12-letter words containing v, c, h
- hectic fever — a fever associated with tuberculosis
- heroic verse — a form of verse adapted to the treatment of heroic or exalted themes: in classical poetry, dactylic hexameter; in English and German, iambic pentameter; and in French, the Alexandrine. An example of heroic verse is Achilles' wrath, to Greece the direful spring / Of woes unnumbered, heavenly goddess, sing!
- 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.
- inchoatively — in an inchoative or rudimentary fashion; initially
- java archive — (file format, filename extension) (jar) A compressed archive file containing Java class files, filename extension: ".jar". The Java Development Kit contains a tool called "jar" for creating .jar files, similar to the standard Unix tar command. As well as archiving and compressing the Java class files, it also inserts a "manifest" file which can contain information about the class files, such as a digital signature. Combining class files into a single archive file makes it possible to download them in a single HTTP transaction. This, and the compression, speeds up execution of Java programs delivered via the Internet. (2001}-02-03)
- kidney vetch — an Old World plant, Anthyllis vulneraria, of the legume family, formerly used as a remedy for kidney diseases.
- kurchatovium — (chemistry) A rejected name for rutherfordium.
- machiavelian — of, like, or befitting Machiavelli.
- markov chain — a Markov process restricted to discrete random events or to discontinuous time sequences.
- michael viii — surnamed Palaeologus (ˈpælɪəˌləʊɡəs). 1224–82, Byzantine emperor (1259–82); founder of the Palaeologan dynasty. His reign saw the recovery of Constantinople from the Latins (1261) and the reunion (1274) of the Greek and Roman churches
- mischievious — Misconstruction of mischievous.
- non-achiever — a person who consistently fails to achieve, esp academically
- non-cohesive — characterized by or causing cohesion: a cohesive agent.
- nonvehicular — Not vehicular.
- olive branch — a branch of the olive tree as an emblem of peace.
- orthovanadic — relating to orthovanadates
- overachieved — Simple past tense and past participle of overachieve.
- overachiever — to perform, especially academically, above the potential indicated by tests of one's mental ability or aptitude.
- overcharging — Present participle of overcharge.
- overemphatic — excessive or undue emphasis.
- overpurchase — to acquire by the payment of money or its equivalent; buy.
- overreaching — to reach or extend over or beyond: The shelf overreached the nook and had to be planed down.
- overscutched — overworked; worn out
- pancho-villa — Francisco [frahn-sees-kaw] /frɑnˈsis kɔ/ (Show IPA), (Doroteo Arango"Pancho Villa") 1877–1923, Mexican general and revolutionist.
- petach tikva — a city in W Israel, NE of Tel Aviv.
- photovoltaic — of or relating to the photovoltaic effect.
- psychoactive — of or relating to a substance having a profound or significant effect on mental processes: a psychoactive drug.
- receivership — the condition of being in the hands of a receiver.
- rostropovich — Mstislav (Leopoldovich) [mis-tuh-slahv lee-uh-pohl-duh-vich;; Russian mstyi-slahf lyi-uh-pawl-duh-vyich] /ˈmɪs təˌslɑv ˌli əˈpoʊl də vɪtʃ;; Russian mstyɪˈslɑf lyɪ əˈpɔl də vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1927–2007, Soviet cellist and conductor (husband of Galina Vishnevskaya).
- rough-voiced — having a harsh or grating voice: a rough-voiced barker.
- schererville — a town in NW Indiana.
- scheveningen — a town in the W Netherlands, near The Hague: seaside resort.
- shostakovich — Dimitri Dimitrievich [dih-mee-tree di-mee-tree-uh-vich;; Russian dmyee-tryee dmyee-tryi-yi-vyich] /dɪˈmi tri dɪˈmi tri ə vɪtʃ;; Russian ˈdmyi tryi ˈdmyi tryɪ yɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1906–75, Russian composer.
- silver birch — tree with silvery-white bark
- silver perch — Also called mademoiselle. Ichthyology. a drum, Bairdiella chrysoura, of southern U.S. waters.
- sivapithecus — a genus of extinct Miocene primates of Asia that resemble the modern orangutan.
- spring vetch — any of several mostly climbing plants belonging to the genus Vicia, of the legume family, having pinnate leaves ending in tendrils and bearing pealike flowers, especially V. sativa (spring vetch) cultivated for forage and soil improvement.
- swivel chair — a chair whose seat turns around horizontally on a swivel.
- the services — the armed forces
- the-overcoat — a short story (1842) by Gogol.
- trench fever — a recurrent fever, often suffered by soldiers in trenches in World War I, caused by a rickettsia transmitted by the body louse.
- tschaikovsky — Peter Ilyich [il-yich] /ˈɪl yɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich.
- tsesarevitch — (in Russian history) the eldest son of a tsar or his heir apparent
- unachievable — to bring to a successful end; carry through; accomplish: The police crackdown on speeders achieved its purpose.
- unchivalrous — having the qualities of chivalry, as courage, courtesy, and loyalty.
- underachieve — to perform, especially academically, below the potential indicated by tests of one's mental ability or aptitude.
- veneer patch — a patch made in one of the veneers of a sheet of plywood before layup.
- vereshchagin — Vasili Vasilievich [vuh-syee-lyee vuh-syee-lyi-vyich] /vʌˈsyi lyi vʌˈsyi lyɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1842–1904, Russian painter.
- very much so — The expression very much so is an emphatic way of answering 'yes' to something or saying that it is true or correct.