12-letter words containing e, v, r, y
- 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.
- dusty clover — a bush clover, Lespedeza capitata.
- early leaver — a person who leaves something early, esp someone who opts out of a pension scheme before completing all his or her contributions
- energy level — energy of physical system when stationary
- equivocatory — Indicating, or characterized by, equivocation.
- every bit as — equally, just as
- everydayness — (uncountable) The quality or state of happening every day, or frequently.
- everywhither — (archaic,or,poetic) to everywhere.
- evolutionary — Of or relating to evolution.
- expressively — In an expressive manner.
- expressivity — (uncountable) The quality of being expressive.
- extractively — in an extractive manner
- extravagancy — (archaic, 17-19th centuries) The characteristic of being extravagant.
- federatively — from a federative point of view
- figuratively — of the nature of or involving a figure of speech, especially a metaphor; metaphorical and not literal: The word “head” has several figurative senses, as in “She's the head of the company.”. Synonyms: metaphorical, not literal, symbolic.
- flavorlessly — In a flavorless way.
- floppy drive — disk drive
- fuel poverty — the state of being unable to afford to heat one's home adequately
- galvanometry — the method or process of determining the strength of electric currents.
- generatively — capable of producing or creating.
- generativity — Relating to the ability to create or reproduce.
- gravity cell — a cell containing two electrolytes that have different specific gravities.
- gravity feed — the supplying of fuel, materials, etc., by force of gravity.
- gravity wave — Astronomy, Physics. gravitational wave.
- gregory viii — (Alberto de MoraorAlberto di Morra) died 1187, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1187.
- grovellingly — With grovelling or self-abasement; obsequiously.
- gypsy driver — the driver of a gypsy cab
- heavy bomber — a large plane capable of carrying heavy bomb loads for long distances, especially at high altitudes.
- heavy hitter — a baseball player who makes many extra-base hits.
- heavyhearted — Sad.
- hypergravity — The presence of an apparently 'increased' gravitational field in an accelerating or rotating situation.
- hypertensive — characterized by or causing high blood pressure.
- hypervolemia — (medicine) An abnormal increase in the volume of blood circulating through the body.
- imperatively — absolutely necessary or required; unavoidable: It is imperative that we leave.
- imperviously — In an impervious manner; impenetrably; impermeably.
- impressively — having the ability to impress the mind; arousing admiration, awe, respect, etc.; moving; admirable: an impressive ceremony; an impressive appearance.
- inadvertency — inadvertence.
- intervarsity — any first-string team, especially in sports, that represents a school, college, university, or the like: He is on the varsity in tennis and in debating.
- inventorying — Present participle of inventory.
- inveterately — settled or confirmed in a habit, practice, feeling, or the like: an inveterate gambler.
- invulnerably — In an invulnerable manner.
- irrelatively — In an irrelative manner.
- irrelevantly — not relevant; not applicable or pertinent: His lectures often stray to interesting but irrelevant subjects.
- irreprovably — in an irreprovable manner
- irresolvably — In an irresolvable manner.
- irreverently — not reverent; manifesting or characterized by irreverence; deficient in veneration or respect: an irreverent reply.
- irreversibly — not reversible; incapable of being changed: His refusal is irreversible.
- ivy geranium — a trailing geranium, Pelargonium peltatum, of southern Africa, having a fleshy stem that becomes woody with age, glossy, ivy-shaped leaves, and clusters of flowers ranging from white to deep rose in color.
- la verendrye — Pierre Gaultier de Varenne [French pyer goh-tyey duh va-ren] /French pyɛr goʊˈtyeɪ də vaˈrɛn/ (Show IPA), Sieur de, 1685–1749, Canadian explorer of North America.
- 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-.