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12-letter words containing v, e, a

  • false gavial — a SE Asian crocodile, Tomistoma schlegeli, similar to but smaller than the gavial
  • family leave — a leave of absence from work in order to have or take care of a baby or to care for an ailing family member.
  • favorite son — (at a national political convention) a candidate nominated for office by delegates from his or her own state.
  • favouredness — the quality of or extent to which something is favoured
  • fayetteville — a city in S North Carolina.
  • federatively — from a federative point of view
  • ferdinand vi — 1713–59, king of Spain 1746–59 (son of Philip V).
  • fermentative — tending to produce or undergo fermentation.
  • festivalgoer — A person attending a festival.
  • figuratively — of the nature of or involving a figure of speech, especially a metaphor; metaphorical and not literal: The word “head” has several figurative senses, as in “She's the head of the company.”. Synonyms: metaphorical, not literal, symbolic.
  • five nations — (formerly) a confederacy of North American Indian peoples living mainly in and around present-day New York state, consisting of the Cayugas, Mohawks, Oneidas, Onondagas, and Senecas
  • five-and-ten — Also called five-and-ten-cent store [fahyv-uh n-ten-sent] /ˈfaɪv ənˈtɛnˌsɛnt/ (Show IPA), five-and-dime [fahyv-uh n-dahym] /ˈfaɪv ənˈdaɪm/ (Show IPA), dime store, ten-cent store. a store offering a wide assortment of inexpensive items, formerly costing five or ten cents, for personal and household use.
  • flavoprotein — an enzyme, containing riboflavin and linked chemically with a protein, active in the oxidation of foods in animal cells.
  • flavorlessly — In a flavorless way.
  • fluviomarine — of or formed by the combined action of river and sea.
  • food vacuole — a membrane-enclosed cell vacuole with a digestive function, containing material taken up in by the process of phagocytosis.
  • forward dive — a dive from a position facing the water in which the diver jumps up from the springboard, rotating the body forward, and enters the water either headfirst or feetfirst.
  • french leave — Sometimes Offensive. a departure without ceremony, permission, or notice: Taking French leave, he evaded his creditors.
  • future value — the value that a sum of money invested at compound interest will have after a specified period
  • gaboon viper — a large, venomous snake, Bitis gabonica, of tropical African forests, having large retractable fangs and geometrically patterned scales of yellow, brown, and sometimes purple.
  • galley slave — a person condemned to work at an oar on a galley.
  • gallivanters — Plural form of gallivanter.
  • galvanometer — an instrument for detecting the existence of small electric currents and determining their strength.
  • galvanometry — the method or process of determining the strength of electric currents.
  • galvanoscope — an instrument for detecting the existence of an electric current and determining its direction.
  • game reserve — wildlife park, safari park
  • ganges river — a river flowing SE from the Himalayas in N India into the Bay of Bengal: sacred to Hindus. 1550 miles (2495 km) long.
  • garden grove — a city in SW California.
  • geelvink bay — former (Dutch) name of Sarera Bay.
  • generatively — capable of producing or creating.
  • generativist — a person who follows or promotes the theories of generative grammar.
  • generativity — Relating to the ability to create or reproduce.
  • geneva bands — a pair of white lawn or linen strips hanging from the front of the neck or collar of some ecclesiastical and academic robes
  • geneva cross — a red Greek cross on a white background, displayed to distinguish ambulances, hospitals, and persons belonging to the Red Cross Society.
  • give or take — to present voluntarily and without expecting compensation; bestow: to give a birthday present to someone.
  • go overboard — over the side of a ship or boat, especially into or in the water: to fall overboard.
  • goal average — the number of goals scored by a team divided by the number of goals it has conceded
  • good heavens — You say 'Good heavens!' or 'Heavens!' to express surprise or to emphasize that you agree or disagree with someone.
  • governmental — the political direction and control exercised over the actions of the members, citizens, or inhabitants of communities, societies, and states; direction of the affairs of a state, community, etc.; political administration: Government is necessary to the existence of civilized society.
  • governorates — Plural form of governorate.
  • graminivores — Plural form of graminivore.
  • grand vizier — the chief officer of state of various Muslim countries, as in the former Ottoman Empire.
  • grave accent — a mark ( ˋ ) used to indicate:
  • gravediggers — Plural form of gravedigger.
  • gravel-blind — more blind or dim-sighted than sand-blind and less than stone-blind.
  • graven image — an idol.
  • gravenhages' — a Dutch name of The Hague.
  • gravicembalo — a harpsichord.
  • gravitometer — an instrument that measures specific gravities
  • gravity cell — a cell containing two electrolytes that have different specific gravities.
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