12-letter words containing v, o, c, a
- overeducated — Having been educated to a higher academic level than is necessary.
- overemphatic — excessive or undue emphasis.
- overissuance — the act of issuing in excessive amounts
- overmedicate — to treat with medicine or medicaments.
- overpurchase — to acquire by the payment of money or its equivalent; buy.
- overreaching — to reach or extend over or beyond: The shelf overreached the nook and had to be planed down.
- overreaction — to react or respond more strongly than is necessary or appropriate.
- overreactive — tending to react.
- overreliance — confident or trustful dependence.
- overseas cap — a soft, brimless military cap
- ovolactarian — lacto-ovo-vegetarian.
- pancho-villa — Francisco [frahn-sees-kaw] /frɑnˈsis kɔ/ (Show IPA), (Doroteo Arango"Pancho Villa") 1877–1923, Mexican general and revolutionist.
- pax vobiscum — peace be with you
- peace-loving — If you describe someone as peace-loving, you mean that they try to avoid quarrelling or fighting with other people.
- pervicacious — extremely willful; obstinate; stubborn.
- photovoltaic — of or relating to the photovoltaic effect.
- picornavirus — any of a group of small, RNA-containing viruses of the family Picornaviridae, infectious to humans and other animals, and including the poliovirus and the rhinoviruses that cause the common cold.
- plano-convex — pertaining to or noting a lens that is plane on one side and convex on the other.
- planoconcave — pertaining to or noting a lens that is plane on one side and concave on the other.
- postvaccinal — occurring after a vaccine
- power vacuum — a situation when a government has no identifiable central authority
- prevaricator — a person who speaks falsely; liar.
- 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.
- pro-activity — serving to prepare for, intervene in, or control an expected occurrence or situation, especially a negative or difficult one; anticipatory: proactive measures against crime.
- provincially — belonging or peculiar to some particular province; local: the provincial newspaper.
- psychoactive — of or relating to a substance having a profound or significant effect on mental processes: a psychoactive drug.
- radicivorous — feeding on the roots of plants
- 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.
- reactivation — to render active again; revive.
- reconvalesce — to convalesce again
- reconveyance — to convey again.
- renovascular — of or relating to the blood vessels of the kidneys.
- rock carving — the practice of carving on rock
- roncesvalles — a village in N Spain, in the Pyrenees: defeat of part of Charlemagne's army and the death of Roland a.d.
- royal octavo — a book size, 61⁄4 by 10 inches
- 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.
- service road — frontage road.
- servicewoman — a woman who is a member of the armed forces of a country.
- shostakovich — Dimitri Dimitrievich [dih-mee-tree di-mee-tree-uh-vich;; Russian dmyee-tryee dmyee-tryi-yi-vyich] /dɪˈmi tri dɪˈmi tri ə vɪtʃ;; Russian ˈdmyi tryi ˈdmyi tryɪ yɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1906–75, Russian composer.
- spotted cavy — paca.
- the-overcoat — a short story (1842) by Gogol.
- tschaikovsky — Peter Ilyich [il-yich] /ˈɪl yɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich.
- turacoverdin — a green pigment found in certain feathers of the touraco
- un-revocable — that may be revoked.
- unchivalrous — having the qualities of chivalry, as courage, courtesy, and loyalty.
- unconversant — familiar by use or study (usually followed by with): conversant with Spanish history.
- uncovenanted — not agreed to or promised by covenant.
- unobservance — a failure to comply or observe (a law, custom, etc)
- vacation pay — salary paid during holidays