12-letter words containing l, e, v, a, t, i
- trivialities — something trivial; a trivial matter, affair, remark, etc.: cocktail conversation marked by trivialities.
- trypaflavine — acriflavine hydrochloride.
- ultraviolent — characterized by or pertaining to extreme acts of violence
- unalleviated — to make easier to endure; lessen; mitigate: to alleviate sorrow; to alleviate pain.
- unambivalent — not ambivalent; definite; certain.
- uncultivable — capable of being cultivated.
- uncultivated — prepared and used for raising crops; tilled: cultivated land.
- unequivalent — equal in value, measure, force, effect, significance, etc.: His silence is equivalent to an admission of guilt.
- uninvestable — that can be invested.
- universalist — a person characterized by universalism, as in knowledge, interests, or activities.
- universality — the character or state of being universal; existence or prevalence everywhere.
- unventilated — not having stale or foul air driven out
- valetudinary — valetudinarian.
- valve lifter — (in an internal-combustion engine) a tappet that opens a valve when actuated by a camshaft.
- valve timing — Valve timing is the exact timing of the opening and closing of the valves in a piston engine.
- vanity plate — a vehicle license plate bearing a combination of letters or numbers requested by the licensee, as a name or occupation.
- varia lectio — a variant reading.
- vasoligature — vasoligation.
- vaudevillist — a person who writes for vaudeville
- vegetational — all the plants or plant life of a place, taken as a whole: the vegetation of the Nile valley.
- velarization — to pronounce with velar articulation.
- velociraptor — a small carnivorous dinosaur of the genus Velociraptor , from the late Cretaceous period, capable of leaping, and growing to a length of about 6 feet (2 meters), having feathers, a flat snout, short forelimbs with large handlike talons, and a large sickle-shaped claw on each foot.
- venerability — commanding respect because of great age or impressive dignity; worthy of veneration or reverence, as because of high office or noble character: a venerable member of Congress.
- ventromedial — relating to both the ventral and medial surfaces, or to the front and to the middle
- verticalness — the quality or state of being vertical; uprightness
- verticillate — disposed in or forming verticils or whorls, as flowers or hairs.
- vesicularity — the quality or state of being vesicular
- vesiculation — characterized by or covered with vesicles.
- vespertilian — of, relating to, or resembling a bat
- vibratiuncle — a slight vibration
- video rental — the system of renting films on video or DVD for a period of time in exchange for payment
- vigentennial — a 20th anniversary.
- vin de table — the classification given to a French wine that does not meet the requirements of any of the three higher classifications
- violet layer — a layer of particles in the upper atmosphere of the planet Mars, that scatters and absorbs certain electromagnetic radiation, thus preventing the blue, violet, and ultraviolet light waves from passing through
- virgin metal — primary metal.
- viscoelastic — pertaining to a substance having both viscous and elastic properties.
- vitilitigate — to contend or backbite
- volatile oil — a distilled oil, especially one obtained from plant tissue, as distinguished from glyceride oils by their volatility and failure to saponify.
- voltaic cell — cell1 (def 7a).
- voltaic pile — an early battery cell, consisting of several metal disks, each made of one of two dissimilar metals, arranged in an alternating series, and separated by pads moistened with an electrolyte.
- white slaver — a person engaged in white-slave traffic or business.
- white-slaver — a person engaged in white-slave traffic or business.