12-letter words containing v, i, r, g, l
- overclocking — Computers. to modify (a hardware component, as a processor, graphics card, or memory) so as to increase the speed of that component beyond the specifications of the manufacturer: You can overclock your video card to improve its performance.
- overclouding — Present participle of overcloud.
- overplanning — the act or instance of planning excessively
- overplotting — the provision of an excessively elaborate plot
- overwhelming — that overwhelms; overpowering: The temptation to despair may become overwhelming.
- pearl diving — the act of diving for the precious gems pearls
- revitalizing — having the ability or tendency to restore strength
- ring-a-levio — a children's game in which members of one group try to find and capture hiding members of another group: a captured player is kept in a circle drawn on the ground and is set free when tagged by a teammate
- salve regina — a prayer in the form of a hymn to the Virgin Mary.
- self-driving — (of a machine) operating without the guidance of a human.
- self-proving — to establish the truth or genuineness of, as by evidence or argument: to prove one's claim.
- self-serving — preoccupied with one's own interests, often disregarding the truth or the interests, well-being, etc., of others.
- servant girl — a girl or woman employed as a servant who performs household duties
- strongsville — a town in N Ohio.
- survival bag — a large plastic bag carried by climbers for use in an emergency as protection against exposure
- toga virilis — the white toga assumed by boys in ancient Rome at the end of their 14th year.
- transvaginal — through or via the vagina
- travel light — If you travel light, you travel without taking much luggage.
- undervaluing — to value below the real worth; put too low a value on.
- unforgivable — to grant pardon for or remission of (an offense, debt, etc.); absolve.
- unforgivably — in an unforgivable manner
- unprevailing — lacking force, not effective
- unprivileged — belonging to a class that enjoys special privileges; favored: the privileged few.
- unswervingly — to turn aside abruptly in movement or direction; deviate suddenly from the straight or direct course.
- unwaveringly — to sway to and fro; flutter: Foliage wavers in the breeze.
- vainglorious — filled with or given to vainglory: a vainglorious actor.
- valve spring — a helical spring used to hold closed a valve in the cylinder head of an internal-combustion engine
- vasoligature — vasoligation.
- vigee-lebrun — (Marie Anne) Élisabeth [ma-ree an ey-lee-za-bet] /maˈri an eɪ li zaˈbɛt/ (Show IPA), 1755–1842, French painter.
- virgin metal — primary metal.
- virginalling — playing as on the virginal
- visual range — Meteorology. visibility (def 3).
- vital organs — organs in the body that are essential to life
- vulgar latin — popular Latin, as distinguished from literary or standard Latin, especially those spoken forms of Latin from which the Romance languages developed. Abbreviation: VL.
- wallcovering — a flexible sheet of sized paper, fabric, plastic, etc., usually laminated and printed with a repeat pattern, for pasting on a wall as decoration and protection.