12-letter words containing l, i, v, a
- diverticular — Of or relating to diverticula.
- divinatorial — of or related to divination
- dorsiventral — Botany. having distinct dorsal and ventral sides, as most foliage leaves.
- dovetail saw — a backsaw for fine woodworking, as dovetailing.
- driveability — the degree of smoothness and steadiness of acceleration of an automotive vehicle: The automatic transmission has been improved to give the new model better drivability.
- driving sail — a sail that, when filled, tends to force the hull of a vessel downward (opposed to lifting sail).
- dubitatively — in a dubitative manner
- dzhugashvili — Iosif Vissarionovich [Russian yaw-syif-vyi-suh-ryi-aw-nuh-vyich] /Russian ˈyɔ syɪf vyɪ sə ryɪˈɔ nə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), Stalin, Joseph.
- edith cavell — Edith Louisa, 1865–1915, English nurse: executed by the Germans in World War I.
- edulcorative — edulcorant
- edwardsville — a town in SW Illinois.
- eke a living — If you eke a living or eke out an existence, you manage to survive with very little money.
- endocervical — Within a cervix.
- enviableness — Enviability.
- equivalently — In an equivalent manner; equally.
- equivocality — The quality of being equivocal.
- evangelicals — Plural form of evangelical.
- evangelistic — Seeking to convert others to the Christian faith; missionary.
- evangelizing — Present participle of evangelize.
- evening meal — dinner or supper
- everlastings — Plural form of everlasting.
- evidentially — In an evidential way; according to evidence.
- evolutionary — Of or relating to evolution.
- evolvability — (biology) The ability of a particular organism to evolve.
- excavational — Relating to excavation.
- exhaustively — In an exhaustive manner.
- exploitative — In the nature of exploitation; acting to exploit someone or something.
- extractively — in an extractive manner
- facial nerve — either one of the seventh pair of cranial nerves composed of motor fibers that control muscles of the face except those used in chewing.
- facilitative — to make easier or less difficult; help forward (an action, a process, etc.): Careful planning facilitates any kind of work.
- fall in love — become infatuated
- false gavial — a SE Asian crocodile, Tomistoma schlegeli, similar to but smaller than the gavial
- family leave — a leave of absence from work in order to have or take care of a baby or to care for an ailing family member.
- fan vaulting — a system of fan vaults.
- favorability — The quality or degree of being viewed favorably.
- fayetteville — a city in S North Carolina.
- federatively — from a federative point of view
- festivalgoer — A person attending a festival.
- figuratively — of the nature of or involving a figure of speech, especially a metaphor; metaphorical and not literal: The word “head” has several figurative senses, as in “She's the head of the company.”. Synonyms: metaphorical, not literal, symbolic.
- flavoprotein — an enzyme, containing riboflavin and linked chemically with a protein, active in the oxidation of foods in animal cells.
- fluviomarine — of or formed by the combined action of river and sea.
- gallivanters — Plural form of gallivanter.
- gallivanting — to wander about, seeking pleasure or diversion; gad.
- galvanically — pertaining to or produced by galvanism; producing or caused by an electric current.
- galvanotaxis — movement of an organism or any of its parts in a particular direction in response to an electric current; electrotaxis.
- geelvink bay — former (Dutch) name of Sarera Bay.
- generatively — capable of producing or creating.
- gravel-blind — more blind or dim-sighted than sand-blind and less than stone-blind.
- gravicembalo — a harpsichord.
- gravity cell — a cell containing two electrolytes that have different specific gravities.