12-letter words containing u, n, v
- hudson river — Henry, died 1611? English navigator and explorer.
- Îles du vent — a group of islands in the S Pacific, in French Polynesia in the W Society Archipelago: Moorea, Maio (Tubuai Manu), and Mehetia and Tetiaroa. Pop: 184 222 (2002)
- illuminative — giving light; illuminating.
- illusiveness — illusory.
- in favour of — If one thing is rejected in favour of another, the second thing is done or chosen instead of the first.
- inclusive of — including; taking into account
- inclusive or — the connective that gives the value true to a disjunction if either or both of the disjuncts are true
- inconclusive — not conclusive; not resolving fully all doubts or questions: inconclusive evidence.
- incorruptive — incorruptible; not tending to be corrupted
- individual's — a single human being, as distinguished from a group.
- individually — one at a time; separately: The delegates were introduced individually.
- individuated — Simple past tense and past participle of individuate.
- individuates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of individuate.
- inequivalent — Not equivalent.
- inequivalved — having the valves of the shell of a mollusk unequal in size
- inexhaustive — not exhaustive; not thorough
- input device — a peripheral device, as a keyboard or stylus, used to enter data into a computer for processing.
- insubmissive — Unwilling to submit; not submissive, disobedient.
- insusceptive — insusceptible
- interpluvial — designating a drier period occurring between two periods of persistently heavy rainfall
- interruptive — to cause or make a break in the continuity or uniformity of (a course, process, condition, etc.).
- intervillous — Between the villi.
- intraveneous — Misspelling of intravenous.
- introductive — serving or used to introduce; preliminary; beginning: an introductory course; an introductory paragraph.
- invert sugar — a mixture of the dextrorotatory forms of glucose and fructose, formed naturally in fruits and produced artificially in syrups or fondants by treating cane sugar with acids.
- investitures — Plural form of investiture.
- involutional — of, relating to, or characteristic of involutional melancholia: involutional symptoms.
- invulnerable — incapable of being wounded, hurt, or damaged.
- invulnerably — In an invulnerable manner.
- invultuation — the use of or the act of making images of people, animals, etc, for witchcraft
- ivy geranium — a trailing geranium, Pelargonium peltatum, of southern Africa, having a fleshy stem that becomes woody with age, glossy, ivy-shaped leaves, and clusters of flowers ranging from white to deep rose in color.
- jordan curve — simple closed curve.
- jugular vein — vein that carries blood from head to heart
- jungle fever — a severe variety of malarial fever occurring in the East Indies and the tropics.
- juvenescence — being or becoming youthful; young.
- juvenilizing — Present participle of juvenilize.
- juventa fons — an area in the southern hemisphere of Mars, appearing as a dark region when viewed through a telescope.
- king vulture — a large, black-and-white vulture, Sarcorhamphus papa, of Central and South America, having colorful wattles and wartlike protuberances on its head and neck.
- laboursaving — reducing (human) effort, hard work, or labour
- lentiviruses — Plural form of lentivirus.
- lignum vitae — either of two tropical American trees, Guaiacum officinale or G. sanctum, of the caltrop family, having very hard, heavy wood.
- liverpudlian — a seaport in Merseyside, in W England, on the Mersey estuary.
- living trust — a trust that takes effect during the lifetime of the settlor.
- maneuverable — capable of being steered or directed; easy to maneuver: The polyethylene craft remains as durable and maneuverable as any conventional high-performance kayak.
- maneuverings — Plural form of maneuvering.
- manipulative — influencing or attempting to influence the behavior or emotions of others for one’s own purposes: a manipulative boss.
- manoeuvering — Present participle of manoeuver.
- manoeuvrable — Alternative spelling of maneuverable.
- manoeuvrings — Plural form of manoeuvring.
- manu-service — denoting a business that involves both the manufacture of goods and the provision of after-sales services