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12-letter words containing e, a, v

  • nonassertive — Not assertive.
  • nonattentive — Not attentive.
  • noncausative — Not causative.
  • noncombative — Not combative.
  • nonimitative — not tending to imitate, not involving imitation
  • nonnarrative — a story or account of events, experiences, or the like, whether true or fictitious.
  • nonnormative — Not normative.
  • nonobservant — Not observant; not religious; not participating in the observance of religion.
  • nonoperative — a person engaged, employed, or skilled in some branch of work, especially productive or industrial work; worker.
  • nonremovable — that may be removed.
  • nonrevocable — Not revocable.
  • nonuniversal — Not universal.
  • nonvegetable — Not of or pertaining to vegetables.
  • nonvehicular — Not vehicular.
  • nonversation — A meaningless conversation.
  • nonvexatious — Not vexatious.
  • normal curve — a bell-shaped curve showing a particular distribution of probability over the values of a random variable. Also called Gaussian curve, probability curve.
  • note verbale — a diplomatic communication prepared in the third person and unsigned: less formal than a note but more formal than an aide-mémoire.
  • novelisation — Alternative spelling of novelization.
  • novelization — The writing of a novel based on fact; fictionalization.
  • nueva gerona — a town on the Isle of Pines, S of Cuba.
  • nuevo laredo — a city in NE Mexico, on the Rio Grande opposite Laredo, Texas.
  • object value — (jargon)   In industrial design, a measure of consumers' immediate desire for an object, even before they know or understand what it does. "Gassee may be nuts, but at least the BeBox has great object value."
  • obliterative — Tending or serving to obliterate.
  • observations — Plural form of observation.
  • of even date — of the same or today's date
  • old covenant — the covenant between God and the ancient Israelites, based on the Mosaic Law.
  • old favorite — If you refer to something as an old favorite, you mean that it has been in existence for a long time and everyone knows it or likes it.
  • olive branch — a branch of the olive tree as an emblem of peace.
  • olive family — the plant family Oleaceae, characterized by trees and shrubs having opposite, simple or pinnately compound leaves, usually small and sometimes showy flowers, and fruit in the form of a berry, capsule, or winged seed, and including the ash, forsythia, lilac, olive, and privet.
  • only have to — If you say you only have to do one thing in order to achieve or prove a second thing, you are emphasizing how easily the second thing can be achieved or proved.
  • opinionative — of, relating to, or of the nature of opinion.
  • orange grove — small orchard of orange trees
  • orange-river — a member of a European princely family ruling in the United Kingdom from 1688 to 1694 and in the Netherlands since 1815.
  • outlet valve — a valve (on a pipe, etc) controlling the escape or release (of liquid, etc)
  • outmaneuvers — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outmaneuver.
  • outmanoeuvre — British. outmaneuver.
  • ovariotomies — Plural form of ovariotomy.
  • oven cleaner — a liquid, often foam in an aerosol container, designed to clean ovens
  • over against — in opposition to; contrary to; adverse or hostile to: twenty votes against ten; against reason.
  • over-analyze — to separate (a material or abstract entity) into constituent parts or elements; determine the elements or essential features of (opposed to synthesize): to analyze an argument.
  • over-anxious — excessively anxious.
  • over-explain — to make plain or clear; render understandable or intelligible: to explain an obscure point. Synonyms: explicate. Antonyms: confuse.
  • over-fraught — Archaic. filled or laden (with): ships fraught with precious wares.
  • over-inflate — to distend; swell or puff out; dilate: The king cobra inflates its hood.
  • over-jealous — feeling resentment against someone because of that person's rivalry, success, or advantages (often followed by of): He was jealous of his rich brother.
  • over-popular — regarded with favor, approval, or affection by people in general: a popular preacher.
  • over-qualify — to provide with proper or necessary skills, knowledge, credentials, etc.; make competent: to qualify oneself for a job.
  • over-reliant — having or showing dependence: reliant on money from home.
  • over-the-air — of or relating to any means of broadcast transmission.
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