12-letter words containing v, i, n, u
- overbuilding — Present participle of overbuild.
- overclouding — Present participle of overcloud.
- overdiscount — to discount excessively
- overissuance — the act of issuing in excessive amounts
- oversanguine — too optimistic
- passive noun — a noun whose referent is the recipient of an action, as trainee, multiplicand.
- picornavirus — any of a group of small, RNA-containing viruses of the family Picornaviridae, infectious to humans and other animals, and including the poliovirus and the rhinoviruses that cause the common cold.
- postdiluvian — existing or occurring after the Biblical Flood.
- quacksalving — resembling or characteristic of a quacksalver
- quadrivalent — having a valence of four; tetravalent.
- quantitative — that is or may be estimated by quantity.
- quantivalent — relating to quantivalence
- quote-driven — denoting an electronic market system, esp for stock exchanges, in which prices are determined by quotations made by market makers or dealers
- reevaluation — an act or instance of evaluating or appraising.
- rejuvenating — making young again
- rejuvenation — to make young again; restore to youthful vigor, appearance, etc.: That vacation has certainly rejuvenated him.
- rejuvenative — to make young again; restore to youthful vigor, appearance, etc.: That vacation has certainly rejuvenated him.
- remunerative — affording remuneration; profitable: remunerative work.
- return visit — If you make a return visit, you visit someone who has already visited you, or you go back to a place where you have already been once.
- sainte-beuve — Charles Augustin [sharl oh-gy-stan] /ʃarl oʊ güˈstɛ̃/ (Show IPA), 1804–69, French literary critic.
- sanguivorous — feeding on blood, as a bat or insect.
- scuba diving — deep-sea swimming
- security van — an armoured van used to transport money or other valuables
- seminivorous — feeding on seeds: seminivorous birds.
- sendai virus — a paramyxovirus that tends to cause cell fusion: in inactive form, used in biological research to produce cells with multiple nuclei of different genetic constitutions.
- silver mound — a perennial Japanese herb, Artemisia schmidtiana, having silver-green leaves forming a moundlike shape.
- soviet union — the legislature of the former Soviet Union and its successor states, consisting of an upper house (Soviet of the Union or Council of the Union) whose delegates are elected on the basis of population, and a lower house (Soviet of Nationalities or Council of Nationalities) whose delegates are elected to represent the various nationalities.
- steubenville — a city in E Ohio, on the Ohio River.
- subservience — serving or acting in a subordinate capacity; subordinate.
- subserviency — serving or acting in a subordinate capacity; subordinate.
- substantival — noting, of, or pertaining to a substantive.
- superevident — extremely or very evident
- supervenient — to take place or occur as something additional or extraneous (sometimes followed by on or upon).
- supervention — to take place or occur as something additional or extraneous (sometimes followed by on or upon).
- surveillance — a watch kept over a person, group, etc., especially over a suspect, prisoner, or the like: The suspects were under police surveillance.
- sustentative — maintenance in being or activity; the sustaining of life through vital processes.
- transumptive — of or relating to transumption
- trumpet vine — trumpet creeper.
- turacoverdin — a green pigment found in certain feathers of the touraco
- ultraviolent — characterized by or pertaining to extreme acts of violence
- unachievable — to bring to a successful end; carry through; accomplish: The police crackdown on speeders achieved its purpose.
- unadvertised — to announce or praise (a product, service, etc.) in some public medium of communication in order to induce people to buy or use it: to advertise a new brand of toothpaste.
- unaggressive — characterized by or tending toward unprovoked offensives, attacks, invasions, or the like; militantly forward or menacing: aggressive acts against a neighboring country.
- unalleviated — to make easier to endure; lessen; mitigate: to alleviate sorrow; to alleviate pain.
- unambivalent — not ambivalent; definite; certain.
- unapplausive — not giving applause; not expressing praise
- unattractive — providing pleasure or delight, especially in appearance or manner; pleasing; charming; alluring: an attractive personality.
- unbelievable — too dubious or improbable to be believed: an unbelievable excuse.
- unbelievably — too dubious or improbable to be believed: an unbelievable excuse.
- unchivalrous — having the qualities of chivalry, as courage, courtesy, and loyalty.