12-letter words containing t, r, o, v
- contrivement — contrivance
- controversal — (obsolete, rare) Facing opposite directions.
- controverted — to argue against; dispute; deny; oppose.
- controverter — One who controverts; a controversial writer; a controversialist.
- convent girl — a girl who goes to or has been to a convent school
- conventicler — One who supports or frequents conventicles.
- conventioner — a conventioneer.
- convergently — characterized by convergence; tending to come together; merging.
- conversating — to have a conversation; converse; talk.
- conversation — If you have a conversation with someone, you talk with them, usually in an informal situation.
- conversative — talkative
- convertibles — Plural form of convertible.
- cooperatives — Plural form of cooperative.
- coordinative — of the same order or degree; equal in rank or importance.
- corbel vault — a structure having the form of a vault but constructed on the principle of a corbel arch.
- correctively — In a corrective manner; so as to correct something.
- correlatives — Plural form of correlative.
- corruptively — In a corruptive way.
- corset cover — an undergarment, as a camisole, worn over the upper part of a corset.
- cost overrun — A cost overrun is a cost that is more than the amount budgeted.
- counter-view — an opposing or contrasting opinion.
- countermoved — Simple past tense and past participle of countermove.
- countermoves — Plural form of countermove.
- countervails — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of countervail.
- countervalue — An equivalent or equal, especially in military strategy.
- courtly love — a tradition represented in Western European literature between the 12th and the 14th centuries, idealizing love between a knight and a revered (usually married) lady
- cover letter — A cover letter is the same as a covering letter.
- covert cloth — a twill-weave cotton or worsted suiting fabric
- cross-staves — an instrument for measuring the angle of elevation of heavenly bodies, consisting of a calibrated staff with another shorter staff perpendicular to and sliding on it.
- crown octavo — a size of book, about 5 × 7½ inches (13 × 19 cm), untrimmed. Abbreviation: crown 8vo.
- curvicostate — having curved ribs
- curvifoliate — having leaves curved or bent back
- curvirostral — having a curved or crooked beak
- david souter — David H. born 1939, U.S. jurist: associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1990–2009.
- decoratively — In a decorative manner.
- deprivations — Plural form of deprivation.
- derivational — Of or pertaining to derivation; relating to that which is derived.
- derogatively — lessening; belittling; derogatory.
- detector van — a vehicle fitted with equipment that detects whether or not a house has a television. This is used to catch people who have not paid for a television licence and so are illegally using a television
- detritivores — Plural form of detritivore.
- discoverment — (obsolete) discovery.
- discoverture — the state of being discovert; freedom from coverture.
- disinvoltura — Self-assurance; lack of constraint.
- divarication — to spread apart; branch; diverge.
- diversionist — a person engaged in activities that divert attention from a primary focus.
- divertimento — an instrumental composition in several movements, light and diverting in character, similar to a serenade.
- divinatorial — of or related to divination
- dorsiventral — Botany. having distinct dorsal and ventral sides, as most foliage leaves.
- dorsoventral — Zoology. pertaining to the dorsal and ventral aspects of the body; extending from the dorsal to the ventral side: the dorsoventral axis.
- dusty clover — a bush clover, Lespedeza capitata.