12-letter words containing v, e, r, a, t, i
- nonnarrative — a story or account of events, experiences, or the like, whether true or fictitious.
- nonnormative — Not normative.
- nonoperative — a person engaged, employed, or skilled in some branch of work, especially productive or industrial work; worker.
- nonversation — A meaningless conversation.
- obliterative — Tending or serving to obliterate.
- observations — Plural form of observation.
- old favorite — If you refer to something as an old favorite, you mean that it has been in existence for a long time and everyone knows it or likes it.
- ovariotomies — Plural form of ovariotomy.
- over against — in opposition to; contrary to; adverse or hostile to: twenty votes against ten; against reason.
- over-inflate — to distend; swell or puff out; dilate: The king cobra inflates its hood.
- over-reliant — having or showing dependence: reliant on money from home.
- over-the-air — of or relating to any means of broadcast transmission.
- overactivate — to make active; cause to function or act.
- overactivity — Excessive activity.
- overcapacity — capacity beyond what is normal, allowed, or desirable.
- overcautious — excessively or unnecessarily cautious: Sometimes it doesn't pay to be overcautious in business.
- overcritical — excessively critical; hypercritical.
- overdelicate — extremely or excessively delicate: an overdelicate digestive system.
- overdominant — excessively dominant
- overdrafting — the removal of more water from ground and surface basins than is replaced by rain and melting snow.
- overdramatic — of or relating to the drama.
- overemphatic — excessive or undue emphasis.
- overestimate — to estimate at too high a value, amount, rate, or the like: Don't overestimate the car's trade-in value.
- overfatigued — excessively fatigued
- overliterary — excessively literary
- overmaturity — (of a tree or forest) the state of having ceased to grow or have commercial value
- overmedicate — to treat with medicine or medicaments.
- overreaction — to react or respond more strongly than is necessary or appropriate.
- overreactive — tending to react.
- oversedation — the calming of mental excitement or abatement of physiological function, especially by the administration of a drug.
- overstaffing — the provision of an excessive number of staff for (a factory, hotel, etc)
- overstrained — exerted, taxed, or used to an excessive extent
- overtaxation — to tax too heavily.
- overtime ban — a refusal by employees to work overtime
- overtime pay — a higher than normal rate of pay, for work done as overtime
- parma violet — a variety of the sweet violet, Viola odorata, that is the source of an essential oil used in perfumery.
- parvifoliate — (of plants) having small leaves in comparison with the size of the stem
- performative — (of an expression or statement) performing an act by the very fact of being uttered, as with the expression “I promise,” that performs the act of promising.
- perspectival — a technique of depicting volumes and spatial relationships on a flat surface. Compare aerial perspective, linear perspective.
- perturbative — having a tendency to perturb; disturbing.
- petrifactive — having the ability to turn substances into stone
- preformative — a prefixture in Semitic languages
- preoperative — occurring or related to the period or preparations before a surgical operation.
- prerogatived — possessing a prerogative
- presentative — (of an image, idea, etc.) presented, known, or capable of being known directly.
- preservation — to keep alive or in existence; make lasting: to preserve our liberties as free citizens.
- preservative — something that preserves or tends to preserve.
- prevaricator — a person who speaks falsely; liar.
- preventative — Medicine/Medical. of or noting a drug, vaccine, etc., for preventing disease; prophylactic.
- privatdocent — (in German and certain other universities) a private teacher or lecturer recognized by the university but receiving no compensation from it, being remunerated by fees.