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