12-letter words containing s, t, a, v, r
- creativeness — having the quality or power of creating.
- creativities — the state or quality of being creative.
- cross-staves — an instrument for measuring the angle of elevation of heavenly bodies, consisting of a calibrated staff with another shorter staff perpendicular to and sliding on it.
- curvicostate — having curved ribs
- curvirostral — having a curved or crooked beak
- david souter — David H. born 1939, U.S. jurist: associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1990–2009.
- davis strait — a strait between Baffin Island, in Canada, and Greenland
- decemvirates — Plural form of decemvirate.
- deprivations — Plural form of deprivation.
- desiderative — feeling or expressing desire
- disadventure — misfortune; bad luck
- disinvoltura — Self-assurance; lack of constraint.
- dissertative — of or relating to dissertation
- 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.”.
- 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.
- 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.
- erev shabbat — the day before the Sabbath, i.e. Friday
- evaporations — Plural form of evaporation.
- evening star — Venus as seen after sunset
- everlastings — Plural form of everlasting.
- every bit as — equally, just as
- eviscerating — Present participle of eviscerate.
- evisceration — A disemboweling; the removal of viscera.
- exasperative — having an exasperating or irritating nature
- extravasated — Simple past tense and past participle of extravasate.
- extravasates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of extravasate.
- extraversion — Alternative spelling of extroversion.
- faits divers — brief news stories, as those typically found in some French newspapers, that are sensational, lurid, etc.
- favorite son — (at a national political convention) a candidate nominated for office by delegates from his or her own state.
- festivalgoer — A person attending a festival.
- gallivanters — Plural form of gallivanter.
- generativist — a person who follows or promotes the theories of generative grammar.
- governorates — Plural form of governorate.
- gravitropism — (biology, botany) a plant's ability to change its growth in response to gravity.
- great vassal — (in feudal society) a man who entered into a personal relationship with a king to whom he paid homage and fealty in return for protection and often a fief.
- gustav hertz — Gustav [goo s-tahf] /ˈgʊs tɑf/ (Show IPA), 1887–1975, German physicist: Nobel Prize 1925.
- gustave dore — (Paul) Gustave [pawl gy-stav] /pɔl güˈstav/ (Show IPA), 1832?–83, French painter, illustrator, and sculptor.
- half-starved — to die or perish from lack of food or nourishment.
- harvest home — the bringing home of the harvest.
- harvest mite — chigger (def 1).
- harvest moon — the moon at and about the period of fullness that is nearest to the autumnal equinox.
- harvest tick — chigger (def 1).
- harvest time — season when crops are gathered
- hever castle — a Tudor mansion near Edenbridge in Kent: home of Anne Boleyn before her marriage; Italian garden added in the 20th century by the Astor family
- illustrative — serving to illustrate; explanatory: illustrative examples.
- improvisator — a person who improvises; improviser.
- inconversant — Not conversant or acquainted (with something); unfamiliar.
- incrassative — A substance which has the power to thicken; formerly, a medicine supposed to thicken the humours.