12-letter words containing v, i, r, u
- disruptively — In a disruptive manner.
- distributive — serving to distribute, assign, allot, or divide; characterized by or pertaining to distribution.
- disturbative — capable of disturbing
- diverticular — Of or relating to diverticula.
- diverticulum — a blind, tubular sac or process branching off from a canal or cavity, especially an abnormal, saclike herniation of the mucosal layer through the muscular wall of the colon.
- divestitures — Plural form of divestiture.
- drug-driving — driving while under the influence of drugs, esp illegal drugs
- drunk driver — A drunk driver is someone who drives after drinking more than the amount of alcohol that is legally allowed.
- durante vita — during life.
- edulcorative — edulcorant
- endeavouring — Present participle of endeavour.
- equivocatory — Indicating, or characterized by, equivocation.
- evolutionary — Of or relating to evolution.
- exclusive or — (logic) (XOR, EOR) /X or, E or/ A two-input function whose result is true if one input is true and the other is false. The truth table is A | B | A xor B --+---+-------- F | F | F F | T | T T | F | T T | T | F The output is thus true if the inputs are not equal. If one input is false, the other is passed unchanged whereas if one input is true, the other is inverted. In Boolean algebra, exclusive or is often written as a plus in a circle: "⊕". The circle may be omitted suggesting addition modulo two. In digital logic, an exclusive or logic gate is drawn like a normal inclusive or gate but with a curved line across both inputs: {exclusive or gate " />.
- figuratively — of the nature of or involving a figure of speech, especially a metaphor; metaphorical and not literal: The word “head” has several figurative senses, as in “She's the head of the company.”. Synonyms: metaphorical, not literal, symbolic.
- five hundred — a variety of euchre in which a joker and widow are included, the object being to score 500 points first.
- fluviomarine — of or formed by the combined action of river and sea.
- fructivorous — Fruit-eating.
- full-service — offering or providing a wide range of services related to the basic line of business, as when a filling station changes tires or makes car repairs in addition to selling gasoline.
- gift voucher — gift certificate.
- grievousness — causing grief or great sorrow: grievous news.
- griseofulvin — an antibiotic, C 17 H 17 ClO 6 , obtained from a species of Penicillium, used in the treatment of ringworm and other fungous infections of the skin.
- guadalquivir — a river in S Spain, flowing W to the Gulf of Cádiz. 374 miles (602 km) long.
- heliogravure — photoengraving.
- hepadnavirus — Any member of the virus family Hepadnaviridae, capable of causing liver infections in humans and animals.
- herbivourous — Misspelling of herbivorous.
- hudson river — Henry, died 1611? English navigator and explorer.
- humeral veil — a fringed scarf, usually white and ornamented in the middle, worn over the shoulders by a priest or subdeacon during certain parts of a High Mass.
- ill-favoured — unpleasant in appearance; homely or ugly.
- illustrative — serving to illustrate; explanatory: illustrative examples.
- imperviously — In an impervious manner; impenetrably; impermeably.
- in favour of — If one thing is rejected in favour of another, the second thing is done or chosen instead of the first.
- inclusive or — the connective that gives the value true to a disjunction if either or both of the disjuncts are true
- incorruptive — incorruptible; not tending to be corrupted
- interpluvial — designating a drier period occurring between two periods of persistently heavy rainfall
- interruptive — to cause or make a break in the continuity or uniformity of (a course, process, condition, etc.).
- intervillous — Between the villi.
- intraveneous — Misspelling of intravenous.
- introductive — serving or used to introduce; preliminary; beginning: an introductory course; an introductory paragraph.
- 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.
- investitures — Plural form of investiture.
- invulnerable — incapable of being wounded, hurt, or damaged.
- invulnerably — In an invulnerable manner.
- 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
- jurisdictive — Jurisdictional.
- king vulture — a large, black-and-white vulture, Sarcorhamphus papa, of Central and South America, having colorful wattles and wartlike protuberances on its head and neck.
- kurchatovium — (chemistry) A rejected name for rutherfordium.
- laboursaving — reducing (human) effort, hard work, or labour
- lentiviruses — Plural form of lentivirus.