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12-letter words containing e, l, v, a, t, o

  • flavoprotein — an enzyme, containing riboflavin and linked chemically with a protein, active in the oxidation of foods in animal cells.
  • galvanometer — an instrument for detecting the existence of small electric currents and determining their strength.
  • galvanometry — the method or process of determining the strength of electric currents.
  • governmental — the political direction and control exercised over the actions of the members, citizens, or inhabitants of communities, societies, and states; direction of the affairs of a state, community, etc.; political administration: Government is necessary to the existence of civilized society.
  • high voltage — high-power electricity
  • high-voltage — operating on or powered by high voltage: a high-voltage generator.
  • il trovatore — an opera (1853) by Giuseppe Verdi.
  • inchoatively — in an inchoative or rudimentary fashion; initially
  • innovatively — tending to innovate, or introduce something new or different; characterized by innovation.
  • intervocalic — (usually of a consonant) immediately following a vowel and preceding a vowel, as the v in cover.
  • lever-action — (of a rifle) having a lever action.
  • levitational — Relating to levitation.
  • levorotation — Rotation in an anticlockwise direction, especially such rotation of the plane of polarized light.
  • levorotatory — turning to the left, as the rotation to the left of the plane of polarization of light in certain crystals and compounds. Symbol: l-.
  • line voltage — the voltage supplied by a power line, measured at the point of use.
  • liverpolitan — a native or inhabitant of Liverpool
  • lovecraftian — referring to or reminiscent of the work of the American fantasy and horror fiction author H.P. Lovecraft (1870–1937)
  • malevolently — wishing evil or harm to another or others; showing ill will; ill-disposed; malicious: His failures made him malevolent toward those who were successful.
  • malversation — improper or corrupt behavior in office, especially in public office.
  • movable type — type from which text is printed directly in which each character is on a separate piece of metal.
  • nature lover — someone who likes plants, birds and other natural phenomena
  • naval stores — supplies for warships.
  • nomenclative — relating to the act of naming
  • non-volatile — non-volatile storage
  • nonvegetable — Not of or pertaining to vegetables.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • outlet valve — a valve (on a pipe, etc) controlling the escape or release (of liquid, etc)
  • over-inflate — to distend; swell or puff out; dilate: The king cobra inflates its hood.
  • over-reliant — having or showing dependence: reliant on money from home.
  • overcritical — excessively critical; hypercritical.
  • overdelicate — extremely or excessively delicate: an overdelicate digestive system.
  • overliterary — excessively literary
  • overpopulate — to fill with an excessive number of people, straining available resources and facilities: Expanding industry has overpopulated the western suburbs.
  • overregulate — to apply rules and regulations excessively to (something)
  • parma violet — a variety of the sweet violet, Viola odorata, that is the source of an essential oil used in perfumery.
  • parvifoliate — (of plants) having small leaves in comparison with the size of the stem
  • polar vortex — a whirling mass of very cold air that sits over the North or South Pole: A displaced polar vortex is causing Arctic temperatures across the United States.
  • pole vaulter — A pole vaulter is an athlete who performs the pole vault.
  • poppet valve — A poppet valve is a disk-shaped intake or exhaust valve in an internal combustion engine.
  • popular vote — the vote for a U.S. presidential candidate made by the qualified voters, as opposed to that made by the electoral college. Compare electoral vote.
  • positive law — customary law or law enacted by governmental authority (as distinguished from natural law).
  • postmedieval — occurring or existing after the Middle Ages, of or related to the period after the Middle Ages
  • preovulatory — to produce and discharge eggs from an ovary or ovarian follicle.
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