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12-letter words containing h, i, v, r

  • 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.
  • impoverished — reduced to poverty.
  • impoverisher — Someone who impoverishes.
  • impoverishes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of impoverish.
  • introvertish — Introverted.
  • java archive — (file format, filename extension)   (jar) A compressed archive file containing Java class files, filename extension: ".jar". The Java Development Kit contains a tool called "jar" for creating .jar files, similar to the standard Unix tar command. As well as archiving and compressing the Java class files, it also inserts a "manifest" file which can contain information about the class files, such as a digital signature. Combining class files into a single archive file makes it possible to download them in a single HTTP transaction. This, and the compression, speeds up execution of Java programs delivered via the Internet. (2001}-02-03)
  • kurchatovium — (chemistry) A rejected name for rutherfordium.
  • live through — experience or endure
  • live yoghurt — yoghurt that contains live bacteria
  • liverishness — Quality of being liverish.
  • 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.
  • misbehaviour — (British) alternative spelling of misbehavior.
  • nail varnish — nail polish.
  • non-achiever — a person who consistently fails to achieve, esp academically
  • nonvehicular — Not vehicular.
  • observership — someone or something that observes.
  • olive branch — a branch of the olive tree as an emblem of peace.
  • orthovanadic — relating to orthovanadates
  • over-the-air — of or relating to any means of broadcast transmission.
  • overachieved — Simple past tense and past participle of overachieve.
  • overachiever — to perform, especially academically, above the potential indicated by tests of one's mental ability or aptitude.
  • overcharging — Present participle of overcharge.
  • overemphasis — excessive or undue emphasis.
  • overemphatic — excessive or undue emphasis.
  • overfinished — having an excessively polished finish
  • overflourish — to flourish excessively
  • overlordship — a person who is lord over another or over other lords: to obey the will of one's sovereign and overlord.
  • 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.
  • overweighted — weighing too much or more than is considered normal, proper, etc.: overweight luggage; an overweight patient; two letters that may be overweight.
  • overwhelming — that overwhelms; overpowering: The temptation to despair may become overwhelming.
  • overwithhold — to withhold too much.
  • raven-haired — with glossy deep black hair
  • receivership — the condition of being in the hands of a receiver.
  • reprehensive — the act of reprehending; reproof; censure.
  • rostropovich — Mstislav (Leopoldovich) [mis-tuh-slahv lee-uh-pohl-duh-vich;; Russian mstyi-slahf lyi-uh-pawl-duh-vyich] /ˈmɪs təˌslɑv ˌli əˈpoʊl də vɪtʃ;; Russian mstyɪˈslɑf lyɪ əˈpɔl də vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1927–2007, Soviet cellist and conductor (husband of Galina Vishnevskaya).
  • rough-voiced — having a harsh or grating voice: a rough-voiced barker.
  • schererville — a town in NW Indiana.
  • serving dish — a dish in which food is presented or served, esp before being shared into individual portions
  • servitorship — the office or position of a servitor; the condition of being a servitor
  • shirt-sleeve — not wearing a jacket; informally dressed: a shirt-sleeve mob.
  • shirtsleeved — not wearing a jacket or coat
  • silver birch — tree with silvery-white bark
  • silver perch — Also called mademoiselle. Ichthyology. a drum, Bairdiella chrysoura, of southern U.S. waters.
  • skivvy-shirt — Also called skivvy shirt. a man's cotton T-shirt.
  • spar varnish — a durable, weather-resistant varnish applied to unpainted wooden areas, especially on ships.
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