12-letter words containing l, e, v, i, r
- perfectively — in a perfective manner; thoroughly
- perivisceral — surrounding or situated about the viscera.
- permissively — habitually or characteristically accepting or tolerant of something, as social behavior or linguistic usage, that others might disapprove or forbid.
- perspectival — a technique of depicting volumes and spatial relationships on a flat surface. Compare aerial perspective, linear perspective.
- persuasively — able, fitted, or intended to persuade: a very persuasive argument.
- postdelivery — of, relating to, or occurring after a delivery
- poverty line — a minimum income level used as an official standard for determining the proportion of a population living in poverty.
- pre-delivery — the carrying and turning over of letters, goods, etc., to a designated recipient or recipients.
- predictively — of or relating to prediction: losing one's predictive power.
- preemptively — of or relating to preemption.
- preventively — Medicine/Medical. of or noting a drug, vaccine, etc., for preventing disease; prophylactic.
- private bill — a congressional or parliamentary bill involving the private interests of a particular individual, corporation, or local unit.
- private life — the social or family life or personal relationships of an individual, esp of a person in the public eye, such as a politician or celebrity
- proclivities — natural or habitual inclination or tendency; propensity; predisposition: a proclivity to meticulousness.
- productively — having the power of producing; generative; creative: a productive effort.
- protectively — having the quality or function of protecting: a protective covering.
- protensively — in the manner of duration
- proverbially — of, relating to, or characteristic of a proverb: proverbial brevity.
- providential — of, relating to, or resulting from divine providence: providential care.
- pulverizable — that can be pulverized
- quadrivalent — having a valence of four; tetravalent.
- quicksilvery — resembling quicksilver
- quill driver — a person who does a great deal of writing.
- rally driver — sports-car racer
- rarity value — if something has rarity value, it is valuable because there a few examples of it
- ravioli code — (jargon, humour) Object-oriented code consisting of a number of small and loosely-coupled software components. Presumably, the term is a compliment, contrasting the code with spaghetti code.
- recreatively — to refresh by means of relaxation and enjoyment, as restore physically or mentally.
- red valerian — a bushy valerian, Centranthus ruber, of Europe and southwestern Asia, having many fragrant red, crimson, or white flowers.
- redemptively — serving to redeem.
- reevaluation — an act or instance of evaluating or appraising.
- reflectively — that reflects; reflecting.
- reflectivity — that reflects; reflecting.
- relativeness — the state or fact of being relative.
- relativistic — of or relating to relativity or relativism.
- relief valve — a device that, when actuated by static pressure above a predetermined level, opens in proportion to the excess above this level and reduces the pressure to it. Compare safety valve (def 1).
- renal pelvis — a small funnel-shaped cavity of the kidney into which urine is discharged before passing into the ureter
- repetitively — pertaining to or characterized by repetition.
- replevisable — capable of being replevied.
- repressively — tending or serving to repress: repressive laws.
- reputatively — according to reckoning; by repute; putatively
- respectively — in precisely the order given; sequentially.
- responsively — responding especially readily and sympathetically to appeals, efforts, influences, etc.: a responsive government.
- retractively — in a retractive manner
- retropulsive — of or relating to retropulsion
- revalidation — to make valid; substantiate; confirm: Time validated our suspicions.
- revelational — the act of revealing or disclosing; disclosure.
- revictualled — victuals, food supplies; provisions.
- revitalizing — having the ability or tendency to restore strength
- ring-a-levio — a children's game in which members of one group try to find and capture hiding members of another group: a captured player is kept in a circle drawn on the ground and is set free when tagged by a teammate
- river nelson — a river in central Canada, in N central Manitoba, flowing from Lake Winnipeg northeast to Hudson Bay. Length: about 650 km (400 miles)