12-letter words containing i, n, c, o, v
- nonconducive — tending to produce; contributive; helpful; favorable (usually followed by to): Good eating habits are conducive to good health.
- noncorrosive — That does not cause corrosion.
- nondeceptive — not deceptive
- nondeductive — not related to deduction or subtraction
- nondirective — Not directive.
- noneffective — not effective.
- nonexclusive — not admitting of something else; incompatible: mutually exclusive plans of action.
- nonexecutive — a person or group of persons having administrative or supervisory authority in an organization.
- noninductive — not inductive: a noninductive resistance.
- nonobjective — not objective.
- nonocclusive — occluding or tending to occlude.
- nonselective — having the function or power of selecting; making a selection.
- nonvehicular — Not vehicular.
- nova scotian — a peninsula and province in SE Canada: once a part of the French province of Acadia. 21,068 sq. mi. (54,565 sq. km). Capital: Halifax.
- novell, inc. — (company, networking) A software development company specialising in networking and workgroup applications. The company has diversified in recent years, with the acquisition of several mainstream applications, including Wordperfect and Quattro Pro. Other products include UnixWare, AppWare, Personal NetWare, Groupwise and Novell Dos 7. (21 Sept 1995)
- oblivescence — the process of forgetting.
- obliviscence — the condition or fact of failing to remember or having failed to remember or of being absent-minded
- old slavonic — Old Church Slavonic.
- olive branch — a branch of the olive tree as an emblem of peace.
- oncornavirus — any of various RNA viruses that cause tumors in humans and other animals.
- open verdict — law: coroner's jury finding
- orthovanadic — relating to orthovanadates
- overcharging — Present participle of overcharge.
- overclocking — Computers. to modify (a hardware component, as a processor, graphics card, or memory) so as to increase the speed of that component beyond the specifications of the manufacturer: You can overclock your video card to improve its performance.
- overclouding — Present participle of overcloud.
- overcramming — excessive cramming
- overcropping — Agriculture. to crop (land) to excess; exhaust the fertility of by continuous cropping.
- overcrowding — Fill (accommodations or a space) beyond what is usual or comfortable.
- overdiscount — to discount excessively
- overinclined — extremely or excessively inclined (to)
- overissuance — the act of issuing in excessive amounts
- overniceness — the quality of being overnice
- overreaching — to reach or extend over or beyond: The shelf overreached the nook and had to be planed down.
- overreaction — to react or respond more strongly than is necessary or appropriate.
- overreliance — confident or trustful dependence.
- overstocking — to stock to excess: We are overstocked on this item.
- ovolactarian — lacto-ovo-vegetarian.
- pancho-villa — Francisco [frahn-sees-kaw] /frɑnˈsis kɔ/ (Show IPA), (Doroteo Arango"Pancho Villa") 1877–1923, Mexican general and revolutionist.
- peace-loving — If you describe someone as peace-loving, you mean that they try to avoid quarrelling or fighting with other people.
- picornavirus — any of a group of small, RNA-containing viruses of the family Picornaviridae, infectious to humans and other animals, and including the poliovirus and the rhinoviruses that cause the common cold.
- point-device — completely; perfectly; exactly.
- postvaccinal — occurring after a vaccine
- preconceived — to form a conception or opinion of beforehand, as before seeing evidence or as a result of previously held prejudice.
- privatdocent — (in German and certain other universities) a private teacher or lecturer recognized by the university but receiving no compensation from it, being remunerated by fees.
- provincetown — a town at the tip of Cape Cod, in SE Massachusetts: resort.
- provincewide — covering or available to the whole of a province
- provincially — belonging or peculiar to some particular province; local: the provincial newspaper.
- reactivation — to render active again; revive.
- reconceiving — to form (a notion, opinion, purpose, etc.): He conceived the project while he was on vacation.
- reconvention — an action brought by the defendant in pending litigation against the plaintiff: the defendant's claim must be connected in some way with the subject matter of the plaintiff's action.