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12-letter words containing o, l, e, v

  • 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.
  • nonexplosive — tending or serving to explode: an explosive temper; Nitroglycerin is an explosive substance.
  • nonocclusive — occluding or tending to occlude.
  • nonreflexive — (of a relation) neither reflexive nor irreflexive; holding between some members of its domain and themselves, and failing to hold between others
  • nonremovable — that may be removed.
  • nonrevocable — Not revocable.
  • nonselective — having the function or power of selecting; making a selection.
  • nonuniversal — Not universal.
  • nonvegetable — Not of or pertaining to vegetables.
  • nonvehicular — Not vehicular.
  • nonviolently — In a nonviolent manner.
  • 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.
  • note verbale — a diplomatic communication prepared in the third person and unsigned: less formal than a note but more formal than an aide-mémoire.
  • novelisation — Alternative spelling of novelization.
  • novelization — The writing of a novel based on fact; fictionalization.
  • novell, inc. — (company, networking)   A software development company specialising in networking and workgroup applications. The company has diversified in recent years, with the acquisition of several mainstream applications, including Wordperfect and Quattro Pro. Other products include UnixWare, AppWare, Personal NetWare, Groupwise and Novell Dos 7. (21 Sept 1995)
  • 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."
  • obliterative — Tending or serving to obliterate.
  • oblivescence — the process of forgetting.
  • obliviscence — the condition or fact of failing to remember or having failed to remember or of being absent-minded
  • old believer — Raskolnik.
  • old covenant — the covenant between God and the ancient Israelites, based on the Mosaic Law.
  • old favorite — If you refer to something as an old favorite, you mean that it has been in existence for a long time and everyone knows it or likes it.
  • olive branch — a branch of the olive tree as an emblem of peace.
  • olive family — the plant family Oleaceae, characterized by trees and shrubs having opposite, simple or pinnately compound leaves, usually small and sometimes showy flowers, and fruit in the form of a berry, capsule, or winged seed, and including the ash, forsythia, lilac, olive, and privet.
  • oliver twist — a novel (1838) by Dickens.
  • on the level — having no part higher than another; having a flat or even surface.
  • only have to — If you say you only have to do one thing in order to achieve or prove a second thing, you are emphasizing how easily the second thing can be achieved or proved.
  • oppressively — burdensome, unjustly harsh, or tyrannical: an oppressive king; oppressive laws.
  • outlet valve — a valve (on a pipe, etc) controlling the escape or release (of liquid, etc)
  • oven cleaner — a liquid, often foam in an aerosol container, designed to clean ovens
  • over-analyze — to separate (a material or abstract entity) into constituent parts or elements; determine the elements or essential features of (opposed to synthesize): to analyze an argument.
  • over-complex — composed of many interconnected parts; compound; composite: a complex highway system.
  • over-explain — to make plain or clear; render understandable or intelligible: to explain an obscure point. Synonyms: explicate. Antonyms: confuse.
  • over-helpful — giving or rendering aid or assistance; of service: Your comments were very helpful.
  • over-inflate — to distend; swell or puff out; dilate: The king cobra inflates its hood.
  • 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-reliant — having or showing dependence: reliant on money from home.
  • over-trouble — to disturb the mental calm and contentment of; worry; distress; agitate.
  • overanalysis — the separating of any material or abstract entity into its constituent elements (opposed to synthesis).
  • overanalyzed — Simple past tense and past participle of overanalyze.
  • overbalanced — Simple past tense and past participle of overbalance.
  • overbalances — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overbalance.
  • overboldness — The state or fact of being too bold; audacity.
  • overbuilding — Present participle of overbuild.
  • overclassify — to classify to excess
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