12-letter words containing v, a, n, e, s
- convalescing — to recover health and strength after illness; make progress toward recovery of health.
- 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
- conversional — the act or process of converting; state of being converted.
- countervails — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of countervail.
- creativeness — having the quality or power of creating.
- deliverances — Plural form of deliverance.
- depravedness — The state of being depraved; depravity.
- deprivations — Plural form of deprivation.
- devaluations — Plural form of devaluation.
- devastations — Plural form of devastation.
- deviationism — ideological deviation (esp from orthodox Communism)
- deviationist — One who deviates from accepted beliefs or policies, especially from a prescribed form of Communism.
- devon island — an island in the Nunavut Territory, N Canada. 20,900 sq. mi. (54,100 sq. km).
- disadvantage — absence or deprivation of advantage or equality.
- disadventure — misfortune; bad luck
- disgavelling — the act or quality of being without gavelkind
- dispensative — Granting dispensation.
- disseverance — The act of dissevering; separation.
- ditransitive — noting or pertaining to a verb taking both a direct and an indirect object, as give in “I gave him the package.”.
- diversionary — tending to divert or distract the attention: diversionary tactics of the guerrilla fighters.
- 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.
- dream vision — a conventional device used in narrative verse, employed especially by medieval poets, that presents a story as told by one who falls asleep and dreams the events of the poem: Dante's Divine Comedy exemplifies the dream vision in its most developed form.
- driving seat — In a vehicle such as a car or a bus, the driving seat is the seat where the person who is driving the vehicle sits.
- encaptivates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of encaptivate.
- endovascular — Within a blood vessel.
- enviableness — Enviability.
- envisagement — The act of envisaging.
- evanescently — In an evanescent manner.
- evangelicals — Plural form of evangelical.
- evangelistic — Seeking to convert others to the Christian faith; missionary.
- evaporations — Plural form of evaporation.
- evening star — Venus as seen after sunset
- everlastings — Plural form of everlasting.
- everydayness — (uncountable) The quality or state of happening every day, or frequently.
- eviscerating — Present participle of eviscerate.
- evisceration — A disemboweling; the removal of viscera.
- extraversion — Alternative spelling of extroversion.
- favorite son — (at a national political convention) a candidate nominated for office by delegates from his or her own state.
- favouredness — the quality of or extent to which something is favoured
- five nations — (formerly) a confederacy of North American Indian peoples living mainly in and around present-day New York state, consisting of the Cayugas, Mohawks, Oneidas, Onondagas, and Senecas
- gallivanters — Plural form of gallivanter.
- galvanoscope — an instrument for detecting the existence of an electric current and determining its direction.
- ganges river — a river flowing SE from the Himalayas in N India into the Bay of Bengal: sacred to Hindus. 1550 miles (2495 km) long.
- generativist — a person who follows or promotes the theories of generative grammar.
- geneva bands — a pair of white lawn or linen strips hanging from the front of the neck or collar of some ecclesiastical and academic robes
- geneva cross — a red Greek cross on a white background, displayed to distinguish ambulances, hospitals, and persons belonging to the Red Cross Society.
- good heavens — You say 'Good heavens!' or 'Heavens!' to express surprise or to emphasize that you agree or disagree with someone.