12-letter words containing h, i, v, n
- living death — a completely miserable, joyless existence, experience, situation, etc.; ordeal: He found the steaming jungle a living death.
- machiavelian — of, like, or befitting Machiavelli.
- malvern hill — a plateau in E Virginia, SE of Richmond: battle 1862.
- markov chain — a Markov process restricted to discrete random events or to discontinuous time sequences.
- nail varnish — nail polish.
- night vision — ability to see at night or in a dim light.
- non-achiever — a person who consistently fails to achieve, esp academically
- non-cohesive — characterized by or causing cohesion: a cohesive agent.
- nonvanishing — (mathematics) (of a quantity) that is nonzero at all points in a space.
- nonvehicular — Not vehicular.
- olive branch — a branch of the olive tree as an emblem of peace.
- orthovanadic — relating to orthovanadates
- overcharging — Present participle of overcharge.
- overfinished — having an excessively polished finish
- overnighting — for or during the night: to stay overnight.
- overreaching — to reach or extend over or beyond: The shelf overreached the nook and had to be planed down.
- overshipment — an act or instance of shipping freight or cargo.
- overwhelming — that overwhelms; overpowering: The temptation to despair may become overwhelming.
- pancho-villa — Francisco [frahn-sees-kaw] /frɑnˈsis kɔ/ (Show IPA), (Doroteo Arango"Pancho Villa") 1877–1923, Mexican general and revolutionist.
- phoenixville — a city in SE Pennsylvania.
- raven-haired — with glossy deep black hair
- reprehensive — the act of reprehending; reproof; censure.
- scheveningen — a town in the W Netherlands, near The Hague: seaside resort.
- serving dish — a dish in which food is presented or served, esp before being shared into individual portions
- shaving foam — lather used for shaving
- shaving soap — a special soap for lathering the face to soften and condition the beard for shaving, capable of producing a thick lather due to its high fat content and low alkalinity.
- spar varnish — a durable, weather-resistant varnish applied to unpainted wooden areas, especially on ships.
- 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.
- stakhanovism — a method for increasing production by rewarding individual initiative, developed in the Soviet Union in 1935.
- stakhanovite — a worker in the Soviet Union who regularly surpassed production quotas and was specially honored and rewarded.
- stephen viii — died a.d. 942, pope 939–942.
- stephenville — a town in central Texas.
- thanksgiving — the act of giving thanks; grateful acknowledgment of benefits or favors, especially to God.
- the devonian — the Devonian period or rock system
- the divinity — God
- the evil one — the devil; Satan
- the nativity — the birth of Jesus
- thirty-seven — a cardinal number, 30 plus 7.
- thrivingness — the state or condition of thriving, flourishing, prospering or growing
- unachievable — to bring to a successful end; carry through; accomplish: The police crackdown on speeders achieved its purpose.
- unchivalrous — having the qualities of chivalry, as courage, courtesy, and loyalty.
- underachieve — to perform, especially academically, below the potential indicated by tests of one's mental ability or aptitude.
- unexhaustive — exhausting a subject, topic, etc.; comprehensive; thorough: He published an exhaustive study of Greek vases.
- unvanquished — to conquer or subdue by superior force, as in battle.
- vanga shrike — any of several birds of the family Vangidae, endemic to Madagascar, some of which resemble shrikes, with great diversity in size, color, and bill shape.
- vaporishness — the quality or state of being vaporish
- varnish tree — any of various trees yielding sap or other substances used for varnish, as Rhus verniciflua, of Japan.
- varying hare — snowshoe hare.
- venus's-hair — a delicate maidenhair fern, Adiantum capillus-veneris.
- vereshchagin — Vasili Vasilievich [vuh-syee-lyee vuh-syee-lyi-vyich] /vʌˈsyi lyi vʌˈsyi lyɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1842–1904, Russian painter.