12-letter words containing v, i, a, t, o, r
- provitamin a — carotene.
- reactivation — to render active again; revive.
- reevaluation — an act or instance of evaluating or appraising.
- reinvigorate — to give vigor to; fill with life and energy; energize.
- reinvitation — the act of inviting.
- rejuvenation — to make young again; restore to youthful vigor, appearance, etc.: That vacation has certainly rejuvenated him.
- remotivation — the act or an instance of motivating, or providing with a reason to act in a certain way: I don't understand what her motivation was for quitting her job. Synonyms: motive, inspiration, inducement, cause, impetus.
- revalidation — to make valid; substantiate; confirm: Time validated our suspicions.
- revegetation — to cause vegetation to grow again on: to revegetate eroded lands.
- revelational — the act of revealing or disclosing; disclosure.
- revisitation — the act of visiting.
- rooseveltian — of, pertaining to, advocating, or following the principles, views, or policies of Franklin Delano Roosevelt or of Theodore Roosevelt.
- seronegative — showing no significant level of serum antibodies, or other immunologic marker in the serum, that would indicate previous exposure to the infectious agent being tested.
- svga monitor — (hardware, graphics) A monitor capable of displaying the output of an SVGA card.
- takeover bid — offer to buy a company
- toga virilis — the white toga assumed by boys in ancient Rome at the end of their 14th year.
- transportive — to carry, move, or convey from one place to another.
- transversion — a turning across, or into, something else
- turacoverdin — a green pigment found in certain feathers of the touraco
- ultraviolent — characterized by or pertaining to extreme acts of violence
- valorization — to provide for the maintaining of the value or price of (a commercial commodity) by a government's purchasing the commodity at the fixed price or by its making special loans to the producers.
- vaporization — the act of vaporizing.
- vapour trail — A vapour trail is a white line of water vapour left in the sky by an aeroplane, a rocket, or a missile.
- varia lectio — a variant reading.
- variant form — a way of writing a word which is used by some people as an alternative to the standard or generally accepted form
- variationist — a person who studies variations in the use of a language by its speakers
- varicosities — the state or condition of being varicose.
- variety show — vaudeville performance
- vasodilatory — of or relating to the dilation of blood vessels
- vasoligature — vasoligation.
- velarization — to pronounce with velar articulation.
- velociraptor — a small carnivorous dinosaur of the genus Velociraptor , from the late Cretaceous period, capable of leaping, and growing to a length of about 6 feet (2 meters), having feathers, a flat snout, short forelimbs with large handlike talons, and a large sickle-shaped claw on each foot.
- ventromedial — relating to both the ventral and medial surfaces, or to the front and to the middle
- verification — the act of verifying.
- vertebration — vertebrate formation.
- victoria day — (in Canada) the first Monday preceding May 25, observed as a national holiday.
- victorianism — the distinctive character, thought, tendencies, etc., of the Victorian period.
- video rental — the system of renting films on video or DVD for a period of time in exchange for payment
- violet layer — a layer of particles in the upper atmosphere of the planet Mars, that scatters and absorbs certain electromagnetic radiation, thus preventing the blue, violet, and ultraviolet light waves from passing through
- virilization — the development of adult male physical characteristics in a female or a young boy
- viscerotonia — a personality type characterized by hedonism and conviviality: said to be correlated with an endomorph body type
- visitatorial — of or relating to an official visitor or official visitation.
- vital organs — organs in the body that are essential to life
- vitriolation — the process of turning something into vitriol
- vituperation — verbal abuse or castigation; violent denunciation or condemnation.
- vituperatory — abusive or blaming
- vocicultural — relating to voice training
- vociferation — noisy outcry; clamor.
- voluntaryism — voluntarism (def 2).
- voting paper — a ballot.