12-letter words containing r, e, v, u
- oversanguine — too optimistic
- oversaturate — to cause (a substance) to unite with the greatest possible amount of another substance, through solution, chemical combination, or the like.
- overscutched — overworked; worn out
- oversubtlety — the quality of being too subtle
- overutilized — to put to use; turn to profitable account: to utilize a stream to power a mill.
- peradventure — chance, doubt, or uncertainty.
- persuasively — able, fitted, or intended to persuade: a very persuasive argument.
- perturbative — having a tendency to perturb; disturbing.
- pervicacious — extremely willful; obstinate; stubborn.
- photogravure — any of various processes, based on photography, by which an intaglio engraving is formed on a metal plate, from which ink reproductions are made.
- piet-my-vrou — a cuckoo, Notococcyx solitarius, having a red breast
- 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.
- posteruptive — occurring after a volcanic eruption
- power vacuum — a situation when a government has no identifiable central authority
- 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.
- pseudovector — a variable quantity, such as angular momentum, that has magnitude and orientation with respect to an axis. The components are even functions of the coordinates
- pulverizable — that can be pulverized
- putrefactive — the act or process of putrefying; the anaerobic decomposition of organic matter by bacteria and fungi that results in obnoxiously odorous products; rotting.
- quacksalvers — Plural form of quacksalver.
- quadrivalent — having a valence of four; tetravalent.
- quaquaversal — (of a geological formation) sloping downward from the center in all directions.
- quicksilvery — resembling quicksilver
- quill driver — a person who does a great deal of writing.
- quote-driven — denoting an electronic market system, esp for stock exchanges, in which prices are determined by quotations made by market makers or dealers
- rarity value — if something has rarity value, it is valuable because there a few examples of it
- re-educative — of or relating to re-education
- recuperative — that recuperates.
- reevaluation — an act or instance of evaluating or appraising.
- regular verb — verb that follows standard conjugation
- rejuvenating — making young again
- rejuvenation — to make young again; restore to youthful vigor, appearance, etc.: That vacation has certainly rejuvenated him.
- rejuvenative — to make young again; restore to youthful vigor, appearance, etc.: That vacation has certainly rejuvenated him.
- remunerative — affording remuneration; profitable: remunerative work.
- rendezvouses — an agreement between two or more persons to meet at a certain time and place.
- renovascular — of or relating to the blood vessels of the kidneys.
- repercussive — causing repercussion; reverberating.
- reproductive — serving to reproduce.
- reputatively — according to reckoning; by repute; putatively
- resale value — the price which something can achieve when sold in the future
- resurrective — of or relating to resurrection
- retropulsive — of or relating to retropulsion
- return visit — If you make a return visit, you visit someone who has already visited you, or you go back to a place where you have already been once.
- revenue bond — a bond issued, as by a municipal utility, to finance a specific project, the income from which will be used for repaying the bond.
- reverse turn — a manoeuvre which makes a vehicle move backwards and to the left or right
- revictualled — victuals, food supplies; provisions.
- roman-fleuve — saga (def 3).
- rough-voiced — having a harsh or grating voice: a rough-voiced barker.