12-letter words containing v, e
- nonviolently — In a nonviolent manner.
- nonvitrified — Not converted into glass.
- normal curve — a bell-shaped curve showing a particular distribution of probability over the values of a random variable. Also called Gaussian curve, probability curve.
- normotensive — characterized by normal arterial tension or blood pressure.
- note verbale — a diplomatic communication prepared in the third person and unsigned: less formal than a note but more formal than an aide-mémoire.
- novelisation — Alternative spelling of novelization.
- novelization — The writing of a novel based on fact; fictionalization.
- novell, inc. — (company, networking) A software development company specialising in networking and workgroup applications. The company has diversified in recent years, with the acquisition of several mainstream applications, including Wordperfect and Quattro Pro. Other products include UnixWare, AppWare, Personal NetWare, Groupwise and Novell Dos 7. (21 Sept 1995)
- novokuznetsk — a city in the S Russian Federation in central Asia: an industrial center is located here because of coal deposits of the Kuznetsk Basin.
- nueva gerona — a town on the Isle of Pines, S of Cuba.
- nuevo laredo — a city in NE Mexico, on the Rio Grande opposite Laredo, Texas.
- object value — (jargon) In industrial design, a measure of consumers' immediate desire for an object, even before they know or understand what it does. "Gassee may be nuts, but at least the BeBox has great object value."
- objectivized — to cause to become concrete or objective; objectify.
- objet trouve — found object.
- obliterative — Tending or serving to obliterate.
- oblivescence — the process of forgetting.
- obliviscence — the condition or fact of failing to remember or having failed to remember or of being absent-minded
- observations — Plural form of observation.
- observership — someone or something that observes.
- of even date — of the same or today's date
- old believer — Raskolnik.
- old covenant — the covenant between God and the ancient Israelites, based on the Mosaic Law.
- 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.
- olive branch — a branch of the olive tree as an emblem of peace.
- olive family — the plant family Oleaceae, characterized by trees and shrubs having opposite, simple or pinnately compound leaves, usually small and sometimes showy flowers, and fruit in the form of a berry, capsule, or winged seed, and including the ash, forsythia, lilac, olive, and privet.
- oliver twist — a novel (1838) by Dickens.
- on the level — having no part higher than another; having a flat or even surface.
- once removed — relative: one generation older
- only have to — If you say you only have to do one thing in order to achieve or prove a second thing, you are emphasizing how easily the second thing can be achieved or proved.
- open verdict — law: coroner's jury finding
- opinionative — of, relating to, or of the nature of opinion.
- oppressively — burdensome, unjustly harsh, or tyrannical: an oppressive king; oppressive laws.
- 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.
- order-driven — denoting an electronic market system, esp for stock exchanges, in which prices are determined by the publication of orders to buy or sell
- out of voice — with the voice temporarily in a poor condition, esp for singing
- outlet valve — a valve (on a pipe, etc) controlling the escape or release (of liquid, etc)
- outmaneuvers — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outmaneuver.
- outmanoeuvre — British. outmaneuver.
- ovariotomies — Plural form of ovariotomy.
- oven cleaner — a liquid, often foam in an aerosol container, designed to clean ovens
- over against — in opposition to; contrary to; adverse or hostile to: twenty votes against ten; against reason.
- over the top — the highest or loftiest point or part of anything; apex; summit. Synonyms: zenith, acme, peak, pinnacle, vertex. Antonyms: bottom, base, foot, lowest point.
- over-analyze — to separate (a material or abstract entity) into constituent parts or elements; determine the elements or essential features of (opposed to synthesize): to analyze an argument.
- over-anxious — excessively anxious.
- over-complex — composed of many interconnected parts; compound; composite: a complex highway system.
- over-excited — If you say that someone is over-excited, you mean that they are more excited than you think is desirable.
- over-explain — to make plain or clear; render understandable or intelligible: to explain an obscure point. Synonyms: explicate. Antonyms: confuse.
- over-fraught — Archaic. filled or laden (with): ships fraught with precious wares.
- over-helpful — giving or rendering aid or assistance; of service: Your comments were very helpful.