12-letter words containing v, i, r, d, e
- oversedation — the calming of mental excitement or abatement of physiological function, especially by the administration of a drug.
- overspending — the act or an instance of spending in excess of one's desires or what one can afford or is allocated
- overstrained — exerted, taxed, or used to an excessive extent
- overutilized — to put to use; turn to profitable account: to utilize a stream to power a mill.
- overweighted — weighing too much or more than is considered normal, proper, etc.: overweight luggage; an overweight patient; two letters that may be overweight.
- overwithhold — to withhold too much.
- owner-driver — a person who owns the vehicle he drives
- pearl diving — the act of diving for the precious gems pearls
- pocket drive — a small portable memory device that can be plugged into the USB port of many different types of computer
- postdelivery — of, relating to, or occurring after a delivery
- power-driven — powered by an electric motor
- pre-delivery — the carrying and turning over of letters, goods, etc., to a designated recipient or recipients.
- preconceived — to form a conception or opinion of beforehand, as before seeing evidence or as a result of previously held prejudice.
- predictively — of or relating to prediction: losing one's predictive power.
- prediscovery — a previous discovery
- prerogatived — possessing a prerogative
- privatdocent — (in German and certain other universities) a private teacher or lecturer recognized by the university but receiving no compensation from it, being remunerated by fees.
- privatdozent — (in German and certain other universities) a private teacher or lecturer recognized by the university but receiving no compensation from it, being remunerated by fees.
- productively — having the power of producing; generative; creative: a productive effort.
- providential — of, relating to, or resulting from divine providence: providential care.
- provincewide — covering or available to the whole of a province
- quadrivalent — having a valence of four; tetravalent.
- quill driver — a person who does a great deal of writing.
- quote-driven — denoting an electronic market system, esp for stock exchanges, in which prices are determined by quotations made by market makers or dealers
- rally driver — sports-car racer
- raven-haired — with glossy deep black hair
- ravioli code — (jargon, humour) Object-oriented code consisting of a number of small and loosely-coupled software components. Presumably, the term is a compliment, contrasting the code with spaghetti code.
- re-educative — of or relating to re-education
- recidivistic — repeated or habitual relapse, as into crime.
- red valerian — a bushy valerian, Centranthus ruber, of Europe and southwestern Asia, having many fragrant red, crimson, or white flowers.
- redemptively — serving to redeem.
- rediscoverer — a person who rediscovers
- reproductive — serving to reproduce.
- retrodictive — of or relating to retrodicting or retrodiction
- revalidation — to make valid; substantiate; confirm: Time validated our suspicions.
- reverse dive — any dive in which the diver leaves the board facing the water, then rotates in the air to enter the water facing the board.
- revictualled — victuals, food supplies; provisions.
- review board — panel appointed to reconsider a matter
- room divider — a partition, as a screen or freestanding bookcase, that separates one part of a room from another.
- rough-voiced — having a harsh or grating voice: a rough-voiced barker.
- scrieveboard — the drawing board of a shipbuilder
- scrive board — a floorlike construction on which the lines of a vessel can be drawn or scribed at full size.
- self-driving — (of a machine) operating without the guidance of a human.
- 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.
- service road — frontage road.
- serving dish — a dish in which food is presented or served, esp before being shared into individual portions
- severodvinsk — a city in the N Russian Federation in Europe, on Dvina Gulf, E of Archangel.
- shirtsleeved — not wearing a jacket or coat
- silver medal — a medal, traditionally of silver or silver in color, awarded to a person or team finishing second in a competition, meet, or tournament.
- silver mound — a perennial Japanese herb, Artemisia schmidtiana, having silver-green leaves forming a moundlike shape.