12-letter words containing e, r, i, v, a
- movie rating — a classification of a film as according to the age of viewers thought suitable to see it, and which can differ according to the level in the film of violent content, sexual content, etc
- multivariate — (of a combined distribution) having more than one variate or variable.
- nemorivagant — Lb rare wandering in the woods.
- non-achiever — a person who consistently fails to achieve, esp academically
- non-curative — serving to cure or heal; pertaining to curing or remedial treatment; remedial.
- non-drivable — to send, expel, or otherwise cause to move by force or compulsion: to drive away the flies; to drive back an attacking army; to drive a person to desperation.
- non-reactive — tending to react.
- non-variable — apt or liable to vary or change; changeable: variable weather; variable moods.
- nonassertive — Not assertive.
- nonnarrative — a story or account of events, experiences, or the like, whether true or fictitious.
- nonnormative — Not normative.
- nonoperative — a person engaged, employed, or skilled in some branch of work, especially productive or industrial work; worker.
- nonuniversal — Not universal.
- nonvehicular — Not vehicular.
- nonversation — A meaningless conversation.
- obliterative — Tending or serving to obliterate.
- observations — Plural form of observation.
- 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.
- orange-river — a member of a European princely family ruling in the United Kingdom from 1688 to 1694 and in the Netherlands since 1815.
- ovariotomies — Plural form of ovariotomy.
- over against — in opposition to; contrary to; adverse or hostile to: twenty votes against ten; against reason.
- 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-inflate — to distend; swell or puff out; dilate: The king cobra inflates its hood.
- 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.
- overachieved — Simple past tense and past participle of overachieve.
- overachiever — to perform, especially academically, above the potential indicated by tests of one's mental ability or aptitude.
- overactivate — to make active; cause to function or act.
- overactivity — Excessive activity.
- overanalysis — the separating of any material or abstract entity into its constituent elements (opposed to synthesis).
- overcapacity — capacity beyond what is normal, allowed, or desirable.
- overcautious — excessively or unnecessarily cautious: Sometimes it doesn't pay to be overcautious in business.
- overcharging — Present participle of overcharge.
- overclassify — to classify to excess
- overcramming — excessive cramming
- overcritical — excessively critical; hypercritical.
- overdelicate — extremely or excessively delicate: an overdelicate digestive system.
- overdiagnose — (medicine) To diagnose something more often than it actually occurs.
- overdominant — excessively dominant
- overdrafting — the removal of more water from ground and surface basins than is replaced by rain and melting snow.
- overdramatic — of or relating to the drama.
- overemphasis — excessive or undue emphasis.
- overemphatic — excessive or undue emphasis.
- overestimate — to estimate at too high a value, amount, rate, or the like: Don't overestimate the car's trade-in value.
- overfamiliar — commonly or generally known or seen: a familiar sight.
- overfatigued — excessively fatigued
- overidealize — to idealize excessively