12-letter words containing v, a, n, l, o
- ring-a-levio — a children's game in which members of one group try to find and capture hiding members of another group: a captured player is kept in a circle drawn on the ground and is set free when tagged by a teammate
- roman-fleuve — saga (def 3).
- roncesvalles — a village in N Spain, in the Pyrenees: defeat of part of Charlemagne's army and the death of Roland a.d.
- rooseveltian — of, pertaining to, advocating, or following the principles, views, or policies of Franklin Delano Roosevelt or of Theodore Roosevelt.
- salvationist — a member of the Salvation Army.
- san salvador — a republic in NW Central America. 13,176 sq. mi. (34,125 sq. km). Capital: San Salvador.
- sov language — a type of language that has basic subject-object-verb order, as Turkish, Japanese, or Tamil.
- spotsylvania — a village in NE Virginia: the scene of Civil War battles between the armies of Grant and Lee, May 8–21, 1864.
- stove enamel — a type of enamel made heatproof by treatment in a stove
- svo language — a type of language that has basic subject-verb-object word order, as English, Chinese, or Spanish.
- ultraviolent — characterized by or pertaining to extreme acts of violence
- un-revocable — that may be revoked.
- unapprovable — capable of being approved.
- unchivalrous — having the qualities of chivalry, as courage, courtesy, and loyalty.
- unfavourable — Unfavourable conditions or circumstances cause problems for you and reduce your chances of success.
- unforgivable — to grant pardon for or remission of (an offense, debt, etc.); absolve.
- unforgivably — in an unforgivable manner
- ungovernable — impossible to govern, rule, or restrain; uncontrollable.
- unobservable — incapable of observation; imperceptible
- unpavilioned — not provided with a pavilion
- unreprovable — not able to be reproved, reproached, or criticized
- unresolvable — not able to be resolved or brought to a satisfactory resolution
- unvoyageable — not able to be sailed or otherwise journeyed over; untraversable; innavigable
- vacationland — an area having recreational facilities, historic or picturesque sights, etc., that attract vacationists.
- vaginicoline — living in a sheath
- vaginicolous — living in a sheath
- vainglorious — filled with or given to vainglory: a vainglorious actor.
- valorization — to provide for the maintaining of the value or price of (a commercial commodity) by a government's purchasing the commodity at the fixed price or by its making special loans to the producers.
- valve bounce — A valve bounce is the bouncing of a poppet valve on its seat when it is closing.
- vasodilation — dilatation of the blood vessels, as by the action of a nerve.
- vasoligation — ligation of the vas deferens.
- vegetational — all the plants or plant life of a place, taken as a whole: the vegetation of the Nile valley.
- velarization — to pronounce with velar articulation.
- velocipedean — someone who rides a velocipede
- ventral root — a nerve fiber bundle that emerges from either side of the spinal cord and joins with a complementary bundle to form each spinal nerve in the series of spinal nerves: the root at the rear of the spinal cord (dorsal root or sensory root) conveys sensations to the central nervous system, and the root at the front (ventral root or motor root) conveys impulses to the muscles.
- ventrodorsal — pertaining to the ventral and dorsal aspects of the body; extending from the ventral to the dorsal side.
- ventromedial — relating to both the ventral and medial surfaces, or to the front and to the middle
- verbal irony — irony in which a person says or writes one thing and means another, or uses words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of the literal meaning.
- vesiculation — characterized by or covered with vesicles.
- video rental — the system of renting films on video or DVD for a period of time in exchange for payment
- vilification — to speak ill of; defame; slander.
- villainously — having a cruel, wicked, malicious nature or character.
- virilization — the development of adult male physical characteristics in a female or a young boy
- vital organs — organs in the body that are essential to life
- vitalization — to give life to; make vital.
- vitriolation — the process of turning something into vitriol
- vocabularian — a person who is particularly or overly attentive to words
- vocal memnon — one of the two seated figures of the Colossus of Memnon: so called because it once emitted sounds when struck by the rays of the rising sun.
- vocalization — to make vocal; utter; articulate; sing.
- vocationally — of, relating to, or connected with a vocation or occupation: a vocational aptitude.