12-letter words containing e, l, v
- developments — Plural form of development.
- devil's club — a spiny shrub, Oplopanax horridus, of northwestern North America, having broad palmate leaves, greenish flowers, and clusters of bright red berries.
- devil's dung — asafetida.
- devil's grip — pleurodynia (def 2).
- devil's mark — (in witchcraft) a mark, as a scar or blemish, on the body of a person who has made a compact with a devil.
- devilishness — The state or quality of being devilish.
- devitalizing — Present participle of devitalize.
- devolatilise — to cause (a vapor) to liquefy.
- devolatilize — to cause (a vapor) to liquefy.
- devon island — an island in the Nunavut Territory, N Canada. 20,900 sq. mi. (54,100 sq. km).
- devotionally — In a devotional manner.
- dewar vessel — a container with an evacuated space between two walls that are highly reflective, capable of maintaining its contents at a near-constant temperature over relatively long periods of time; thermos.
- digressively — In a digressive fashion.
- diminutively — In a diminutive manner.
- disbelievers — Plural form of disbeliever.
- disbelieving — to have no belief in; refuse or reject belief in: to disbelieve reports of UFO sightings.
- discoverable — to see, get knowledge of, learn of, find, or find out; gain sight or knowledge of (something previously unseen or unknown): to discover America; to discover electricity. Synonyms: detect, espy, descry, discern, ascertain, unearth, ferret out, notice.
- discretively — in a discretive manner
- discursively — In a discursive manner.
- disgavelling — the act or quality of being without gavelkind
- dishevelling — Present participle of dishevel.
- dishevelment — to let down, as hair, or wear or let hang in loose disorder, as clothing.
- dismissively — indicating dismissal or rejection; having the purpose or effect of dismissing, as from one's presence or from consideration: a curt, dismissive gesture.
- disprivilege — to deprive of privilege
- disruptively — In a disruptive manner.
- dissuasively — In a dissuasive manner.
- diverticular — Of or relating to diverticula.
- diverticulum — a blind, tubular sac or process branching off from a canal or cavity, especially an abnormal, saclike herniation of the mucosal layer through the muscular wall of the colon.
- dividendless — without dividends
- divorce mill — a divorce court, especially such a court in a state or country that does not impose difficult requirements, as a long period of residence or humiliating grounds, on those who wish to dissolve their marriage.
- 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.
- dovetail saw — a backsaw for fine woodworking, as dovetailing.
- driveability — the degree of smoothness and steadiness of acceleration of an automotive vehicle: The automatic transmission has been improved to give the new model better drivability.
- driving belt — a belt that carries movement from an engine or moving part to another moving part
- drove chisel — a chisel with a broad edge used for dressing stone
- dubitatively — in a dubitative manner
- dusty clover — a bush clover, Lespedeza capitata.
- dutch clover — white clover.
- early leaver — a person who leaves something early, esp someone who opts out of a pension scheme before completing all his or her contributions
- edith cavell — Edith Louisa, 1865–1915, English nurse: executed by the Germans in World War I.
- edulcorative — edulcorant
- edwardsville — a town in SW Illinois.
- effectiveley — Misspelling of effectively.
- eke a living — If you eke a living or eke out an existence, you manage to survive with very little money.
- electiveness — Quality of being elective.
- 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
- endocervical — Within a cervix.