12-letter words containing v, a, n, l
- nasal cavity — sinus
- nature lover — someone who likes plants, birds and other natural phenomena
- naval stores — supplies for warships.
- navel orange — a seedless variety of orange having at the apex a navellike formation containing a small secondary fruit.
- navel-gazing — excessive absorption in self-analysis or focus on a single issue.
- navigability — deep and wide enough to provide passage to ships: a navigable channel.
- navigational — the act or process of navigating.
- needle valve — a valve with a needlelike part, a fine adjustment, or a small opening, especially a valve in which the opening is controlled by a needlelike or conical point that fits into a conical seat.
- neoflavonoid — (organic chemistry) Any compound, isomeric with the flavonoids, derived from 4-phenyl-1,2-benzopyrone.
- noble savage — primitive indigenous person
- 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-drivable — to send, expel, or otherwise cause to move by force or compulsion: to drive away the flies; to drive back an attacking army; to drive a person to desperation.
- non-variable — apt or liable to vary or change; changeable: variable weather; variable moods.
- non-vascular — pertaining to, composed of, or provided with vessels or ducts that convey fluids, as blood, lymph, or sap.
- non-voidable — capable of being nullified or invalidated.
- non-volatile — non-volatile storage
- nonremovable — that may be removed.
- nonrevocable — Not revocable.
- nontrivially — In a nontrivial manner.
- nonuniversal — Not universal.
- nonvegetable — Not of or pertaining to vegetables.
- nonvehicular — Not vehicular.
- nonviability — The state or condition of being nonviable; impracticality.
- nonvoluntary — done, made, brought about, undertaken, etc., of one's own accord or by free choice: a voluntary contribution.
- 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.
- north kvaløy — an island in the Arctic Ocean, off the N coast of Norway. Area: 329 sq km (127 sq miles)
- note verbale — a diplomatic communication prepared in the third person and unsigned: less formal than a note but more formal than an aide-mémoire.
- novelisation — Alternative spelling of novelization.
- novelization — The writing of a novel based on fact; fictionalization.
- nuevo laredo — a city in NE Mexico, on the Rio Grande opposite Laredo, Texas.
- nulligravida — A female who has never been pregnant.
- 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.
- only have to — If you say you only have to do one thing in order to achieve or prove a second thing, you are emphasizing how easily the second thing can be achieved or proved.
- oven cleaner — a liquid, often foam in an aerosol container, designed to clean ovens
- over-analyze — to separate (a material or abstract entity) into constituent parts or elements; determine the elements or essential features of (opposed to synthesize): to analyze an argument.
- over-explain — to make plain or clear; render understandable or intelligible: to explain an obscure point. Synonyms: explicate. Antonyms: confuse.
- over-inflate — to distend; swell or puff out; dilate: The king cobra inflates its hood.
- over-reliant — having or showing dependence: reliant on money from home.
- overanalysis — the separating of any material or abstract entity into its constituent elements (opposed to synthesis).
- overanalyzed — Simple past tense and past participle of overanalyze.
- overbalanced — Simple past tense and past participle of overbalance.
- overbalances — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overbalance.
- overplanning — the act or instance of planning excessively
- 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.
- pay envelope — an envelope containing a paycheck or wages.