12-letter words containing v, o, i, d
- devotionally — In a devotional manner.
- disapproving — Expressing an unfavorable opinion.
- discoverable — to see, get knowledge of, learn of, find, or find out; gain sight or knowledge of (something previously unseen or unknown): to discover America; to discover electricity. Synonyms: detect, espy, descry, discern, ascertain, unearth, ferret out, notice.
- discoverment — (obsolete) discovery.
- discoverture — the state of being discovert; freedom from coverture.
- disinvoltura — Self-assurance; lack of constraint.
- dissociative — to sever the association of (oneself); separate: He tried to dissociate himself from the bigotry in his past.
- divarication — to spread apart; branch; diverge.
- diversionary — tending to divert or distract the attention: diversionary tactics of the guerrilla fighters.
- diversionist — a person engaged in activities that divert attention from a primary focus.
- divertimento — an instrumental composition in several movements, light and diverting in character, similar to a serenade.
- divinatorial — of or related to divination
- diving board — a springboard.
- divining rod — a rod, especially a forked stick, commonly of hazel, supposed to be useful in locating underground water, metal deposits, etc.
- divinization — The act or process of making divine.
- divorce mill — a divorce court, especially such a court in a state or country that does not impose difficult requirements, as a long period of residence or humiliating grounds, on those who wish to dissolve their marriage.
- don giovanni — an opera (1787) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
- dorsiventral — Botany. having distinct dorsal and ventral sides, as most foliage leaves.
- dovetail saw — a backsaw for fine woodworking, as dovetailing.
- dream vision — a conventional device used in narrative verse, employed especially by medieval poets, that presents a story as told by one who falls asleep and dreams the events of the poem: Dante's Divine Comedy exemplifies the dream vision in its most developed form.
- driving iron — Golf. a club with a long shaft and an iron head the face of which has almost no slope, for hitting long, low drives.
- drove chisel — a chisel with a broad edge used for dressing stone
- duck-shoving — the evasion of responsibility by someone
- edulcorative — edulcorant
- endeavouring — Present participle of endeavour.
- endocervical — Within a cervix.
- export drive — a united effort to increase a country's exports
- floppy drive — disk drive
- food service — the preparation, delivery, serving, etc., of ready-to-eat foods: The cafeteria employs over 20 people in food service.
- forward dive — a dive from a position facing the water in which the diver jumps up from the springboard, rotating the body forward, and enters the water either headfirst or feetfirst.
- get involved — play a part
- good evening — greeting
- graving dock — an excavated shore dry dock for the repair and maintenance of ships.
- have it good — to be in comfortable circumstances
- horned viper — a highly venomous viper, Cerastes cerastes, of northern Africa and extreme southwestern Asia, having a process resembling a horn just above each eye.
- hudson river — Henry, died 1611? English navigator and explorer.
- hybrid vigor — heterosis.
- idiot savant — a mentally defective person with an exceptional skill or talent in a special field, as a highly developed ability to play music or to solve complex mathematical problems mentally at great speed.
- ill-favoured — unpleasant in appearance; homely or ugly.
- impoverished — reduced to poverty.
- improvidence — not provident; lacking foresight; incautious; unwary.
- in overdrive — in a state of intense activity
- introductive — serving or used to introduce; preliminary; beginning: an introductory course; an introductory paragraph.
- invalidation — to render invalid; discredit.
- involvedness — very intricate or complex: an involved reply.
- isoflavonoid — (organic chemistry) Any compound, isomeric with the flavonoids, derived from 3-phenyl-1,4-benzopyrone.
- jordan river — Barbara Charline, 1936–96, U.S. politician.
- lap dissolve — dissolve (def 17).
- leopoldville — former name of Kinshasa.
- leveling rod — rod (def 19).