12-letter words containing l, a, v, e, r, n
- irrelevantly — not relevant; not applicable or pertinent: His lectures often stray to interesting but irrelevant subjects.
- japan clover — a drought-resistant bush clover, Lespedeza striata, of the legume family, introduced to the southern Atlantic states from Asia, having numerous tiny trifoliate leaves valued for pasturage and hay.
- jugular vein — vein that carries blood from head to heart
- la verendrye — Pierre Gaultier de Varenne [French pyer goh-tyey duh va-ren] /French pyɛr goʊˈtyeɪ də vaˈrɛn/ (Show IPA), Sieur de, 1685–1749, Canadian explorer of North America.
- lake vättern — a lake in S central Sweden: the second largest lake in Sweden; linked to Lake Vänern by the Göta Canal; drains into the Baltic. Area: 1912 sq km (738 sq miles)
- landgraviate — the office, jurisdiction, or territory of a landgrave.
- landgravines — Plural form of landgravine.
- lavender bag — a small fabric bag filled with dried lavender flowers and placed amongst clothes or linen to scent them
- lever-action — (of a rifle) having a lever action.
- levorotation — Rotation in an anticlockwise direction, especially such rotation of the plane of polarized light.
- live in fear — You can use expressions such as to live in fear and to live in terror to indicate that someone is always thinking about an unpleasant or frightening event, because they think that it might happen.
- liverpolitan — a native or inhabitant of Liverpool
- liverpudlian — a seaport in Merseyside, in W England, on the Mersey estuary.
- lovecraftian — referring to or reminiscent of the work of the American fantasy and horror fiction author H.P. Lovecraft (1870–1937)
- lovers' lane — a secluded lane, road, or parking area sought out by lovers for its privacy.
- 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.
- malvern hill — a plateau in E Virginia, SE of Richmond: battle 1862.
- malversation — improper or corrupt behavior in office, especially in public office.
- maneuverable — capable of being steered or directed; easy to maneuver: The polyethylene craft remains as durable and maneuverable as any conventional high-performance kayak.
- manoeuvrable — Alternative spelling of maneuverable.
- martinsville — a city in S Virginia.
- nature lover — someone who likes plants, birds and other natural phenomena
- naval stores — supplies for warships.
- navel orange — a seedless variety of orange having at the apex a navellike formation containing a small secondary fruit.
- non-drivable — to send, expel, or otherwise cause to move by force or compulsion: to drive away the flies; to drive back an attacking army; to drive a person to desperation.
- non-variable — apt or liable to vary or change; changeable: variable weather; variable moods.
- nonremovable — that may be removed.
- nonrevocable — Not revocable.
- nonuniversal — Not universal.
- nonvehicular — Not vehicular.
- normal curve — a bell-shaped curve showing a particular distribution of probability over the values of a random variable. Also called Gaussian curve, probability curve.
- note verbale — a diplomatic communication prepared in the third person and unsigned: less formal than a note but more formal than an aide-mémoire.
- nuevo laredo — a city in NE Mexico, on the Rio Grande opposite Laredo, Texas.
- olive branch — a branch of the olive tree as an emblem of peace.
- oven cleaner — a liquid, often foam in an aerosol container, designed to clean ovens
- over-analyze — to separate (a material or abstract entity) into constituent parts or elements; determine the elements or essential features of (opposed to synthesize): to analyze an argument.
- over-explain — to make plain or clear; render understandable or intelligible: to explain an obscure point. Synonyms: explicate. Antonyms: confuse.
- over-inflate — to distend; swell or puff out; dilate: The king cobra inflates its hood.
- over-reliant — having or showing dependence: reliant on money from home.
- overanalysis — the separating of any material or abstract entity into its constituent elements (opposed to synthesis).
- overanalyzed — Simple past tense and past participle of overanalyze.
- overbalanced — Simple past tense and past participle of overbalance.
- overbalances — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overbalance.
- overplanning — the act or instance of planning excessively
- overreliance — confident or trustful dependence.
- pearl diving — the act of diving for the precious gems pearls
- provableness — the quality of being provable
- providential — of, relating to, or resulting from divine providence: providential care.
- quadrivalent — having a valence of four; tetravalent.