12-letter words containing n, o, v, e, t
- divertimento — an instrumental composition in several movements, light and diverting in character, similar to a serenade.
- dorsiventral — Botany. having distinct dorsal and ventral sides, as most foliage leaves.
- dorsoventral — Zoology. pertaining to the dorsal and ventral aspects of the body; extending from the dorsal to the ventral side: the dorsoventral axis.
- e-government — the provision of government information and services by means of the internet and other computer resources
- earth-moving — Earth-moving equipment is machinery that is used for digging and moving large amounts of soil.
- eigenvectors — Plural form of eigenvector.
- electronvolt — (physics) alternative spelling of electron volt.
- endeavorment — Act of endeavouring; effort.
- envenomation — The injection of a venom etc by means of a sting, etc.
- envigorating — Present participle of envigorate.
- environments — Plural form of environment.
- equivocating — Present participle of equivocate.
- equivocation — The use of ambiguous language to conceal the truth or to avoid committing oneself; prevarication.
- evaporations — Plural form of evaporation.
- evisceration — A disemboweling; the removal of viscera.
- evolutionary — Of or relating to evolution.
- evolutionism — (countable) Any of several theories that explain the evolution of systems or organisms.
- evolutionist — A person who believes in the theories of evolution and natural selection.
- excavational — Relating to excavation.
- extraversion — Alternative spelling of extroversion.
- extroversion — (psychology) Concern with or an orientation toward others or what is outside oneself; behavior expressing such an orientation; the definitive characteristic of an extrovert.
- favorite son — (at a national political convention) a candidate nominated for office by delegates from his or her own state.
- five nations — (formerly) a confederacy of North American Indian peoples living mainly in and around present-day New York state, consisting of the Cayugas, Mohawks, Oneidas, Onondagas, and Senecas
- flavoprotein — an enzyme, containing riboflavin and linked chemically with a protein, active in the oxidation of foods in animal cells.
- galvanometer — an instrument for detecting the existence of small electric currents and determining their strength.
- galvanometry — the method or process of determining the strength of electric currents.
- get involved — play a part
- gingivectomy — surgical removal of gum tissue.
- give rein to — Often, reins. a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit.
- give vent to — to release (an emotion, passion, idea, etc) in an utterance or outburst
- give wing to — to enable to fly or soar on or as if on wings
- governmental — the political direction and control exercised over the actions of the members, citizens, or inhabitants of communities, societies, and states; direction of the affairs of a state, community, etc.; political administration: Government is necessary to the existence of civilized society.
- governorates — Plural form of governorate.
- harvest moon — the moon at and about the period of fullness that is nearest to the autumnal equinox.
- have need to — to be compelled or required to; must
- have pity on — to have sympathy or show mercy for
- hovering act — an act forbidding or restricting the loitering of foreign or domestic vessels within the prescribed limits of a coastal nation.
- improvements — Plural form of improvement.
- inchoatively — in an inchoative or rudimentary fashion; initially
- incogitative — Not cogitative; lacking the power of thought.
- inconvenient — not easily accessible or at hand: The phone is in an inconvenient place.
- inconversant — Not conversant or acquainted (with something); unfamiliar.
- incorruptive — incorruptible; not tending to be corrupted
- innervations — Plural form of innervation.
- innocent vii — (Cosimo de' Migliorati) 1336–1406, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1404–06.
- innovatively — tending to innovate, or introduce something new or different; characterized by innovation.
- insectivores — Plural form of insectivore.
- interconvert — to subject to interconversion; interchange.
- interinvolve — to involve mutually or reciprocally
- intervention — the act or fact of intervening.