12-letter words containing n, o, e, v
- jacksonville — a seaport in NE Florida, on the St. John's River.
- japan clover — a drought-resistant bush clover, Lespedeza striata, of the legume family, introduced to the southern Atlantic states from Asia, having numerous tiny trifoliate leaves valued for pasturage and hay.
- jordan curve — simple closed curve.
- jordan river — Barbara Charline, 1936–96, U.S. politician.
- juventa fons — an area in the southern hemisphere of Mars, appearing as a dark region when viewed through a telescope.
- levalloisian — of, relating to, or characteristic of a distinctive late Lower and Middle Paleolithic method of preparing a stone core so that preformed thin, oval or triangular flakes with sharp edges could be struck from it.
- leveling rod — rod (def 19).
- lever-action — (of a rifle) having a lever action.
- levitational — Relating to levitation.
- levorotation — Rotation in an anticlockwise direction, especially such rotation of the plane of polarized light.
- line voltage — the voltage supplied by a power line, measured at the point of use.
- live in hope — If you live in hope that something will happen, you continue to hope that it will happen, although it seems unlikely, and you realize that you are being foolish.
- liverpolitan — a native or inhabitant of Liverpool
- long-sleeved — having long sleeves
- love handles — fat midriff
- lovecraftian — referring to or reminiscent of the work of the American fantasy and horror fiction author H.P. Lovecraft (1870–1937)
- lovelessness — without any love: a loveless marriage.
- lover's knot — love knot.
- lovers' lane — a secluded lane, road, or parking area sought out by lovers for its privacy.
- lovesickness — Quality or property of being lovesick.
- madisonville — a city in W Kentucky.
- malevolently — wishing evil or harm to another or others; showing ill will; ill-disposed; malicious: His failures made him malevolent toward those who were successful.
- malversation — improper or corrupt behavior in office, especially in public office.
- manoeuvering — Present participle of manoeuver.
- manoeuvrable — Alternative spelling of maneuverable.
- manoeuvrings — Plural form of manoeuvring.
- misconceived — Simple past tense and past participle of misconceive.
- misconceives — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of misconceive.
- misgoverning — Present participle of misgovern.
- misventurous — characterized by a mishap
- mons veneris — the mons pubis of the human female.
- morton grove — a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- motor-driven — propelled or made to function by means of a motor
- mount vernon — the home and tomb of George Washington in NE Virginia, on the Potomac, 15 miles (24 km) below Washington, D.C.
- moveableness — The quality of being moveable.
- movelessness — the state of being without movement or motion
- movie rating — a classification of a film as according to the age of viewers thought suitable to see it, and which can differ according to the level in the film of violent content, sexual content, etc
- multivoltine — producing several broods in one year, as certain silkworm moths; polyvoltine.
- nature lover — someone who likes plants, birds and other natural phenomena
- naval stores — supplies for warships.
- navel orange — a seedless variety of orange having at the apex a navellike formation containing a small secondary fruit.
- negative ion — an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- nemorivagant — Lb rare wandering in the woods.
- neoflavonoid — (organic chemistry) Any compound, isomeric with the flavonoids, derived from 4-phenyl-1,2-benzopyrone.
- neurodiverse — Exhibiting neurodiversity; varying in mental configuration.
- nevinnomyssk — a city in the SW Russian Federation in Europe, S of Stavropol.
- new covenant — (sometimes initial capital letters) (in Christian exegesis) the promises of salvation made by God to humans individually, based on divine grace rather than Mosaic Law.
- nine-to-five — of, relating to, or during the workday, especially the hours from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. when offices are characteristically open for business: the nine-to-five grind.
- no love lost — a profoundly tender, passionate affection for another person.
- no vacancies — No vacancies is used on a notice at a hotel or guest house when there are no rooms available to rent.