12-letter words containing o, v, u, l
- overclouding — Present participle of overcloud.
- overcoloured — excessively coloured
- overflourish — to flourish excessively
- overfullness — The state of being excessively or abnormally full.
- overmultiply — to increase too much or too often
- 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)
- oversubtlety — the quality of being too subtle
- overutilized — to put to use; turn to profitable account: to utilize a stream to power a mill.
- 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
- 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.
- postdiluvial — existing or occurring after the biblical Flood
- postdiluvian — existing or occurring after the Biblical Flood.
- preovulatory — to produce and discharge eggs from an ovary or ovarian follicle.
- productively — having the power of producing; generative; creative: a productive effort.
- proper value — characteristic root.
- pulvilliform — resembling a pulvillus
- reevaluation — an act or instance of evaluating or appraising.
- renovascular — of or relating to the blood vessels of the kidneys.
- retropulsive — of or relating to retropulsion
- roman-fleuve — saga (def 3).
- sales volume — quantity of goods sold
- samuel lover — Samuel, 1797–1868, Irish novelist, painter, and songwriter.
- silver mound — a perennial Japanese herb, Artemisia schmidtiana, having silver-green leaves forming a moundlike shape.
- silver trout — a variety of cutthroat trout, Salmo clarki henshawi, having silvery coloration, inhabiting Lake Tahoe.
- slave labour — Slave labour refers to slaves or to work done by slaves.
- south kvaløy — an island in the Arctic Ocean, off the N coast of Norway. Area: 735 sq km (284 sq miles)
- sov language — a type of language that has basic subject-object-verb order, as Turkish, Japanese, or Tamil.
- superovulate — to produce more than the normal number of ova at one time, as through hormone treatment.
- svo language — a type of language that has basic subject-verb-object word order, as English, Chinese, or Spanish.
- tidal volume — the volume of water associated with a rising tide
- ultraviolent — characterized by or pertaining to extreme acts of violence
- un-revocable — that may be revoked.
- unapprovable — capable of being approved.
- unchivalrous — having the qualities of chivalry, as courage, courtesy, and loyalty.
- uncoercively — in an uncoercive manner
- unconclusive — inconclusive
- underdevelop — to develop (something) short of the required amount: to underdevelop film.
- undissolving — not dissolving; remaining in solid form; not melting
- unfavourable — Unfavourable conditions or circumstances cause problems for you and reduce your chances of success.
- unforgivable — to grant pardon for or remission of (an offense, debt, etc.); absolve.
- unforgivably — in an unforgivable manner
- ungovernable — impossible to govern, rule, or restrain; uncontrollable.
- unlovingness — an unloving quality or character
- unobservable — incapable of observation; imperceptible
- unobservedly — without having been observed; in an unobserved manner
- unpavilioned — not provided with a pavilion
- unprovokedly — in an unprovoked manner
- unreprovable — not able to be reproved, reproached, or criticized