12-letter words containing v, a, r, c, t
- controversal — (obsolete, rare) Facing opposite directions.
- 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
- cooperatives — Plural form of cooperative.
- coordinative — of the same order or degree; equal in rank or importance.
- corbel vault — a structure having the form of a vault but constructed on the principle of a corbel arch.
- correlatives — Plural form of correlative.
- countervails — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of countervail.
- countervalue — An equivalent or equal, especially in military strategy.
- cradle vault — barrel vault.
- craveability — (especially of a food) having qualities that engender an intense desire for more: All too often, salt, sugar, fat, and “crunch” make a food craveable.
- creativeness — having the quality or power of creating.
- creativities — the state or quality of being creative.
- cross-staves — an instrument for measuring the angle of elevation of heavenly bodies, consisting of a calibrated staff with another shorter staff perpendicular to and sliding on it.
- crown octavo — a size of book, about 5 × 7½ inches (13 × 19 cm), untrimmed. Abbreviation: crown 8vo.
- culvertailed — dove-tailed
- curvicaudate — having a curved tail
- curvicostate — having curved ribs
- curvifoliate — having leaves curved or bent back
- curvirostral — having a curved or crooked beak
- decemvirates — Plural form of decemvirate.
- decoratively — In a decorative manner.
- depreciative — Tending to depreciate (in value etc.).
- detector van — a vehicle fitted with equipment that detects whether or not a house has a television. This is used to catch people who have not paid for a television licence and so are illegally using a television
- divaricating — Present participle of divaricate.
- divarication — to spread apart; branch; diverge.
- diverticular — Of or relating to diverticula.
- dv cartridge — (games) (Digital Video?) A plug-in circuit cartridge required by some games consoles in order to play MPEG video material.
- edulcorative — edulcorant
- elevator car — a compartment which carries people from floor to floor in a building via a vertical shaft
- equivocatory — Indicating, or characterized by, equivocation.
- eviscerating — Present participle of eviscerate.
- evisceration — A disemboweling; the removal of viscera.
- extractively — in an extractive manner
- extravagance — Lack of restraint in spending money or use of resources.
- extravagancy — (archaic, 17-19th centuries) The characteristic of being extravagant.
- grave accent — a mark ( ˋ ) used to indicate:
- gravity cell — a cell containing two electrolytes that have different specific gravities.
- haricot vert — green bean.
- harvest tick — chigger (def 1).
- hever castle — a Tudor mansion near Edenbridge in Kent: home of Anne Boleyn before her marriage; Italian garden added in the 20th century by the Astor family
- hovering act — an act forbidding or restricting the loitering of foreign or domestic vessels within the prescribed limits of a coastal nation.
- inadvertence — the quality or condition of being inadvertent; heedlessness.
- inadvertency — inadvertence.
- inconversant — Not conversant or acquainted (with something); unfamiliar.
- incrassative — A substance which has the power to thicken; formerly, a medicine supposed to thicken the humours.
- ingravescent — (esp of a disease) becoming more severe
- intervocalic — (usually of a consonant) immediately following a vowel and preceding a vowel, as the v in cover.
- intravesical — Within the urinary bladder.