12-letter words containing v, f
- pelvic floor — muscles beneath the pelvis
- perfectively — in a perfective manner; thoroughly
- perfectivity — the state or quality of being (a) perfective
- perfectivize — to make perfective.
- 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.
- petrifactive — having the ability to turn substances into stone
- preformative — a prefixture in Semitic languages
- prison fever — typhus.
- private life — the social or family life or personal relationships of an individual, esp of a person in the public eye, such as a politician or celebrity
- puff sleeves — the sleeves of a women's garment that are gathered at the shoulders and caught in at the cuff to create an inflated, puffy effect
- pulvilliform — resembling a pulvillus
- putrefactive — the act or process of putrefying; the anaerobic decomposition of organic matter by bacteria and fungi that results in obnoxiously odorous products; rotting.
- rabbit fever — tularemia.
- recover-from — to get back or regain (something lost or taken away): to recover a stolen watch.
- reflectively — that reflects; reflecting.
- reflectivity — that reflects; reflecting.
- refractivity — the power to refract.
- relief valve — a device that, when actuated by static pressure above a predetermined level, opens in proportion to the excess above this level and reduces the pressure to it. Compare safety valve (def 1).
- river forest — a city in NE Illinois.
- roman-fleuve — saga (def 3).
- safety valve — a device that, when actuated by a gas or vapor pressure above a predetermined level, opens and allows the gas or vapor to escape until its pressure is reduced to a pressure equal to or below that of the predetermined level. Compare relief valve.
- salvifically — in a saving manner
- savoir faire — knowledge of just what to do in any situation; tact.
- savoir-faire — knowledge of just what to do in any situation; tact.
- self-devised — to contrive, plan, or elaborate; invent from existing principles or ideas: to devise a method.
- self-devoted — intense devotion of oneself to an activity or to a field or profession, as art or science.
- self-driving — (of a machine) operating without the guidance of a human.
- self-evident — evident in itself without proof or demonstration; axiomatic.
- self-evolved — to develop gradually: to evolve a scheme.
- self-proving — to establish the truth or genuineness of, as by evidence or argument: to prove one's claim.
- self-service — the serving of oneself in a restaurant, shop, gas station, or other facility, without the aid of a waiter, clerk, attendant, etc.
- self-serving — preoccupied with one's own interests, often disregarding the truth or the interests, well-being, etc., of others.
- self-starved — to die or perish from lack of food or nourishment.
- service flat — an apartment with complete hotel services.
- service lift — a lift which carries heavy goods in a place of business, as for example, plates in a restaurant
- seventy-five — a cardinal number, 70 plus 5.
- seventy-four — a cardinal number, 70 plus 4.
- several-fold — comprising several parts or members.
- shaving foam — lather used for shaving
- silver frost — glaze (def 17).
- spring fever — a listless, lazy, or restless feeling commonly associated with the beginning of spring.
- stupefactive — serving to stupefy.
- surface wave — a seismic wave that travels along or parallel to the earth's surface (distinguished from body wave).
- trench fever — a recurrent fever, often suffered by soldiers in trenches in World War I, caused by a rickettsia transmitted by the body louse.
- trypaflavine — acriflavine hydrochloride.
- typhus-fever — an acute, infectious disease caused by several species of Rickettsia, transmitted by lice and fleas, and characterized by acute prostration, headache, and a peculiar eruption of reddish spots on the body.
- undefinitive — most reliable or complete, as of a text, author, criticism, study, or the like: the definitive biography of Andrew Jackson.
- uneventfully — not eventful; lacking in important or striking occurrences: an uneventful day at the office.
- unfavourable — Unfavourable conditions or circumstances cause problems for you and reduce your chances of success.
- unforgivable — to grant pardon for or remission of (an offense, debt, etc.); absolve.