12-letter words containing v, e, n, u
- de-evolution — any process of formation or growth; development: the evolution of a language; the evolution of the airplane.
- delusiveness — The state or quality of being delusive.
- demand curve — A demand curve is a graph showing the price of an item and the amount consumers want to buy.
- dengue-fever — an infectious, eruptive fever of warm climates, usually epidemic, characterized especially by severe pains in the joints and muscles.
- denunciative — Denunciatory.
- derived unit — a unit of measurement obtained by multiplication or division of the base units of a system without the introduction of numerical factors
- devaluations — Plural form of devaluation.
- devil's dung — asafetida.
- diminutively — In a diminutive manner.
- disadventure — misfortune; bad luck
- disjunctives — Plural form of disjunctive.
- drunk driver — A drunk driver is someone who drives after drinking more than the amount of alcohol that is legally allowed.
- durante vita — during life.
- edvard munch — Edvard [ed-vahrd] /ˈɛd vɑrd/ (Show IPA), 1863–1944, Norwegian painter and graphic artist.
- effusiveness — unduly demonstrative; lacking reserve: effusive greetings; an effusive person.
- endeavouring — Present participle of endeavour.
- endovascular — Within a blood vessel.
- equivalently — In an equivalent manner; equally.
- equivocating — Present participle of equivocate.
- equivocation — The use of ambiguous language to conceal the truth or to avoid committing oneself; prevarication.
- eventfulness — The property of being eventful.
- evolutionary — Of or relating to evolution.
- evolutionism — (countable) Any of several theories that explain the evolution of systems or organisms.
- evolutionist — A person who believes in the theories of evolution and natural selection.
- favouredness — the quality of or extent to which something is favoured
- five hundred — a variety of euchre in which a joker and widow are included, the object being to score 500 points first.
- fluviomarine — of or formed by the combined action of river and sea.
- french curve — a flat drafting instrument, usually consisting of a sheet of clear plastic, the edges of which are cut into several scroll-like curves enabling a draftsperson to draw lines of varying curvature.
- fugitiveness — The quality of being fugitive; evanescence; volatility.
- grievousness — causing grief or great sorrow: grievous news.
- griseofulvin — an antibiotic, C 17 H 17 ClO 6 , obtained from a species of Penicillium, used in the treatment of ringworm and other fungous infections of the skin.
- ground cover — the herbaceous plants and low shrubs in a forest, considered as a whole.
- ground level — ground state.
- haute-vienne — a department in central France. 2145 sq. mi. (5555 sq. km). Capital: Limoges.
- hepadnavirus — Any member of the virus family Hepadnaviridae, capable of causing liver infections in humans and animals.
- hudson river — Henry, died 1611? English navigator and explorer.
- Îles du vent — a group of islands in the S Pacific, in French Polynesia in the W Society Archipelago: Moorea, Maio (Tubuai Manu), and Mehetia and Tetiaroa. Pop: 184 222 (2002)
- illuminative — giving light; illuminating.
- illusiveness — illusory.
- inclusive of — including; taking into account
- inclusive or — the connective that gives the value true to a disjunction if either or both of the disjuncts are true
- inconclusive — not conclusive; not resolving fully all doubts or questions: inconclusive evidence.
- incorruptive — incorruptible; not tending to be corrupted
- individuated — Simple past tense and past participle of individuate.
- individuates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of individuate.
- inequivalent — Not equivalent.
- inequivalved — having the valves of the shell of a mollusk unequal in size
- inexhaustive — not exhaustive; not thorough
- input device — a peripheral device, as a keyboard or stylus, used to enter data into a computer for processing.
- insubmissive — Unwilling to submit; not submissive, disobedient.