12-letter words containing r, a, v
- deliverances — Plural form of deliverance.
- delivery van — a small van used esp for delivery rounds
- demand curve — A demand curve is a graph showing the price of an item and the amount consumers want to buy.
- depo-provera — a synthetic progestogen, C24H34O4, used to treat uterine or kidney cancer, to prevent conception for long periods, etc.
- depravedness — The state of being depraved; depravity.
- depreciative — Tending to depreciate (in value etc.).
- deprivations — Plural form of deprivation.
- derivability — The condition of being derivable.
- derivational — Of or pertaining to derivation; relating to that which is derived.
- derivatively — derived.
- derogatively — lessening; belittling; derogatory.
- desiderative — feeling or expressing desire
- detector van — a vehicle fitted with equipment that detects whether or not a house has a television. This is used to catch people who have not paid for a television licence and so are illegally using a television
- devil's mark — (in witchcraft) a mark, as a scar or blemish, on the body of a person who has made a compact with a devil.
- dewar vessel — a container with an evacuated space between two walls that are highly reflective, capable of maintaining its contents at a near-constant temperature over relatively long periods of time; thermos.
- disadventure — misfortune; bad luck
- disapproving — Expressing an unfavorable opinion.
- discoverable — to see, get knowledge of, learn of, find, or find out; gain sight or knowledge of (something previously unseen or unknown): to discover America; to discover electricity. Synonyms: detect, espy, descry, discern, ascertain, unearth, ferret out, notice.
- disinvoltura — Self-assurance; lack of constraint.
- disprivacied — deprived of privacy
- dissertative — of or relating to dissertation
- disseverance — The act of dissevering; separation.
- disturbative — capable of disturbing
- ditransitive — noting or pertaining to a verb taking both a direct and an indirect object, as give in “I gave him the package.”.
- divaricating — Present participle of divaricate.
- divarication — to spread apart; branch; diverge.
- diversionary — tending to divert or distract the attention: diversionary tactics of the guerrilla fighters.
- diverticular — Of or relating to diverticula.
- divinatorial — of or related to divination
- diving board — a springboard.
- dolly varden — a woman's costume of the late 19th century, including a flower-trimmed, broad-brimmed hat and a dress consisting of a tight bodice and bouffant panniers in a flower print over a calf-length quilted petticoat.
- dorsiventral — Botany. having distinct dorsal and ventral sides, as most foliage leaves.
- dorsoventral — Zoology. pertaining to the dorsal and ventral aspects of the body; extending from the dorsal to the ventral side: the dorsoventral axis.
- dream vision — a conventional device used in narrative verse, employed especially by medieval poets, that presents a story as told by one who falls asleep and dreams the events of the poem: Dante's Divine Comedy exemplifies the dream vision in its most developed form.
- drive sb mad — If you say that someone or something drives you mad, you mean that you find them extremely annoying.
- driveability — the degree of smoothness and steadiness of acceleration of an automotive vehicle: The automatic transmission has been improved to give the new model better drivability.
- driving sail — a sail that, when filled, tends to force the hull of a vessel downward (opposed to lifting sail).
- driving seat — In a vehicle such as a car or a bus, the driving seat is the seat where the person who is driving the vehicle sits.
- durante vita — during life.
- dv cartridge — (games) (Digital Video?) A plug-in circuit cartridge required by some games consoles in order to play MPEG video material.
- dvapara yuga — the third of the Yugas, not as good as the Treta Yuga but better than the Kali Yuga.
- eager beaver — a person who is excessively diligent or overly zealous.
- early leaver — a person who leaves something early, esp someone who opts out of a pension scheme before completing all his or her contributions
- earth-moving — Earth-moving equipment is machinery that is used for digging and moving large amounts of soil.
- eavesdropped — Simple past tense and past participle of eavesdrop.
- eavesdropper — to listen secretly to a private conversation.
- edulcorative — edulcorant
- edvard munch — Edvard [ed-vahrd] /ˈɛd vɑrd/ (Show IPA), 1863–1944, Norwegian painter and graphic artist.
- edwardsville — a town in SW Illinois.
- elevator car — a compartment which carries people from floor to floor in a building via a vertical shaft