12-letter words containing o, v, e, r
- endeavorment — Act of endeavouring; effort.
- endeavouring — Present participle of endeavour.
- endocervical — Within a cervix.
- endovascular — Within a blood vessel.
- envigorating — Present participle of envigorate.
- environments — Plural form of environment.
- equivocatory — Indicating, or characterized by, equivocation.
- evaporations — Plural form of evaporation.
- evaporograph — an instrument which measures and records the rate of evaporation of water into the atmosphere
- everblooming — (of a plant) blooming repeatedly during the growing season
- evisceration — A disemboweling; the removal of viscera.
- evolutionary — Of or relating to evolution.
- exclusive or — (logic) (XOR, EOR) /X or, E or/ A two-input function whose result is true if one input is true and the other is false. The truth table is A | B | A xor B --+---+-------- F | F | F F | T | T T | F | T T | T | F The output is thus true if the inputs are not equal. If one input is false, the other is passed unchanged whereas if one input is true, the other is inverted. In Boolean algebra, exclusive or is often written as a plus in a circle: "⊕". The circle may be omitted suggesting addition modulo two. In digital logic, an exclusive or logic gate is drawn like a normal inclusive or gate but with a curved line across both inputs: {exclusive or gate " />.
- export drive — a united effort to increase a country's exports
- exprobrative — signifying reproach, reproachful
- 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.
- extrovertish — Extroverted.
- favorite son — (at a national political convention) a candidate nominated for office by delegates from his or her own state.
- favouredness — the quality of or extent to which something is favoured
- festivalgoer — A person attending a festival.
- flavoprotein — an enzyme, containing riboflavin and linked chemically with a protein, active in the oxidation of foods in animal cells.
- flavorlessly — In a flavorless way.
- floppy drive — disk drive
- fluviomarine — of or formed by the combined action of river and sea.
- food service — the preparation, delivery, serving, etc., of ready-to-eat foods: The cafeteria employs over 20 people in food service.
- for evermore — forever; always
- forest grove — a town in NW Oregon.
- fort belvoir — a military reservation and U.S. Army training center in NE Virginia on the Potomac.
- forward dive — a dive from a position facing the water in which the diver jumps up from the springboard, rotating the body forward, and enters the water either headfirst or feetfirst.
- fuel poverty — the state of being unable to afford to heat one's home adequately
- gaboon viper — a large, venomous snake, Bitis gabonica, of tropical African forests, having large retractable fangs and geometrically patterned scales of yellow, brown, and sometimes purple.
- 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.
- garden grove — a city in SW California.
- geneva cross — a red Greek cross on a white background, displayed to distinguish ambulances, hospitals, and persons belonging to the Red Cross Society.
- gift voucher — gift certificate.
- give or take — to present voluntarily and without expecting compensation; bestow: to give a birthday present to someone.
- give over to — If something is given over or given up to a particular use, it is used entirely for that purpose.
- 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 rise to — to get up from a lying, sitting, or kneeling posture; assume an upright position: She rose and walked over to greet me. With great effort he rose to his knees.
- gloversville — a city in E New York.
- go overboard — over the side of a ship or boat, especially into or in the water: to fall overboard.
- goal average — the number of goals scored by a team divided by the number of goals it has conceded
- gold reserve — the stock of gold held by a government or central bank to back its promissory notes or currency or to settle its international debts.
- 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.
- governorship — the duties, term in office, etc., of a governor.
- graminivores — Plural form of graminivore.
- gravicembalo — a harpsichord.