12-letter words containing v, i, a, g
- hovering act — an act forbidding or restricting the loitering of foreign or domestic vessels within the prescribed limits of a coastal nation.
- hypergravity — The presence of an apparently 'increased' gravitational field in an accelerating or rotating situation.
- inactivating — Present participle of inactivate.
- incogitative — Not cogitative; lacking the power of thought.
- indian giver — a person who gives a gift and then takes it back.
- ingravescent — (esp of a disease) becoming more severe
- interleaving — sector interleave
- intervaginal — Anatomy, Zoology. pertaining to or involving the vagina.
- intervillage — occurring between two or more villages
- interweaving — Present participle of interweave.
- intravaginal — Within the vagina.
- invaginating — Present participle of invaginate.
- invagination — the act or process of invaginating.
- invalidating — Present participle of invalidate.
- invercargill — a city on S South Island, in New Zealand.
- invert sugar — a mixture of the dextrorotatory forms of glucose and fructose, formed naturally in fruits and produced artificially in syrups or fondants by treating cane sugar with acids.
- investigable — capable of being investigated.
- investigated — Simple past tense and past participle of investigate.
- investigates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of investigate.
- investigator — to examine, study, or inquire into systematically; search or examine into the particulars of; examine in detail.
- invigilating — Present participle of invigilate.
- invigilation — The act of watching or invigilating.
- invigilators — Plural form of invigilator.
- invigorating — to give vigor to; fill with life and energy; energize.
- invigoration — to give vigor to; fill with life and energy; energize.
- invigorative — to give vigor to; fill with life and energy; energize.
- invigorators — Plural form of invigorator.
- ivy geranium — a trailing geranium, Pelargonium peltatum, of southern Africa, having a fleshy stem that becomes woody with age, glossy, ivy-shaped leaves, and clusters of flowers ranging from white to deep rose in color.
- jugular vein — vein that carries blood from head to heart
- labor-saving — A labor-saving device or idea makes it possible for you to do something with less effort than usual.
- laboursaving — reducing (human) effort, hard work, or labour
- landgraviate — the office, jurisdiction, or territory of a landgrave.
- landgravines — Plural form of landgravine.
- leave-taking — a saying farewell; a parting or goodbye; departure: His leave-taking was brief.
- life savings — a person who rescues another from danger of death, especially from drowning.
- lignum vitae — either of two tropical American trees, Guaiacum officinale or G. sanctum, of the caltrop family, having very hard, heavy wood.
- line voltage — the voltage supplied by a power line, measured at the point of use.
- living death — a completely miserable, joyless existence, experience, situation, etc.; ordeal: He found the steaming jungle a living death.
- living space — home: rooms, etc.
- malt vinegar — acidic condiment made from malted barley
- maneuverings — Plural form of maneuvering.
- manoeuvering — Present participle of manoeuver.
- manoeuvrings — Plural form of manoeuvring.
- microgravity — a condition, especially in space orbit, where the force of gravity is so weak that weightlessness results.
- mixing valve — a valve receiving water from both a hot-water and a cold-water line and controlling the relative amount of water admitted from each.
- 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
- multigravida — a pregnant woman who has been pregnant two or more times.
- navel-gazing — excessive absorption in self-analysis or focus on a single issue.
- navigability — deep and wide enough to provide passage to ships: a navigable channel.
- navigational — the act or process of navigating.