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12-letter words containing t, e, n, o, v, a

  • overreaction — to react or respond more strongly than is necessary or appropriate.
  • oversedation — the calming of mental excitement or abatement of physiological function, especially by the administration of a drug.
  • overstaffing — the provision of an excessive number of staff for (a factory, hotel, etc)
  • overstrained — exerted, taxed, or used to an excessive extent
  • overtaxation — to tax too heavily.
  • overtime ban — a refusal by employees to work overtime
  • paving stone — slab used to lay a path
  • photoengrave — to make a photoengraving of.
  • preservation — to keep alive or in existence; make lasting: to preserve our liberties as free citizens.
  • privatdocent — (in German and certain other universities) a private teacher or lecturer recognized by the university but receiving no compensation from it, being remunerated by fees.
  • privatdozent — (in German and certain other universities) a private teacher or lecturer recognized by the university but receiving no compensation from it, being remunerated by fees.
  • providential — of, relating to, or resulting from divine providence: providential care.
  • reactivation — to render active again; revive.
  • reevaluation — an act or instance of evaluating or appraising.
  • reinvigorate — to give vigor to; fill with life and energy; energize.
  • reinvitation — the act of inviting.
  • rejuvenation — to make young again; restore to youthful vigor, appearance, etc.: That vacation has certainly rejuvenated him.
  • remotivation — the act or an instance of motivating, or providing with a reason to act in a certain way: I don't understand what her motivation was for quitting her job. Synonyms: motive, inspiration, inducement, cause, impetus.
  • revalidation — to make valid; substantiate; confirm: Time validated our suspicions.
  • revegetation — to cause vegetation to grow again on: to revegetate eroded lands.
  • revelational — the act of revealing or disclosing; disclosure.
  • revisitation — the act of visiting.
  • rooseveltian — of, pertaining to, advocating, or following the principles, views, or policies of Franklin Delano Roosevelt or of Theodore Roosevelt.
  • seronegative — showing no significant level of serum antibodies, or other immunologic marker in the serum, that would indicate previous exposure to the infectious agent being tested.
  • stakhanovite — a worker in the Soviet Union who regularly surpassed production quotas and was specially honored and rewarded.
  • stove enamel — a type of enamel made heatproof by treatment in a stove
  • the devonian — the Devonian period or rock system
  • to advantage — any state, circumstance, opportunity, or means specially favorable to success, interest, or any desired end: the advantage of a good education.
  • toaster oven — an electrical appliance that functions as both an oven and a toaster and is small enough to fit on a kitchen counter or table.
  • transportive — to carry, move, or convey from one place to another.
  • transversion — a turning across, or into, something else
  • turacoverdin — a green pigment found in certain feathers of the touraco
  • ultraviolent — characterized by or pertaining to extreme acts of violence
  • unconversant — familiar by use or study (usually followed by with): conversant with Spanish history.
  • uncovenanted — not agreed to or promised by covenant.
  • uninnovative — tending to innovate, or introduce something new or different; characterized by innovation.
  • van der post — Sir Laurens (Jan). 1906–96, South African writer and traveller. His works include the travel books Venture to the Interior (1952), The Lost World of the Kalahari (1958), and Testament to the Bushmen (1984) and the novels The Hunter and the Whale (1967) and The Admiral's Baby (1996)
  • vax document — A document preparation system from DEC.
  • vegetational — all the plants or plant life of a place, taken as a whole: the vegetation of the Nile valley.
  • velarization — to pronounce with velar articulation.
  • ventral root — a nerve fiber bundle that emerges from either side of the spinal cord and joins with a complementary bundle to form each spinal nerve in the series of spinal nerves: the root at the rear of the spinal cord (dorsal root or sensory root) conveys sensations to the central nervous system, and the root at the front (ventral root or motor root) conveys impulses to the muscles.
  • ventrodorsal — pertaining to the ventral and dorsal aspects of the body; extending from the ventral to the dorsal side.
  • ventromedial — relating to both the ventral and medial surfaces, or to the front and to the middle
  • verification — the act of verifying.
  • vertebration — vertebrate formation.
  • verumontanum — an elevation in the wall of the urethra
  • vesiculation — characterized by or covered with vesicles.
  • video rental — the system of renting films on video or DVD for a period of time in exchange for payment
  • viscerotonia — a personality type characterized by hedonism and conviviality: said to be correlated with an endomorph body type
  • vituperation — verbal abuse or castigation; violent denunciation or condemnation.
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