12-letter words containing o, n, v
- investigator — to examine, study, or inquire into systematically; search or examine into the particulars of; examine in detail.
- inveteration — The act of making inveterate.
- invigilation — The act of watching or invigilating.
- invigilators — Plural form of invigilator.
- invigorating — to give vigor to; fill with life and energy; energize.
- invigoration — to give vigor to; fill with life and energy; energize.
- invigorative — to give vigor to; fill with life and energy; energize.
- invigorators — Plural form of invigorator.
- invitational — restricted to participants who have been invited: an invitational track meet.
- invocational — Of or relating to an act of invocation.
- involutional — of, relating to, or characteristic of involutional melancholia: involutional symptoms.
- involvedness — very intricate or complex: an involved reply.
- involvements — Plural form of involvement.
- invultuation — the use of or the act of making images of people, animals, etc, for witchcraft
- irresponsive — not responsive; not responding, or not responding readily, as in speech, action, or feeling.
- isoflavonoid — (organic chemistry) Any compound, isomeric with the flavonoids, derived from 3-phenyl-1,4-benzopyrone.
- 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.
- labor-saving — A labor-saving device or idea makes it possible for you to do something with less effort than usual.
- laboursaving — reducing (human) effort, hard work, or labour
- 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
- living proof — sb whose existence is evidence of sth
- 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.
- markov chain — a Markov process restricted to discrete random events or to discontinuous time sequences.
- 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