12-letter words containing t, r, a, v
- dv cartridge — (games) (Digital Video?) A plug-in circuit cartridge required by some games consoles in order to play MPEG video material.
- earth-moving — Earth-moving equipment is machinery that is used for digging and moving large amounts of soil.
- edulcorative — edulcorant
- elevator car — a compartment which carries people from floor to floor in a building via a vertical shaft
- endeavorment — Act of endeavouring; effort.
- envigorating — Present participle of envigorate.
- equivocatory — Indicating, or characterized by, equivocation.
- 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.
- evolutionary — Of or relating to evolution.
- exaggerative — Marked by exaggeration.
- exasperative — having an exasperating or irritating nature
- exprobrative — signifying reproach, reproachful
- extra virgin — olive oil: of finest quality
- extractively — in an extractive manner
- extravagance — Lack of restraint in spending money or use of resources.
- extravagancy — (archaic, 17-19th centuries) The characteristic of being extravagant.
- extravaganza — An elaborate and spectacular entertainment or production.
- extravaganze — Irregular plural form of extravaganza.
- 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.
- favorability — The quality or degree of being viewed favorably.
- favorite son — (at a national political convention) a candidate nominated for office by delegates from his or her own state.
- federatively — from a federative point of view
- fermentative — tending to produce or undergo fermentation.
- festivalgoer — A person attending a festival.
- figuratively — of the nature of or involving a figure of speech, especially a metaphor; metaphorical and not literal: The word “head” has several figurative senses, as in “She's the head of the company.”. Synonyms: metaphorical, not literal, symbolic.
- flavoprotein — an enzyme, containing riboflavin and linked chemically with a protein, active in the oxidation of foods in animal cells.
- future value — the value that a sum of money invested at compound interest will have after a specified period
- gallivanters — Plural form of gallivanter.
- galvanometer — an instrument for detecting the existence of small electric currents and determining their strength.
- galvanometry — the method or process of determining the strength of electric currents.
- generatively — capable of producing or creating.
- generativist — a person who follows or promotes the theories of generative grammar.
- generativity — Relating to the ability to create or reproduce.
- give or take — to present voluntarily and without expecting compensation; bestow: to give a birthday present to someone.
- governmental — the political direction and control exercised over the actions of the members, citizens, or inhabitants of communities, societies, and states; direction of the affairs of a state, community, etc.; political administration: Government is necessary to the existence of civilized society.
- governorates — Plural form of governorate.
- grave accent — a mark ( ˋ ) used to indicate:
- gravitometer — an instrument that measures specific gravities
- gravitropism — (biology, botany) a plant's ability to change its growth in response to gravity.
- gravity cell — a cell containing two electrolytes that have different specific gravities.
- gravity feed — the supplying of fuel, materials, etc., by force of gravity.