vascularized — rendered vascular by the formation of new blood vessels.
- vaudevillian — Also, vaudevillist. a person who writes for or performs in vaudeville.
- vaudevillist — a person who writes for vaudeville
- vector field — a region, domain, set, etc., with a vector assigned at each point; vector function.