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

  • silver point — the melting point of silver, equal to 960.8°C, used as a fixed point on the international temperature scale.
  • sleeve notes — the printed information on a record sleeve
  • soviet union — the legislature of the former Soviet Union and its successor states, consisting of an upper house (Soviet of the Union or Council of the Union) whose delegates are elected on the basis of population, and a lower house (Soviet of Nationalities or Council of Nationalities) whose delegates are elected to represent the various nationalities.
  • stakhanovite — a worker in the Soviet Union who regularly surpassed production quotas and was specially honored and rewarded.
  • stereovision — visual perception in three dimensions.
  • stones river — river in central Tenn., flowing into the Cumberland: c. 60 mi (97 km)
  • stove enamel — a type of enamel made heatproof by treatment in a stove
  • strongsville — a town in N Ohio.
  • supervention — to take place or occur as something additional or extraneous (sometimes followed by on or upon).
  • the devonian — the Devonian period or rock system
  • the evil one — the devil; Satan
  • 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.
  • tongue cover — a loose-leaf binding having a flap of the cover concealing the binding posts.
  • 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
  • turn over to — If you turn something over to a different function or use, you change its function or use.
  • ultraviolent — characterized by or pertaining to extreme acts of violence
  • unconductive — having the property or capability of conducting.
  • 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.
  • unoverthrown — not overthrown
  • unproductive — having the power of producing; generative; creative: a productive effort.
  • unprotective — having the quality or function of protecting: a protective covering.
  • unsupportive — giving support.
  • 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.
  • vector boson — one of the three particles that are believed to transmit the weak force: the positively charged W particle, the negatively charged W particle, and the neutral Z 0 particle.
  • 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.
  • ventnor city — a town in SE New Jersey.
  • 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.
  • ventripotent — having a large belly
  • 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
  • virtuousness — conforming to moral and ethical principles; morally excellent; upright: Lead a virtuous life.
  • viscerotonia — a personality type characterized by hedonism and conviviality: said to be correlated with an endomorph body type
  • viscerotonic — of, relating to, or possessing the character traits typical of viscerotonia
  • vision quest — (especially among some North American Indians) the ritual seeking of personal communication with the spirit world through visions that are induced by fasting, prayer, and other measures during a time of isolation: typically undertaken by an adolescent male.
  • vitellogenic — producing or stimulating the formation of yolk
  • vitreousness — the state of being vitreous
  • vituperation — verbal abuse or castigation; violent denunciation or condemnation.
  • vociferation — noisy outcry; clamor.
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