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12-letter words containing o, v, t

  • electronvolt — (physics) alternative spelling of electron volt.
  • elevator car — a compartment which carries people from floor to floor in a building via a vertical shaft
  • 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.
  • equivocality — The quality of being equivocal.
  • equivocating — Present participle of equivocate.
  • equivocation — The use of ambiguous language to conceal the truth or to avoid committing oneself; prevarication.
  • equivocatory — Indicating, or characterized by, equivocation.
  • 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.
  • evolvability — (biology) The ability of a particular organism to evolve.
  • excavational — Relating to excavation.
  • exploitative — In the nature of exploitation; acting to exploit someone or something.
  • 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.
  • favorability — The quality or degree of being viewed favorably.
  • favorite son — (at a national political convention) a candidate nominated for office by delegates from his or her own state.
  • festivalgoer — A person attending a festival.
  • first violin — one of the principal group of violins in an orchestra
  • 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.
  • forest grove — a town in NW Oregon.
  • fort belvoir — a military reservation and U.S. Army training center in NE Virginia on the Potomac.
  • fructivorous — Fruit-eating.
  • fuel poverty — the state of being unable to afford to heat one's home adequately
  • 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.
  • galvanotaxis — movement of an organism or any of its parts in a particular direction in response to an electric current; electrotaxis.
  • get involved — play a part
  • gift voucher — gift certificate.
  • gingivectomy — surgical removal of gum tissue.
  • 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.
  • give suck to — to give (a baby or young animal) milk from the breast or udder
  • 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
  • glove puppet — a small figure of a person or animal that fits over and is manipulated by the hand
  • 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.
  • gravitometer — an instrument that measures specific gravities
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