12-letter words containing i, n, v
- graminivores — Plural form of graminivore.
- grand vizier — the chief officer of state of various Muslim countries, as in the former Ottoman Empire.
- gravel-blind — more blind or dim-sighted than sand-blind and less than stone-blind.
- graven image — an idol.
- graving dock — an excavated shore dry dock for the repair and maintenance of ships.
- gravity wind — a light wind directed downslope, occurring at night because of the cooling and densification of the air near the ground.
- grievousness — causing grief or great sorrow: grievous news.
- griseofulvin — an antibiotic, C 17 H 17 ClO 6 , obtained from a species of Penicillium, used in the treatment of ringworm and other fungous infections of the skin.
- grooving saw — a circular saw used for making grooves
- grovellingly — With grovelling or self-abasement; obsequiously.
- hand-deliver — to deliver in person or by messenger.
- haute-vienne — a department in central France. 2145 sq. mi. (5555 sq. km). Capital: Limoges.
- havana cigar — any of various cigars hand rolled in Cuba, known esp for their high quality
- have in mind — to remember
- have kittens — to react with disapproval, anxiety, etc
- have pity on — to have sympathy or show mercy for
- heavenliness — (uncountable) The state or quality of being heavenly.
- helping verb — auxiliary verb.
- hepadnavirus — Any member of the virus family Hepadnaviridae, capable of causing liver infections in humans and animals.
- hiv-negative — not infected with the HIV virus
- hopkinsville — a city in S Kentucky.
- horned viper — a highly venomous viper, Cerastes cerastes, of northern Africa and extreme southwestern Asia, having a process resembling a horn just above each eye.
- hovering act — an act forbidding or restricting the loitering of foreign or domestic vessels within the prescribed limits of a coastal nation.
- hudson river — Henry, died 1611? English navigator and explorer.
- hypertensive — characterized by or causing high blood pressure.
- idiot savant — a mentally defective person with an exceptional skill or talent in a special field, as a highly developed ability to play music or to solve complex mathematical problems mentally at great speed.
- Îles du vent — a group of islands in the S Pacific, in French Polynesia in the W Society Archipelago: Moorea, Maio (Tubuai Manu), and Mehetia and Tetiaroa. Pop: 184 222 (2002)
- illuminative — giving light; illuminating.
- illusiveness — illusory.
- improvements — Plural form of improvement.
- improvidence — not provident; lacking foresight; incautious; unwary.
- in any event — whatever the situation
- in favour of — If one thing is rejected in favour of another, the second thing is done or chosen instead of the first.
- in overdrive — in a state of intense activity
- in the event — You say in the event after you have been discussing what could have happened in a particular situation, in order to indicate that you are now describing what actually did happen.
- in-effective — not effective; not producing results; ineffectual: ineffective efforts; ineffective remedies.
- inactivating — Present participle of inactivate.
- inactivation — The process of rendering something inactive.
- inadvertence — the quality or condition of being inadvertent; heedlessness.
- inadvertency — inadvertence.
- incentivised — Simple past tense and past participle of incentivise.
- incentivises — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of incentivise.
- incentivized — to give incentives to: The government should incentivize the private sector to create jobs.
- incentivizes — to give incentives to: The government should incentivize the private sector to create jobs.
- inchoatively — in an inchoative or rudimentary fashion; initially
- incisiveness — penetrating; cutting; biting; trenchant: an incisive tone of voice.
- inclusive of — including; taking into account
- inclusive or — the connective that gives the value true to a disjunction if either or both of the disjuncts are true
- incogitative — Not cogitative; lacking the power of thought.
- inconclusive — not conclusive; not resolving fully all doubts or questions: inconclusive evidence.