12-letter words containing r, e, v, u, l
- invulnerably — In an invulnerable manner.
- jugular vein — vein that carries blood from head to heart
- jungle fever — a severe variety of malarial fever occurring in the East Indies and the tropics.
- king vulture — a large, black-and-white vulture, Sarcorhamphus papa, of Central and South America, having colorful wattles and wartlike protuberances on its head and neck.
- laffer curve — a relationship postulated between tax rates and tax receipts indicating that rates above a certain level actually produce less revenue because they discourage taxable endeavors and vice versa.
- lentiviruses — Plural form of lentivirus.
- levi strauss — David Friedrich [dah-veet free-drikh] /ˈdɑ vit ˈfri drɪx/ (Show IPA), 1808–74, German theologian, philosopher, and author.
- levi-strauss — Claude, 1908–2009, French anthropologist and educator, born in Belgium: founder of structural anthropology.
- liberum veto — a veto exercised by a single member of a legislative body whose rules require unanimity.
- live through — experience or endure
- live yoghurt — yoghurt that contains live bacteria
- liverpudlian — a seaport in Merseyside, in W England, on the Mersey estuary.
- louver board — one of a series of overlapping, sloping boards used as louvers in an opening, so arranged as to admit air but to exclude rain or cut off visibility from the outside.
- lumber river — a river in S central North Carolina and NE South Carolina, flowing SE and S to the Little Pee Dee River. 125 miles (201 km) long.
- maneuverable — capable of being steered or directed; easy to maneuver: The polyethylene craft remains as durable and maneuverable as any conventional high-performance kayak.
- manoeuvrable — Alternative spelling of maneuverable.
- market value — the value of a business, property, etc., in terms of what it can be sold for on the open market; current value (distinguished from book value).
- marvellously — In a marvellous manner.
- merveilleuse — marvellous
- molar volume — the volume occupied by one mole of a gas, liquid, or solid.
- multiservice — involving two or more of the armed services
- multivariate — (of a combined distribution) having more than one variate or variable.
- multiversity — a university with several campuses, each of which has many schools, divisions, etc.
- nature lover — someone who likes plants, birds and other natural phenomena
- non-virulent — actively poisonous; intensely noxious: a virulent insect bite.
- nonuniversal — Not universal.
- nonvehicular — Not vehicular.
- normal curve — a bell-shaped curve showing a particular distribution of probability over the values of a random variable. Also called Gaussian curve, probability curve.
- nuevo laredo — a city in NE Mexico, on the Rio Grande opposite Laredo, Texas.
- over-helpful — giving or rendering aid or assistance; of service: Your comments were very helpful.
- over-jealous — feeling resentment against someone because of that person's rivalry, success, or advantages (often followed by of): He was jealous of his rich brother.
- over-popular — regarded with favor, approval, or affection by people in general: a popular preacher.
- over-qualify — to provide with proper or necessary skills, knowledge, credentials, etc.; make competent: to qualify oneself for a job.
- over-trouble — to disturb the mental calm and contentment of; worry; distress; agitate.
- overbuilding — Present participle of overbuild.
- 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.
- persuasively — able, fitted, or intended to persuade: a very persuasive argument.
- 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.
- 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.