12-letter words containing r, o, f, v
- overfineness — excessive fineness
- overfinished — having an excessively polished finish
- overflourish — to flourish excessively
- overflow bit — (architecture) A processor flag bit set by the ALU to indicate overflow.
- overflow pdl — (jargon) The place where you put things when your pdl is full. If you don't have one and too many things get pushed, you forget something. The overflow pdl for a person's memory might be a memo pad. This usage inspired the following doggerel:
- overfocussed — too focussed
- overfondness — excessive affection
- overfullness — The state of being excessively or abnormally full.
- overidentify — to identify with someone else to an excessive degree
- oversimplify — make too simple
- overstaffing — the provision of an excessive number of staff for (a factory, hotel, etc)
- parrot fever — psittacosis.
- parvifoliate — (of plants) having small leaves in comparison with the size of the stem
- pelvic floor — muscles beneath the pelvis
- performative — (of an expression or statement) performing an act by the very fact of being uttered, as with the expression “I promise,” that performs the act of promising.
- preformative — a prefixture in Semitic languages
- prison fever — typhus.
- pulvilliform — resembling a pulvillus
- recover-from — to get back or regain (something lost or taken away): to recover a stolen watch.
- river forest — a city in NE Illinois.
- roman-fleuve — saga (def 3).
- savoir faire — knowledge of just what to do in any situation; tact.
- savoir-faire — knowledge of just what to do in any situation; tact.
- self-proving — to establish the truth or genuineness of, as by evidence or argument: to prove one's claim.
- seventy-four — a cardinal number, 70 plus 4.
- several-fold — comprising several parts or members.
- silver frost — glaze (def 17).
- 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
- valley forge — a village in SE Pennsylvania: winter quarters of Washington's army 1777–78.
- variant form — a way of writing a word which is used by some people as an alternative to the standard or generally accepted form
- vector field — a region, domain, set, etc., with a vector assigned at each point; vector function.
- verification — the act of verifying.
- vicar forane — dean1 (def 2b).
- viruliferous — carrying a virus
- vociferation — noisy outcry; clamor.
- vociferosity — the characteristic of being vociferous
- vociferously — crying out noisily; clamorous.
- well-favored — of pleasing appearance; good-looking; pretty or handsome.
- yellow fever — an acute, often fatal, infectious febrile disease of warm climates, caused by an RNA virus transmitted by a mosquito, especially Aedes aegypti, and characterized by liver damage and jaundice.