12-letter words containing t, e, l, v, a, n
- intake valve — a valve in the cylinder head of an internal-combustion engine that opens at the proper moment in the cycle to allow the fuel-air mixture to be drawn into the cylinder.
- interleaving — sector interleave
- interpluvial — designating a drier period occurring between two periods of persistently heavy rainfall
- intervaginal — Anatomy, Zoology. pertaining to or involving the vagina.
- intervillage — occurring between two or more villages
- intervocalic — (usually of a consonant) immediately following a vowel and preceding a vowel, as the v in cover.
- intravesical — Within the urinary bladder.
- intravitreal — Within an eye.
- investigable — capable of being investigated.
- inveterately — settled or confirmed in a habit, practice, feeling, or the like: an inveterate gambler.
- irrelevantly — not relevant; not applicable or pertinent: His lectures often stray to interesting but irrelevant subjects.
- lake vättern — a lake in S central Sweden: the second largest lake in Sweden; linked to Lake Vänern by the Göta Canal; drains into the Baltic. Area: 1912 sq km (738 sq miles)
- landgraviate — the office, jurisdiction, or territory of a landgrave.
- laxativeness — the condition or quality of being laxative
- leave-taking — a saying farewell; a parting or goodbye; departure: His leave-taking was brief.
- lever-action — (of a rifle) having a lever action.
- levitational — Relating to levitation.
- levorotation — Rotation in an anticlockwise direction, especially such rotation of the plane of polarized light.
- lignum vitae — either of two tropical American trees, Guaiacum officinale or G. sanctum, of the caltrop family, having very hard, heavy wood.
- line voltage — the voltage supplied by a power line, measured at the point of use.
- liverpolitan — a native or inhabitant of Liverpool
- living death — a completely miserable, joyless existence, experience, situation, etc.; ordeal: He found the steaming jungle a living death.
- lovecraftian — referring to or reminiscent of the work of the American fantasy and horror fiction author H.P. Lovecraft (1870–1937)
- malevolently — wishing evil or harm to another or others; showing ill will; ill-disposed; malicious: His failures made him malevolent toward those who were successful.
- malt vinegar — acidic condiment made from malted barley
- malternative — An alcoholic beverage that contains some malt alcohol, and may contain other types of alcohol, and that is an alternative to beer.
- malversation — improper or corrupt behavior in office, especially in public office.
- manipulative — influencing or attempting to influence the behavior or emotions of others for one’s own purposes: a manipulative boss.
- martinsville — a city in S Virginia.
- multivalence — Chemistry. having a valence of three or higher.
- nature lover — someone who likes plants, birds and other natural phenomena
- naval stores — supplies for warships.
- nomenclative — relating to the act of naming
- non-volatile — non-volatile storage
- nonvegetable — Not of or pertaining to vegetables.
- note verbale — a diplomatic communication prepared in the third person and unsigned: less formal than a note but more formal than an aide-mémoire.
- novelisation — Alternative spelling of novelization.
- novelization — The writing of a novel based on fact; fictionalization.
- old covenant — the covenant between God and the ancient Israelites, based on the Mosaic Law.
- only have to — If you say you only have to do one thing in order to achieve or prove a second thing, you are emphasizing how easily the second thing can be achieved or proved.
- over-inflate — to distend; swell or puff out; dilate: The king cobra inflates its hood.
- over-reliant — having or showing dependence: reliant on money from home.
- pentavalence — the condition of having a valency of five
- providential — of, relating to, or resulting from divine providence: providential care.
- quadrivalent — having a valence of four; tetravalent.
- quantivalent — relating to quantivalence
- reevaluation — an act or instance of evaluating or appraising.
- relativeness — the state or fact of being relative.
- revalidation — to make valid; substantiate; confirm: Time validated our suspicions.
- revelational — the act of revealing or disclosing; disclosure.