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12-letter words containing o, r, v, a, l

  • 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.
  • north kvaløy — an island in the Arctic Ocean, off the N coast of Norway. Area: 329 sq km (127 sq miles)
  • note verbale — a diplomatic communication prepared in the third person and unsigned: less formal than a note but more formal than an aide-mémoire.
  • nuevo laredo — a city in NE Mexico, on the Rio Grande opposite Laredo, Texas.
  • obliterative — Tending or serving to obliterate.
  • 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.
  • olivary body — one of two oval bodies or prominences composed of nerve tissue, one on each side of the anterior surface of the medulla oblongata.
  • olive branch — a branch of the olive tree as an emblem of peace.
  • 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-explain — to make plain or clear; render understandable or intelligible: to explain an obscure point. Synonyms: explicate. Antonyms: confuse.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • overclassify — to classify to excess
  • overcritical — excessively critical; hypercritical.
  • overdelicate — extremely or excessively delicate: an overdelicate digestive system.
  • overfamiliar — commonly or generally known or seen: a familiar sight.
  • overidealize — to idealize excessively
  • overliterary — excessively literary
  • overpedalled — relating to overpedalling
  • overplanning — the act or instance of planning excessively
  • overpopulate — to fill with an excessive number of people, straining available resources and facilities: Expanding industry has overpopulated the western suburbs.
  • overregulate — to apply rules and regulations excessively to (something)
  • overreliance — confident or trustful dependence.
  • ovolactarian — lacto-ovo-vegetarian.
  • parma violet — a variety of the sweet violet, Viola odorata, that is the source of an essential oil used in perfumery.
  • parvifoliate — (of plants) having small leaves in comparison with the size of the stem
  • polar vortex — a whirling mass of very cold air that sits over the North or South Pole: A displaced polar vortex is causing Arctic temperatures across the United States.
  • pole vaulter — A pole vaulter is an athlete who performs the pole vault.
  • polyomavirus — any of a genus (Polyomavirus) of papovaviruses that naturally infect wild and laboratory mice, and that cause tumors when injected into newborn mice
  • pons varolii — pons (def 1).
  • popular vote — the vote for a U.S. presidential candidate made by the qualified voters, as opposed to that made by the electoral college. Compare electoral vote.
  • preovulatory — to produce and discharge eggs from an ovary or ovarian follicle.
  • proper value — characteristic root.
  • provableness — the quality of being provable
  • proverbially — of, relating to, or characteristic of a proverb: proverbial brevity.
  • providential — of, relating to, or resulting from divine providence: providential care.
  • provincially — belonging or peculiar to some particular province; local: the provincial newspaper.
  • ravioli code — (jargon, humour)   Object-oriented code consisting of a number of small and loosely-coupled software components. Presumably, the term is a compliment, contrasting the code with spaghetti code.
  • reconvalesce — to convalesce again
  • reevaluation — an act or instance of evaluating or appraising.
  • renovascular — of or relating to the blood vessels of the kidneys.
  • revalidation — to make valid; substantiate; confirm: Time validated our suspicions.
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