12-letter words containing f, a, v
- halls of ivy — an institution of higher learning; university or college; the academic world.
- hard-favored — South Midland U.S. (of a person) hard-featured.
- have none of — If you say that someone will have none of something, or is having none of something, you mean that they refuse to accept it.
- heavy-footed — clumsy or ponderous, as in movement or expressiveness: music that is heavy-footed and uninspired.
- ill-favoured — unpleasant in appearance; homely or ugly.
- in favour of — If one thing is rejected in favour of another, the second thing is done or chosen instead of the first.
- infiltrative — to filter into or through; permeate.
- isoflavonoid — (organic chemistry) Any compound, isomeric with the flavonoids, derived from 3-phenyl-1,4-benzopyrone.
- javelin fish — a fish of the genus Pomadasys of semitropical Australian seas with a long spine on its anal fin
- juventa fons — an area in the southern hemisphere of Mars, appearing as a dark region when viewed through a telescope.
- laffer curve — a relationship postulated between tax rates and tax receipts indicating that rates above a certain level actually produce less revenue because they discourage taxable endeavors and vice versa.
- life savings — a person who rescues another from danger of death, especially from drowning.
- live in fear — You can use expressions such as to live in fear and to live in terror to indicate that someone is always thinking about an unpleasant or frightening event, because they think that it might happen.
- lovecraftian — referring to or reminiscent of the work of the American fantasy and horror fiction author H.P. Lovecraft (1870–1937)
- mauvaise foi — (in the philosophy of Sartre) the expression usually rendered as bad faith
- modificative — (grammar) That which modifies or qualifies, as a word or clause.
- neoflavonoid — (organic chemistry) Any compound, isomeric with the flavonoids, derived from 4-phenyl-1,2-benzopyrone.
- nonaffective — of, caused by, or expressing emotion or feeling; emotional.
- of even date — of the same or today's date
- 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 family — the plant family Oleaceae, characterized by trees and shrubs having opposite, simple or pinnately compound leaves, usually small and sometimes showy flowers, and fruit in the form of a berry, capsule, or winged seed, and including the ash, forsythia, lilac, olive, and privet.
- out of favor — something done or granted out of goodwill, rather than from justice or for remuneration; a kind act: to ask a favor.
- over-fraught — Archaic. filled or laden (with): ships fraught with precious wares.
- 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.
- overclassify — to classify to excess
- overdrafting — the removal of more water from ground and surface basins than is replaced by rain and melting snow.
- overfamiliar — commonly or generally known or seen: a familiar sight.
- overfatigued — excessively fatigued
- overstaffing — the provision of an excessive number of staff for (a factory, hotel, etc)
- parrot fever — psittacosis.
- parvifoliate — (of plants) having small leaves in comparison with the size of the stem
- performative — (of an expression or statement) performing an act by the very fact of being uttered, as with the expression “I promise,” that performs the act of promising.
- petrifactive — having the ability to turn substances into stone
- preformative — a prefixture in Semitic languages
- private life — the social or family life or personal relationships of an individual, esp of a person in the public eye, such as a politician or celebrity
- putrefactive — the act or process of putrefying; the anaerobic decomposition of organic matter by bacteria and fungi that results in obnoxiously odorous products; rotting.
- rabbit fever — tularemia.
- refractivity — the power to refract.
- relief valve — a device that, when actuated by static pressure above a predetermined level, opens in proportion to the excess above this level and reduces the pressure to it. Compare safety valve (def 1).
- roman-fleuve — saga (def 3).
- safety valve — a device that, when actuated by a gas or vapor pressure above a predetermined level, opens and allows the gas or vapor to escape until its pressure is reduced to a pressure equal to or below that of the predetermined level. Compare relief valve.
- salvifically — in a saving manner
- savoir faire — knowledge of just what to do in any situation; tact.
- savoir-faire — knowledge of just what to do in any situation; tact.
- self-starved — to die or perish from lack of food or nourishment.
- service flat — an apartment with complete hotel services.
- several-fold — comprising several parts or members.
- shaving foam — lather used for shaving
- stupefactive — serving to stupefy.