12-letter words containing v, e, n, o, g
- ground level — ground state.
- grovellingly — With grovelling or self-abasement; obsequiously.
- heavy oxygen — either of the two stable isotopes of oxygen having mass numbers of 17 and 18.
- hovering act — an act forbidding or restricting the loitering of foreign or domestic vessels within the prescribed limits of a coastal nation.
- incogitative — Not cogitative; lacking the power of thought.
- introverting — a shy person.
- inventorying — Present participle of inventory.
- investigator — to examine, study, or inquire into systematically; search or examine into the particulars of; examine in detail.
- invigorative — to give vigor to; fill with life and energy; energize.
- leveling rod — rod (def 19).
- line voltage — the voltage supplied by a power line, measured at the point of use.
- long-sleeved — having long sleeves
- manoeuvering — Present participle of manoeuver.
- manoeuvrings — Plural form of manoeuvring.
- misgoverning — Present participle of misgovern.
- morton grove — a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- movie rating — a classification of a film as according to the age of viewers thought suitable to see it, and which can differ according to the level in the film of violent content, sexual content, etc
- navel orange — a seedless variety of orange having at the apex a navellike formation containing a small secondary fruit.
- negative ion — an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- nemorivagant — Lb rare wandering in the woods.
- noble savage — primitive indigenous person
- nonbelieving — Not a believer; in particular, not a member of a specific religious group.
- noncognitive — of or relating to cognition; concerned with the act or process of knowing, perceiving, etc. : cognitive development; cognitive functioning.
- nonsovereign — Not sovereign.
- nonvegetable — Not of or pertaining to vegetables.
- nueva gerona — a town on the Isle of Pines, S of Cuba.
- orange grove — small orchard of orange trees
- orange-river — a member of a European princely family ruling in the United Kingdom from 1688 to 1694 and in the Netherlands since 1815.
- over against — in opposition to; contrary to; adverse or hostile to: twenty votes against ten; against reason.
- over-running — to rove over (a country, region, etc.); invade; ravage: a time when looting hordes had overrun the province.
- overbrimming — Present participle of overbrim.
- overbuilding — Present participle of overbuild.
- overcharging — Present participle of overcharge.
- overclocking — Computers. to modify (a hardware component, as a processor, graphics card, or memory) so as to increase the speed of that component beyond the specifications of the manufacturer: You can overclock your video card to improve its performance.
- overclouding — Present participle of overcloud.
- overcramming — excessive cramming
- overcropping — Agriculture. to crop (land) to excess; exhaust the fertility of by continuous cropping.
- overcrowding — Fill (accommodations or a space) beyond what is usual or comfortable.
- overdiagnose — (medicine) To diagnose something more often than it actually occurs.
- overdrafting — the removal of more water from ground and surface basins than is replaced by rain and melting snow.
- overdressing — Present participle of overdress.
- overdrinking — Present participle of overdrink.
- overengineer — to engineer to excess
- overgenerous — liberal in giving or sharing; unselfish: a generous patron of the arts; a generous gift.
- overlengthen — to extend excessively
- overnighting — for or during the night: to stay overnight.
- overorganize — to stress formal structure, status, rules, and details excessively.
- overplanning — the act or instance of planning excessively
- overplotting — the provision of an excessively elaborate plot
- overpowering — that overpowers; overwhelming: an overpowering conviction of the truth.