12-letter words containing l, o, u, v, e
- inconclusive — not conclusive; not resolving fully all doubts or questions: inconclusive evidence.
- intervillous — Between the villi.
- 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
- louver board — one of a series of overlapping, sloping boards used as louvers in an opening, so arranged as to admit air but to exclude rain or cut off visibility from the outside.
- manoeuvrable — Alternative spelling of maneuverable.
- marvellously — In a marvellous manner.
- molar volume — the volume occupied by one mole of a gas, liquid, or solid.
- multi-voiced — having a voice of a specified kind (usually used in combination): shrill-voiced.
- multi-volume — consisting of or encompassing several volumes: a multivolume encyclopedia.
- multivoltine — producing several broods in one year, as certain silkworm moths; polyvoltine.
- nature lover — someone who likes plants, birds and other natural phenomena
- non-virulent — actively poisonous; intensely noxious: a virulent insect bite.
- noncollusive — involving collusion; fraudulently contrived by agreement: a collusive agreement to increase prices.
- nonexclusive — not admitting of something else; incompatible: mutually exclusive plans of action.
- nonocclusive — occluding or tending to occlude.
- 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.
- nuevo laredo — a city in NE Mexico, on the Rio Grande opposite Laredo, Texas.
- object value — (jargon) In industrial design, a measure of consumers' immediate desire for an object, even before they know or understand what it does. "Gassee may be nuts, but at least the BeBox has great object value."
- outlet valve — a valve (on a pipe, etc) controlling the escape or release (of liquid, etc)
- over-helpful — giving or rendering aid or assistance; of service: Your comments were very helpful.
- over-jealous — feeling resentment against someone because of that person's rivalry, success, or advantages (often followed by of): He was jealous of his rich brother.
- over-popular — regarded with favor, approval, or affection by people in general: a popular preacher.
- over-qualify — to provide with proper or necessary skills, knowledge, credentials, etc.; make competent: to qualify oneself for a job.
- over-trouble — to disturb the mental calm and contentment of; worry; distress; agitate.
- overbuilding — Present participle of overbuild.
- overclouding — Present participle of overcloud.
- overcoloured — excessively coloured
- overflourish — to flourish excessively
- overfullness — The state of being excessively or abnormally full.
- overmultiply — to increase too much or too often
- overpopulate — to fill with an excessive number of people, straining available resources and facilities: Expanding industry has overpopulated the western suburbs.
- overregulate — to apply rules and regulations excessively to (something)
- oversubtlety — the quality of being too subtle
- overutilized — to put to use; turn to profitable account: to utilize a stream to power a mill.
- pole vaulter — A pole vaulter is an athlete who performs the pole vault.
- popular vote — the vote for a U.S. presidential candidate made by the qualified voters, as opposed to that made by the electoral college. Compare electoral vote.
- preovulatory — to produce and discharge eggs from an ovary or ovarian follicle.
- productively — having the power of producing; generative; creative: a productive effort.
- proper value — characteristic root.
- reevaluation — an act or instance of evaluating or appraising.
- renovascular — of or relating to the blood vessels of the kidneys.
- retropulsive — of or relating to retropulsion
- roman-fleuve — saga (def 3).
- sales volume — quantity of goods sold
- samuel lover — Samuel, 1797–1868, Irish novelist, painter, and songwriter.
- silver mound — a perennial Japanese herb, Artemisia schmidtiana, having silver-green leaves forming a moundlike shape.