12-letter words containing r, e, v, o, l, t
- live yoghurt — yoghurt that contains live bacteria
- liverpolitan — a native or inhabitant of Liverpool
- loretteville — a city in S Quebec, in E Canada: suburb of Quebec.
- lovecraftian — referring to or reminiscent of the work of the American fantasy and horror fiction author H.P. Lovecraft (1870–1937)
- lover's knot — love knot.
- malversation — improper or corrupt behavior in office, especially in public office.
- motor vessel — a ship driven by a diesel or other internal-combustion engine.
- nature lover — someone who likes plants, birds and other natural phenomena
- naval stores — supplies for warships.
- non-virulent — actively poisonous; intensely noxious: a virulent insect bite.
- note verbale — a diplomatic communication prepared in the third person and unsigned: less formal than a note but more formal than an aide-mémoire.
- obliterative — Tending or serving to obliterate.
- old favorite — If you refer to something as an old favorite, you mean that it has been in existence for a long time and everyone knows it or likes it.
- oliver twist — a novel (1838) by Dickens.
- over-inflate — to distend; swell or puff out; dilate: The king cobra inflates its hood.
- over-reliant — having or showing dependence: reliant on money from home.
- over-trouble — to disturb the mental calm and contentment of; worry; distress; agitate.
- overcritical — excessively critical; hypercritical.
- overdelicate — extremely or excessively delicate: an overdelicate digestive system.
- overexplicit — excessively explicit
- overflow bit — (architecture) A processor flag bit set by the ALU to indicate overflow.
- overlengthen — to extend excessively
- overliterary — excessively literary
- overmodestly — in an extremely modest manner
- overmultiply — to increase too much or too often
- overplotting — the provision of an excessively elaborate plot
- 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.
- overwithhold — to withhold too much.
- parma violet — a variety of the sweet violet, Viola odorata, that is the source of an essential oil used in perfumery.
- parvifoliate — (of plants) having small leaves in comparison with the size of the stem
- polar vortex — a whirling mass of very cold air that sits over the North or South Pole: A displaced polar vortex is causing Arctic temperatures across the United States.
- pole vaulter — A pole vaulter is an athlete who performs the pole vault.
- 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.
- postdelivery — of, relating to, or occurring after a delivery
- poverty line — a minimum income level used as an official standard for determining the proportion of a population living in poverty.
- preovulatory — to produce and discharge eggs from an ovary or ovarian follicle.
- proclivities — natural or habitual inclination or tendency; propensity; predisposition: a proclivity to meticulousness.
- productively — having the power of producing; generative; creative: a productive effort.
- protectively — having the quality or function of protecting: a protective covering.
- protensively — in the manner of duration
- providential — of, relating to, or resulting from divine providence: providential care.
- reevaluation — an act or instance of evaluating or appraising.
- retropulsive — of or relating to retropulsion
- revalidation — to make valid; substantiate; confirm: Time validated our suspicions.
- revelational — the act of revealing or disclosing; disclosure.
- rooseveltian — of, pertaining to, advocating, or following the principles, views, or policies of Franklin Delano Roosevelt or of Theodore Roosevelt.
- rotary valve — a valve that rotates continuously or through an arc to open and close.