12-letter words containing e, v, c
- cantilevered — A cantilevered structure is constructed using cantilevers.
- canton river — Zhu Jiang.
- canvas shoes — soft shoes with a canvas upper
- capacitively — (physics, electronics) In relation to or in terms of capacitance.
- cape dezhnev — a cape in NE Russia at the E end of Chukchi Peninsula: the northeasternmost point of Asia
- cape verdean — of or relating to Cape Verde or its inhabitants
- capital levy — a tax on capital or property as contrasted with a tax on income
- captive-bred — bred in captivity
- caravan site — A caravan site is an area of land where people can stay in a caravan on holiday, or where people live in caravans.
- caravanserai — (in some Eastern countries esp formerly) a large inn enclosing a courtyard providing accommodation for caravans
- carbon value — an empirical measurement of the tendency of a lubricant to form carbon when in use
- cardioactive — of or relating to a drug or other substance affecting the function of the heart.
- carrier wave — a wave of fixed amplitude and frequency that is modulated in amplitude, frequency, or phase in order to carry a signal in radio transmission, etc
- carvel-built — (of a vessel) having a hull with planks made flush at the seams
- carver chair — a chair of 17th-century New England, having a frame formed entirely of turned pieces, a back filled with several spindles, and no spindles between the arms and the seat.
- cash advance — an amount of money borrowed as a short-term loan against a salary, credit card, etc
- cash-starved — A cash-starved company or organization does not have enough money to operate properly, usually because another organization, such as the government, is not giving them the money that they need.
- casting vote — When a committee has given an equal number of votes for and against a proposal, the chairperson can give a casting vote. This vote decides whether or not the proposal will be passed.
- cattle drive — the process of moving cattle across country, often carried out by cowboys on horseback
- cavalierness — a horseman, especially a mounted soldier; knight.
- cave cricket — any of several nocturnal, wingless, cricketlike long-horned grasshoppers of the family Gryllacrididae, characterized by a humpbacked appearance and inhabiting dark moist habitats, as caves, cellars, hollow trees, and the ground under logs and stones.
- cave dweller — a prehistoric person; person who lives in a cave
- cavo-relievo — a relief sculpture in which the highest point in the carving is below the level of the original surface
- cd-rom drive — A CD-ROM drive is the device that you use with a computer to play CD-ROMs.
- celestine iv — (Godfrey Castiglione) died 1241, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1241.
- centumvirate — the office of the centumviri
- cerivastatin — A synthetic statin formerly used to lower cholesterol and prevent cardiovascular disease, later withdrawn due to the risk of rhabdomyolysis.
- cervical cap — a plastic or rubber, thimble-shaped contraceptive that is fitted over the cervix to prevent sperm from entering the uterus
- cervicectomy — (medicine) Surgical removal of the cervix.
- cesar chavez — Carlos [kahr-lohs;; Spanish kahr-laws] /ˈkɑr loʊs;; Spanish ˈkɑr lɔs/ (Show IPA), 1899–1978, Mexican composer and conductor.
- charles viii — 1470–98, king of France 1483–98 (son of Louis XI).
- cheluviation — the leaching of chelates through soil
- cheval glass — full-length mirror that can swivel
- chicken kiev — boned chicken breasts pounded until thin, wrapped around lumps of herbed butter, breaded, and fried in butter or deep fat, and usually served with kasha or brown rice
- circumvented — to go around or bypass: to circumvent the lake; to circumvent the real issues.
- circumventor — to go around or bypass: to circumvent the lake; to circumvent the real issues.
- circumvolute — To roll, curl or twist around.
- circumvolved — Simple past tense and past participle of circumvolve.
- civic center — In a city or town, a civic center is a building or buildings that contain local government offices and often recreational or cultural facilities for the public.
- civic centre — the public buildings of a town, including recreational facilities and offices of local administration
- civic-minded — having, showing, or actively carrying out one's concern for the condition and affairs of one's community; public-spirited
- civil unrest — Civil unrest is fighting between different groups of people living in the same country, and losses caused by this fighting are usually not covered by insurance.
- civilianized — Simple past tense and past participle of civilianize.
- civvy street — People in the armed forces use civvy street to refer to life and work which is not connected with the armed forces.
- clairvoyance — the alleged power of perceiving things beyond the natural range of the senses
- clavicembalo — a harpsichord.
- clavieristic — relating to a clavier
- clean-living — having a wholesome lifestyle
- clean-shaven — If a man is clean-shaven, he does not have a beard or a moustache.
- clement viii — (Ippolito Aldobrandini) 1536–1605, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1592–1605.