12-letter words containing f, a, v
- surface wave — a seismic wave that travels along or parallel to the earth's surface (distinguished from body wave).
- trypaflavine — acriflavine hydrochloride.
- unfavourable — Unfavourable conditions or circumstances cause problems for you and reduce your chances of success.
- unforgivable — to grant pardon for or remission of (an offense, debt, etc.); absolve.
- unforgivably — in an unforgivable manner
- unverifiable — to prove the truth of, as by evidence or testimony; confirm; substantiate: Events verified his prediction.
- vacuum flask — A vacuum flask is a container which is used to keep hot drinks hot or cold drinks cold. It has two thin silvery glass walls with a vacuum between them.
- vacuum frame — a machine from which the air is extracted in order to obtain close contact between the surfaces of two materials, e.g. the film and plate during platemaking
- valley fever — coccidioidomycosis.
- valley forge — a village in SE Pennsylvania: winter quarters of Washington's army 1777–78.
- valve lifter — (in an internal-combustion engine) a tappet that opens a valve when actuated by a camshaft.
- variant form — a way of writing a word which is used by some people as an alternative to the standard or generally accepted form
- vas deferens — the duct that transports the sperm from the epididymis to the penis.
- vas efferens — any of a number of short ducts that carry sperm from the testis to the epididymis.
- verification — the act of verifying.
- vicar forane — dean1 (def 2b).
- vilification — to speak ill of; defame; slander.
- vinification — the process of making wine.
- visual field — field of vision.
- vitrifacture — the making of glass or glass products
- vivification — to give life to; animate; quicken.
- vociferation — noisy outcry; clamor.
- volta effect — contact potential.
- waffle weave — a textile weave that produces a textured pattern resembling the surface of a waffle.
- wavefunction — (physics) A mathematical function that describes the propagation of the quantum mechanical wave associated with a particle (or system of particles), related to the probability of finding the particle in a particular region of space.
- weaver finch — any of a number of Old World finches (family Ploceidae) that weave elaborate domed nests of sticks, grass, etc.
- well-favored — of pleasing appearance; good-looking; pretty or handsome.