12-letter words containing v, a, l, n, c
- indicatively — showing, signifying, or pointing out; expressive or suggestive (usually followed by of): behavior indicative of mental disorder.
- intervocalic — (usually of a consonant) immediately following a vowel and preceding a vowel, as the v in cover.
- intravesical — Within the urinary bladder.
- invercargill — a city on S South Island, in New Zealand.
- invocational — Of or relating to an act of invocation.
- irrelevances — Plural form of irrelevance.
- jacksonville — a seaport in NE Florida, on the St. John's River.
- japan clover — a drought-resistant bush clover, Lespedeza striata, of the legume family, introduced to the southern Atlantic states from Asia, having numerous tiny trifoliate leaves valued for pasturage and hay.
- kelvin scale — William Thomson, 1st Baron, 1824–1907, English physicist and mathematician.
- lever-action — (of a rifle) having a lever action.
- living space — home: rooms, etc.
- lovecraftian — referring to or reminiscent of the work of the American fantasy and horror fiction author H.P. Lovecraft (1870–1937)
- machiavelian — of, like, or befitting Machiavelli.
- multivalence — Chemistry. having a valence of three or higher.
- nasal cavity — sinus
- nomenclative — relating to the act of naming
- non-civilian — a person who is not on active duty with a military, naval, police, or fire fighting organization.
- non-vascular — pertaining to, composed of, or provided with vessels or ducts that convey fluids, as blood, lymph, or sap.
- nonrevocable — Not revocable.
- nonvehicular — Not vehicular.
- normal curve — a bell-shaped curve showing a particular distribution of probability over the values of a random variable. Also called Gaussian curve, probability curve.
- old covenant — the covenant between God and the ancient Israelites, based on the Mosaic Law.
- old slavonic — Old Church Slavonic.
- olive branch — a branch of the olive tree as an emblem of peace.
- oven cleaner — a liquid, often foam in an aerosol container, designed to clean ovens
- overbalanced — Simple past tense and past participle of overbalance.
- overbalances — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overbalance.
- overreliance — confident or trustful dependence.
- ovolactarian — lacto-ovo-vegetarian.
- pancho-villa — Francisco [frahn-sees-kaw] /frɑnˈsis kɔ/ (Show IPA), (Doroteo Arango"Pancho Villa") 1877–1923, Mexican general and revolutionist.
- peace-loving — If you describe someone as peace-loving, you mean that they try to avoid quarrelling or fighting with other people.
- pentavalence — the condition of having a valency of five
- plano-convex — pertaining to or noting a lens that is plane on one side and convex on the other.
- planoconcave — pertaining to or noting a lens that is plane on one side and concave on the other.
- postvaccinal — occurring after a vaccine
- provincially — belonging or peculiar to some particular province; local: the provincial newspaper.
- quacksalving — resembling or characteristic of a quacksalver
- reconvalesce — to convalesce again
- renovascular — of or relating to the blood vessels of the kidneys.
- roncesvalles — a village in N Spain, in the Pyrenees: defeat of part of Charlemagne's army and the death of Roland a.d.
- sacral nerve — any of the nerves arising in five pairs from the spinal cord in the sacrum.
- salk vaccine — a vaccine that contains three types of inactivated poliomyelitis viruses and induces immunity against the disease.
- surveillance — a watch kept over a person, group, etc., especially over a suspect, prisoner, or the like: The suspects were under police surveillance.
- tetravalence — the condition of having a valency of four
- un-revocable — that may be revoked.
- unachievable — to bring to a successful end; carry through; accomplish: The police crackdown on speeders achieved its purpose.
- unchivalrous — having the qualities of chivalry, as courage, courtesy, and loyalty.
- uncultivable — capable of being cultivated.
- uncultivated — prepared and used for raising crops; tilled: cultivated land.
- vacationland — an area having recreational facilities, historic or picturesque sights, etc., that attract vacationists.