12-letter words containing g, e, n, v
- overlengthen — to extend excessively
- overnighting — for or during the night: to stay overnight.
- overorganize — to stress formal structure, status, rules, and details excessively.
- overplanning — the act or instance of planning excessively
- overplotting — the provision of an excessively elaborate plot
- overpowering — that overpowers; overwhelming: an overpowering conviction of the truth.
- overreaching — to reach or extend over or beyond: The shelf overreached the nook and had to be planed down.
- oversanguine — too optimistic
- overspending — the act or an instance of spending in excess of one's desires or what one can afford or is allocated
- overstaffing — the provision of an excessive number of staff for (a factory, hotel, etc)
- overstocking — to stock to excess: We are overstocked on this item.
- overwhelming — that overwhelms; overpowering: The temptation to despair may become overwhelming.
- paving stone — slab used to lay a path
- peace-loving — If you describe someone as peace-loving, you mean that they try to avoid quarrelling or fighting with other people.
- pearl diving — the act of diving for the precious gems pearls
- photoengrave — to make a photoengraving of.
- privateering — an armed ship that is privately owned and manned, commissioned by a government to fight or harass enemy ships.
- prize-giving — A prize-giving is a ceremony where prizes are awarded to people who have produced a very high standard of work.
- reconceiving — to form (a notion, opinion, purpose, etc.): He conceived the project while he was on vacation.
- regenerative — of, relating to, or characterized by regeneration.
- reinvigorate — to give vigor to; fill with life and energy; energize.
- rejuvenating — making young again
- revegetation — to cause vegetation to grow again on: to revegetate eroded lands.
- revenge porn — sexually suggestive images of someone, typically a former romantic partner, that are posted online or otherwise shared without the person's consent.
- revitalizing — having the ability or tendency to restore strength
- rice vinegar — a vinegar made from fermented rice or rice wine, used esp in Chinese and Japanese cuisine
- ring-a-levio — a children's game in which members of one group try to find and capture hiding members of another group: a captured player is kept in a circle drawn on the ground and is set free when tagged by a teammate
- salve regina — a prayer in the form of a hymn to the Virgin Mary.
- saving grace — a quality that makes up for other generally negative characteristics; redeeming feature.
- scavengering — scavenging
- scheveningen — a town in the W Netherlands, near The Hague: seaside resort.
- self-driving — (of a machine) operating without the guidance of a human.
- self-proving — to establish the truth or genuineness of, as by evidence or argument: to prove one's claim.
- self-serving — preoccupied with one's own interests, often disregarding the truth or the interests, well-being, etc., of others.
- seronegative — showing no significant level of serum antibodies, or other immunologic marker in the serum, that would indicate previous exposure to the infectious agent being tested.
- servant girl — a girl or woman employed as a servant who performs household duties
- serving dish — a dish in which food is presented or served, esp before being shared into individual portions
- sov language — a type of language that has basic subject-object-verb order, as Turkish, Japanese, or Tamil.
- space-saving — that saves space.
- spring fever — a listless, lazy, or restless feeling commonly associated with the beginning of spring.
- spring vetch — any of several mostly climbing plants belonging to the genus Vicia, of the legume family, having pinnate leaves ending in tendrils and bearing pealike flowers, especially V. sativa (spring vetch) cultivated for forage and soil improvement.
- strongsville — a town in N Ohio.
- svo language — a type of language that has basic subject-verb-object word order, as English, Chinese, or Spanish.
- thrivingness — the state or condition of thriving, flourishing, prospering or growing
- to advantage — any state, circumstance, opportunity, or means specially favorable to success, interest, or any desired end: the advantage of a good education.
- tongue cover — a loose-leaf binding having a flap of the cover concealing the binding posts.
- travel agent — a person who owns, operates, or works for a travel agency.
- unaggressive — characterized by or tending toward unprovoked offensives, attacks, invasions, or the like; militantly forward or menacing: aggressive acts against a neighboring country.
- underserving — to offer inadequate services or facilities to.
- undervaluing — to value below the real worth; put too low a value on.