12-letter words containing v, i, s, t, r
- observations — Plural form of observation.
- oliver twist — a novel (1838) by Dickens.
- ovariotomies — Plural form of ovariotomy.
- ovariotomist — a surgeon who performs ovariotomies
- over against — in opposition to; contrary to; adverse or hostile to: twenty votes against ten; against reason.
- overcautious — excessively or unnecessarily cautious: Sometimes it doesn't pay to be overcautious in business.
- overdiscount — to discount excessively
- overestimate — to estimate at too high a value, amount, rate, or the like: Don't overestimate the car's trade-in value.
- overoptimism — a disposition or tendency to look on the more favorable side of events or conditions and to expect the most favorable outcome.
- overoptimist — someone who is too optimistic
- oversedation — the calming of mental excitement or abatement of physiological function, especially by the administration of a drug.
- overshipment — an act or instance of shipping freight or cargo.
- overstaffing — the provision of an excessive number of staff for (a factory, hotel, etc)
- overstocking — to stock to excess: We are overstocked on this item.
- overstrained — exerted, taxed, or used to an excessive extent
- permissivist — lenience toward or indulgence of a wide variety of social behavior.
- perspectival — a technique of depicting volumes and spatial relationships on a flat surface. Compare aerial perspective, linear perspective.
- postdelivery — of, relating to, or occurring after a delivery
- posteruptive — occurring after a volcanic eruption
- prescriptive — that prescribes; giving directions or injunctions: a prescriptive letter from an anxious father.
- presentative — (of an image, idea, etc.) presented, known, or capable of being known directly.
- preservation — to keep alive or in existence; make lasting: to preserve our liberties as free citizens.
- preservative — something that preserves or tends to preserve.
- print server — (printer) A server device that is set up on a network to route print requests and status information between computers and printers connected by a network. A typical print server routes print requests for multiple computers and printers on a network. For example, a networked workstation user submits a print command that includes a print file and information about the printer to be used, usually a nearby printer for convenience. The print server sends the print file to the requested printer. The printer spools the print file and provides job status. The print server relays the status of the printer back to the workstation and makes this status information available to other devices on the network.
- proclivities — natural or habitual inclination or tendency; propensity; predisposition: a proclivity to meticulousness.
- proscriptive — the act of proscribing.
- protensively — in the manner of duration
- reactiveness — tending to react.
- reactivities — the quality or condition of being reactive.
- recidivistic — repeated or habitual relapse, as into crime.
- regressivity — regressing or tending to regress; retrogressive.
- reinvestment — putting money into sth again
- relativeness — the state or fact of being relative.
- relativistic — of or relating to relativity or relativism.
- respectively — in precisely the order given; sequentially.
- responsivity — the quality or state of being responsive.
- resurrective — of or relating to resurrection
- retropulsive — of or relating to retropulsion
- retroversion — a looking or turning back.
- 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.
- reversionist — a person who advocates reverting to the conditions, customs, ideals, etc., of an earlier era.
- revisitation — the act of visiting.
- river forest — a city in NE Illinois.
- rooseveltian — of, pertaining to, advocating, or following the principles, views, or policies of Franklin Delano Roosevelt or of Theodore Roosevelt.
- root version — The initial value of an object in a change management system.
- rostropovich — Mstislav (Leopoldovich) [mis-tuh-slahv lee-uh-pohl-duh-vich;; Russian mstyi-slahf lyi-uh-pawl-duh-vyich] /ˈmɪs təˌslɑv ˌli əˈpoʊl də vɪtʃ;; Russian mstyɪˈslɑf lyɪ əˈpɔl də vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1927–2007, Soviet cellist and conductor (husband of Galina Vishnevskaya).
- security van — an armoured van used to transport money or other valuables
- semivitreous — partially vitreous.
- septemvirate — the ruling body of septemvirs.
- 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.