12-letter words containing v, a, u
- centumvirate — the office of the centumviri
- chauvinistic — If you describe someone as chauvinistic, you believe that they think their own country is more important and morally better than any other.
- cheluviation — the leaching of chelates through soil
- chivalrously — having the qualities of chivalry, as courage, courtesy, and loyalty.
- colliquative — capable of liquefaction or dissolution
- compulsative — compulsory
- conjunctivae — the mucous membrane that lines the exposed portion of the eyeball and inner surface of the eyelids.
- conjunctival — the mucous membrane that lines the exposed portion of the eyeball and inner surface of the eyelids.
- conjunctivas — Plural form of conjunctiva.
- consultative — A consultative committee or document gives advice or makes proposals about a particular problem or subject.
- consummative — to bring to a state of perfection; fulfill.
- continuative — serving or tending to continue
- convulsional — relating to convulsions
- corbel vault — a structure having the form of a vault but constructed on the principle of a corbel arch.
- countervails — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of countervail.
- countervalue — An equivalent or equal, especially in military strategy.
- cradle vault — barrel vault.
- cuiaba-river — a river in SW Brazil. About 300 miles (485 km) long.
- cultivatable — Cultivable.
- culvertailed — dove-tailed
- cumulatively — increasing or growing by accumulation or successive additions: the cumulative effect of one rejection after another.
- curry favour — to ingratiate oneself, esp with superiors
- curvicaudate — having a curved tail
- curvicostate — having curved ribs
- curvifoliate — having leaves curved or bent back
- curvirostral — having a curved or crooked beak
- cutaway dive — a back dive in which the diver rotates the body to enter the water headfirst facing the springboard.
- danube river — a river in central and SE Europe, flowing E from southern Germany to the Black Sea. 1725 miles (2775 km) long.
- david souter — David H. born 1939, U.S. jurist: associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1990–2009.
- david turner — (person) Professor David A Turner. One of the pioneers of functional languages. He designed several languages, including, SASL (1976), KRC (1981), and Miranda, many of which were implemented using combinators and the S-K reduction machine which he defined. He coined the name "ZF expression" for the list comprehension. He worked at UKC and set up a company, Research Software Limited to market Miranda.
- demand curve — A demand curve is a graph showing the price of an item and the amount consumers want to buy.
- denunciative — Denunciatory.
- depopulative — That depopulates.
- desquamative — tending to cause desquamation; characterized by desquamation
- deux chevaux — a very small, inexpensive automobile
- devaluations — Plural form of devaluation.
- disadventure — misfortune; bad luck
- disinvoltura — Self-assurance; lack of constraint.
- dissuasively — In a dissuasive manner.
- disturbative — capable of disturbing
- diverticular — Of or relating to diverticula.
- dubitatively — in a dubitative manner
- durante vita — during life.
- duvet jacket — a down-filled jacket used esp by mountaineers
- dvapara yuga — the third of the Yugas, not as good as the Treta Yuga but better than the Kali Yuga.
- dzhugashvili — Iosif Vissarionovich [Russian yaw-syif-vyi-suh-ryi-aw-nuh-vyich] /Russian ˈyɔ syɪf vyɪ sə ryɪˈɔ nə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), Stalin, Joseph.
- edulcorative — edulcorant
- edvard munch — Edvard [ed-vahrd] /ˈɛd vɑrd/ (Show IPA), 1863–1944, Norwegian painter and graphic artist.
- endeavouring — Present participle of endeavour.
- endovascular — Within a blood vessel.