12-letter words containing v, i, t, e, l
- malt vinegar — acidic condiment made from malted barley
- malternative — An alcoholic beverage that contains some malt alcohol, and may contain other types of alcohol, and that is an alternative to beer.
- malversation — improper or corrupt behavior in office, especially in public office.
- manipulative — influencing or attempting to influence the behavior or emotions of others for one’s own purposes: a manipulative boss.
- martinsville — a city in S Virginia.
- medievalists — Plural form of medievalist.
- meditatively — given to, characterized by, or indicative of meditation; contemplative.
- millisievert — (physics) A unit of ionizing radiation equal to 10-3 sieverts.
- mitral valve — the valve between the left atrium and left ventricle of the heart, consisting of two triangular flaps of tissue, that prevents the blood from flowing back into the atrium.
- motivelessly — Without a motive.
- multi-voiced — having a voice of a specified kind (usually used in combination): shrill-voiced.
- multi-volume — consisting of or encompassing several volumes: a multivolume encyclopedia.
- multileveled — having different levels or planes: a multilevel stage set.
- multiservice — involving two or more of the armed services
- multivalence — Chemistry. having a valence of three or higher.
- multivariate — (of a combined distribution) having more than one variate or variable.
- multiversity — a university with several campuses, each of which has many schools, divisions, etc.
- multivoltine — producing several broods in one year, as certain silkworm moths; polyvoltine.
- nomenclative — relating to the act of naming
- non-elective — pertaining to the principle of electing to an office, position, etc.
- non-virulent — actively poisonous; intensely noxious: a virulent insect bite.
- non-volatile — non-volatile storage
- nonselective — having the function or power of selecting; making a selection.
- nonviolently — In a nonviolent manner.
- novelisation — Alternative spelling of novelization.
- novelization — The writing of a novel based on fact; fictionalization.
- obliterative — Tending or serving to obliterate.
- old favorite — If you refer to something as an old favorite, you mean that it has been in existence for a long time and everyone knows it or likes it.
- oliver twist — a novel (1838) by Dickens.
- over-inflate — to distend; swell or puff out; dilate: The king cobra inflates its hood.
- over-reliant — having or showing dependence: reliant on money from home.
- overcritical — excessively critical; hypercritical.
- overdelicate — extremely or excessively delicate: an overdelicate digestive system.
- overexplicit — excessively explicit
- overflow bit — (architecture) A processor flag bit set by the ALU to indicate overflow.
- overliterary — excessively literary
- overmultiply — to increase too much or too often
- overplotting — the provision of an excessively elaborate plot
- overutilized — to put to use; turn to profitable account: to utilize a stream to power a mill.
- overwithhold — to withhold too much.
- parma violet — a variety of the sweet violet, Viola odorata, that is the source of an essential oil used in perfumery.
- parvifoliate — (of plants) having small leaves in comparison with the size of the stem
- perceptively — having or showing keenness of insight, understanding, or intuition: a perceptive analysis of the problems involved.
- perfectively — in a perfective manner; thoroughly
- perspectival — a technique of depicting volumes and spatial relationships on a flat surface. Compare aerial perspective, linear perspective.
- positive law — customary law or law enacted by governmental authority (as distinguished from natural law).
- postdelivery — of, relating to, or occurring after a delivery
- postmedieval — occurring or existing after the Middle Ages, of or related to the period after the Middle Ages
- poverty line — a minimum income level used as an official standard for determining the proportion of a population living in poverty.
- predictively — of or relating to prediction: losing one's predictive power.