12-letter words containing n, i, v, k
- antitakeover — opposed to or acting against a takeover
- block caving — a method of mining a large block of ore by systematically undercutting so the ore will cave. Compare cave (def 5a).
- block voting — voting using block votes
- brick veneer — (in Australia) a timber-framed house with a brick exterior
- carving fork — a large, two-tined fork with a metal guard to protect the hand, used to hold meat in place as it is being carved
- chakravartin — (in Indian philosophy, politics, etc.) an ideal, universal, enlightened ruler, under whom the world exists in justice and peace.
- chicken kiev — boned chicken breasts pounded until thin, wrapped around lumps of herbed butter, breaded, and fried in butter or deep fat, and usually served with kasha or brown rice
- drink-driver — A drink-driver is someone who drives after drinking more than the amount of alcohol that is legally allowed.
- drunk driver — A drunk driver is someone who drives after drinking more than the amount of alcohol that is legally allowed.
- duck-shoving — the evasion of responsibility by someone
- eke a living — If you eke a living or eke out an existence, you manage to survive with very little money.
- geelvink bay — former (Dutch) name of Sarera Bay.
- graving dock — an excavated shore dry dock for the repair and maintenance of ships.
- have kittens — to react with disapproval, anxiety, etc
- hopkinsville — a city in S Kentucky.
- intake valve — a valve in the cylinder head of an internal-combustion engine that opens at the proper moment in the cycle to allow the fuel-air mixture to be drawn into the cylinder.
- jacksonville — a seaport in NE Florida, on the St. John's River.
- kelvin scale — William Thomson, 1st Baron, 1824–1907, English physicist and mathematician.
- kidney vetch — an Old World plant, Anthyllis vulneraria, of the legume family, formerly used as a remedy for kidney diseases.
- king vulture — a large, black-and-white vulture, Sarcorhamphus papa, of Central and South America, having colorful wattles and wartlike protuberances on its head and neck.
- leave-taking — a saying farewell; a parting or goodbye; departure: His leave-taking was brief.
- lepenski vir — the site of an advanced Mesolithic fishing culture on the banks of the Danube in Serbia, characterized by trapezoidal buildings and large stone sculptures of human heads and torsos.
- linked verse — a Japanese verse form in which stanzas of three lines alternating with stanzas of two lines are composed by two or more poets in alternation.
- linking verb — copula (def 2).
- lovesickness — Quality or property of being lovesick.
- markov chain — a Markov process restricted to discrete random events or to discontinuous time sequences.
- nevinnomyssk — a city in the SW Russian Federation in Europe, S of Stavropol.
- novorossiysk — a seaport in the SW Russian Federation in Europe, on the Black Sea.
- overclocking — Computers. to modify (a hardware component, as a processor, graphics card, or memory) so as to increase the speed of that component beyond the specifications of the manufacturer: You can overclock your video card to improve its performance.
- overdrinking — Present participle of overdrink.
- overkindness — the quality of being too kind
- overstocking — to stock to excess: We are overstocked on this item.
- quacksalving — resembling or characteristic of a quacksalver
- rock carving — the practice of carving on rock
- salk vaccine — a vaccine that contains three types of inactivated poliomyelitis viruses and induces immunity against the disease.
- savings bank — a bank that receives savings accounts only and pays interest to its depositors.
- severodvinsk — a city in the N Russian Federation in Europe, on Dvina Gulf, E of Archangel.
- stakhanovism — a method for increasing production by rewarding individual initiative, developed in the Soviet Union in 1935.
- stakhanovite — a worker in the Soviet Union who regularly surpassed production quotas and was specially honored and rewarded.
- stanislavski — Konstantin [kon-stuh n-teen;; Russian kuh n-stuhn-tyeen] /ˈkɒn stənˌtin;; Russian kən stʌnˈtyin/ (Show IPA), (Konstantin Sergeevich Alekseev) 1863–1938, Russian actor, producer, and director.
- stanislavsky — Konstantin [kon-stuh n-teen;; Russian kuh n-stuhn-tyeen] /ˈkɒn stənˌtin;; Russian kən stʌnˈtyin/ (Show IPA), (Konstantin Sergeevich Alekseev) 1863–1938, Russian actor, producer, and director.
- stravinskian — of, relating to, or suggesting the composer Igor Stravinsky or his works.
- thanksgiving — the act of giving thanks; grateful acknowledgment of benefits or favors, especially to God.
- van riebeeck — Jan, full name Johan Anthoniszoon van Riebeeck. 1619–77, Dutch colonial administrator. Founder of the colony of the Cape of Good Hope (1652)
- vanga shrike — any of several birds of the family Vangidae, endemic to Madagascar, some of which resemble shrikes, with great diversity in size, color, and bill shape.
- vernoleninsk — former name of Nikolayev.
- vishnevskaya — Galina (Pavlovna) [guh-lee-nuh pahv-lohv-nuh,, pav-;; Russian guh-lyee-nuh pah-vluh v-nuh] /gəˈli nə pɑvˈloʊv nə,, pæv-;; Russian gʌˈlyi nə ˈpɑ vləv nə/ (Show IPA), 1926–2012, Soviet operatic soprano, in the U.S. (wife of Mstislav Rostropovich).
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