12-letter words containing i, r, e, t, v
- intravitreal — Within an eye.
- introductive — serving or used to introduce; preliminary; beginning: an introductory course; an introductory paragraph.
- introversion — the act of introverting or the state of being introverted.
- introversive — the act of introverting or the state of being introverted.
- introverting — a shy person.
- introvertish — Introverted.
- introvertive — the act of introverting or the state of being introverted.
- inventioneer — (rare) inventor.
- inventorying — Present participle of inventory.
- invert sugar — a mixture of the dextrorotatory forms of glucose and fructose, formed naturally in fruits and produced artificially in syrups or fondants by treating cane sugar with acids.
- invertebrate — Zoology. not vertebrate; without a backbone. of or relating to creatures without a backbone.
- invertedness — Quality of being inverted.
- investigator — to examine, study, or inquire into systematically; search or examine into the particulars of; examine in detail.
- investitures — Plural form of investiture.
- inveterately — settled or confirmed in a habit, practice, feeling, or the like: an inveterate gambler.
- inveteration — The act of making inveterate.
- invigorative — to give vigor to; fill with life and energy; energize.
- irreflective — Without mental reflection.
- irrelatively — In an irrelative manner.
- irrelevantly — not relevant; not applicable or pertinent: His lectures often stray to interesting but irrelevant subjects.
- irrespective — without regard to something else, especially something specified; ignoring or discounting (usually followed by of): Irrespective of my wishes, I should go.
- irreverently — not reverent; manifesting or characterized by irreverence; deficient in veneration or respect: an irreverent reply.
- jurisdictive — Jurisdictional.
- kavir desert — Dasht-e-Kavir.
- king vulture — a large, black-and-white vulture, Sarcorhamphus papa, of Central and South America, having colorful wattles and wartlike protuberances on its head and neck.
- landgraviate — the office, jurisdiction, or territory of a landgrave.
- lentiviruses — Plural form of lentivirus.
- lever-action — (of a rifle) having a lever action.
- levi strauss — David Friedrich [dah-veet free-drikh] /ˈdɑ vit ˈfri drɪx/ (Show IPA), 1808–74, German theologian, philosopher, and author.
- levi-strauss — Claude, 1908–2009, French anthropologist and educator, born in Belgium: founder of structural anthropology.
- levorotation — Rotation in an anticlockwise direction, especially such rotation of the plane of polarized light.
- libertyville — a town in NE Illinois.
- liberum veto — a veto exercised by a single member of a legislative body whose rules require unanimity.
- live through — experience or endure
- live yoghurt — yoghurt that contains live bacteria
- liverpolitan — a native or inhabitant of Liverpool
- loretteville — a city in S Quebec, in E Canada: suburb of Quebec.
- lovecraftian — referring to or reminiscent of the work of the American fantasy and horror fiction author H.P. Lovecraft (1870–1937)
- maidservants — Plural form of maidservant.
- malt vinegar — acidic condiment made from malted barley
- malternative — An alcoholic beverage that contains some malt alcohol, and may contain other types of alcohol, and that is an alternative to beer.
- malversation — improper or corrupt behavior in office, especially in public office.
- martinsville — a city in S Virginia.
- millisievert — (physics) A unit of ionizing radiation equal to 10-3 sieverts.
- ministrative — Serving to aid; ministering.
- misadventure — an instance of bad fortune; mishap.
- misventurous — characterized by a mishap
- mitral valve — the valve between the left atrium and left ventricle of the heart, consisting of two triangular flaps of tissue, that prevents the blood from flowing back into the atrium.
- motive power — any power used to impart motion; any source of mechanical energy.
- motor-driven — propelled or made to function by means of a motor