12-letter words containing t, s, v, e
- negativeness — The characteristic of being negative; negativity.
- negativistic — a negative or pessimistic attitude.
- negativities — expressing or containing negation or denial: a negative response to the question.
- negev desert — the desert region of S Israel
- nevertheless — nonetheless; notwithstanding; however; in spite of that: a small but nevertheless important change.
- ninety-seven — a cardinal number, 90 plus 7.
- no love lost — a profoundly tender, passionate affection for another person.
- non-covetous — inordinately or wrongly desirous of wealth or possessions; greedy.
- nonassertive — Not assertive.
- noncausative — Not causative.
- nonintrusive — tending or apt to intrude; coming without invitation or welcome: intrusive memories of a lost love.
- nonobservant — Not observant; not religious; not participating in the observance of religion.
- nonselective — having the function or power of selecting; making a selection.
- nonsensitive — endowed with sensation; having perception through the senses.
- nonversation — A meaningless conversation.
- nonvexatious — Not vexatious.
- normotensive — characterized by normal arterial tension or blood pressure.
- novelisation — Alternative spelling of novelization.
- novokuznetsk — a city in the S Russian Federation in central Asia: an industrial center is located here because of coal deposits of the Kuznetsk Basin.
- observations — Plural form of observation.
- oliver twist — a novel (1838) by Dickens.
- outmaneuvers — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outmaneuver.
- ovariotomies — Plural form of ovariotomy.
- over against — in opposition to; contrary to; adverse or hostile to: twenty votes against ten; against reason.
- over-stuffed — stuffed or filled to excess.
- overabstract — thought of apart from concrete realities, specific objects, or actual instances: an abstract idea.
- overcautious — excessively or unnecessarily cautious: Sometimes it doesn't pay to be overcautious in business.
- overdiscount — to discount excessively
- overestimate — to estimate at too high a value, amount, rate, or the like: Don't overestimate the car's trade-in value.
- overmodestly — in an extremely modest manner
- overoptimism — a disposition or tendency to look on the more favorable side of events or conditions and to expect the most favorable outcome.
- overoptimist — someone who is too optimistic
- oversaturate — to cause (a substance) to unite with the greatest possible amount of another substance, through solution, chemical combination, or the like.
- overscutched — overworked; worn out
- oversedation — the calming of mental excitement or abatement of physiological function, especially by the administration of a drug.
- overshipment — an act or instance of shipping freight or cargo.
- overstaffing — the provision of an excessive number of staff for (a factory, hotel, etc)
- overstocking — to stock to excess: We are overstocked on this item.
- overstrained — exerted, taxed, or used to an excessive extent
- overstressed — to lay stress on; emphasize.
- oversubtlety — the quality of being too subtle
- paving stone — slab used to lay a path
- permissivist — lenience toward or indulgence of a wide variety of social behavior.
- perseverator — a person who perseverates
- perspectival — a technique of depicting volumes and spatial relationships on a flat surface. Compare aerial perspective, linear perspective.
- petrozavodsk — a city in NW Russia, capital of the Karelian Autonomous Republic, on Lake Onega: developed around ironworks established by Peter the Great in 1703; university (1940). Pop: 265 000 (2005 est)
- positive ion — an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- positive law — customary law or law enacted by governmental authority (as distinguished from natural law).
- positiveness — explicitly stated, stipulated, or expressed: a positive acceptance of the agreement.
- positivities — the state or character of being positive: a positivity that accepts the world as it is.