12-letter words containing s, t, e, v
- expressivity — (uncountable) The quality of being expressive.
- extravasated — Simple past tense and past participle of extravasate.
- extravasates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of extravasate.
- extraversion — Alternative spelling of extroversion.
- extroversion — (psychology) Concern with or an orientation toward others or what is outside oneself; behavior expressing such an orientation; the definitive characteristic of an extrovert.
- extrovertish — Extroverted.
- 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.
- five nations — (formerly) a confederacy of North American Indian peoples living mainly in and around present-day New York state, consisting of the Cayugas, Mohawks, Oneidas, Onondagas, and Senecas
- forest grove — a town in NW Oregon.
- fugitiveness — The quality of being fugitive; evanescence; volatility.
- gallivanters — Plural form of gallivanter.
- generativist — a person who follows or promotes the theories of generative grammar.
- give rise to — to get up from a lying, sitting, or kneeling posture; assume an upright position: She rose and walked over to greet me. With great effort he rose to his knees.
- give suck to — to give (a baby or young animal) milk from the breast or udder
- governorates — Plural form of governorate.
- 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
- haute-savoie — a department in E France. 1775 sq. mi. (4595 sq. km). Capital: Annecy.
- have got sth — You use have got to say that someone has a particular thing, or to mention a quality or characteristic that someone or something has. In informal American English, people sometimes just use 'got'.
- have kittens — to react with disapproval, anxiety, etc
- heavyweights — Plural form of heavyweight.
- 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
- hiv positive — (of a person) diagnosed by a test as being infected with HIV.
- hiv-positive — (of a person) diagnosed by a test as being infected with HIV.
- hypertensive — characterized by or causing high blood pressure.
- Îles du vent — a group of islands in the S Pacific, in French Polynesia in the W Society Archipelago: Moorea, Maio (Tubuai Manu), and Mehetia and Tetiaroa. Pop: 184 222 (2002)
- illustrative — serving to illustrate; explanatory: illustrative examples.
- improvements — Plural form of improvement.
- incentivised — Simple past tense and past participle of incentivise.
- incentivises — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of incentivise.
- incentivizes — to give incentives to: The government should incentivize the private sector to create jobs.
- 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.
- individuates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of individuate.
- inexhaustive — not exhaustive; not thorough
- ingravescent — (esp of a disease) becoming more severe
- innervations — Plural form of innervation.
- insectivores — Plural form of insectivore.
- insusceptive — insusceptible
- intempestive — untimely or inopportune
- intensivists — Plural form of intensivist.