12-letter words containing v, o, l
- cavaco silva — Aníbal (aˈnibal). born 1939, Portuguese statesman; prime minister (1985–95); president (2006–16)
- cavity block — a precast concrete block that contains a cavity or cavities
- cavo-relievo — a relief sculpture in which the highest point in the carving is below the level of the original surface
- cheluviation — the leaching of chelates through soil
- chivalrously — having the qualities of chivalry, as courage, courtesy, and loyalty.
- circumvolute — To roll, curl or twist around.
- circumvolved — Simple past tense and past participle of circumvolve.
- civilisation — Alternative spelling of civilization.
- civilization — Civilization is the state of having an advanced level of social organization and a comfortable way of life.
- clairvoyance — the alleged power of perceiving things beyond the natural range of the senses
- clairvoyancy — the faculty of clairvoyance
- clairvoyants — Plural form of clairvoyant.
- clavicembalo — a harpsichord.
- close-shaven — (of hair) cut very short
- clovenfooted — having split hoofs, once assumed to represent the halves of a single undivided hoof, as in cattle.
- cloverleaves — Plural form of cloverleaf.
- clovis point — flint projectile dating from the 10th millennium bc
- cockeysville — a town in N Maryland.
- cogitatively — In a cogitative manner.
- collectively — formed by collection.
- collectivise — Alternative spelling of collectivize.
- collectivism — Collectivism is the political belief that a country's industries and services should be owned and controlled by the state or by all the people in a country. Socialism and communism are both forms of collectivism.
- collectivist — Collectivist means relating to collectivism.
- collectivity — the quality or state of being collective
- collectivize — If farms or factories are collectivized, they are brought under state ownership and control, usually by combining a number of small farms or factories into one large one.
- collinsville — a city in SW Illinois.
- colliquative — capable of liquefaction or dissolution
- compellative — an appellation
- complaintive — Tending to complain, characterized by complaining.
- complex wave — a waveform consisting of a fundamental frequency with superimposed harmonics
- complicative — having a tendency to complicate
- compulsative — compulsory
- compulsively — compelling; compulsory.
- compulsivity — compulsiveness
- concanavalin — either of two globulins, concanavalin B or (more commonly) concanavalin A, that occur in the jack bean Canavalia ensiformis. Concanavalin A causes agglutination of the blood of mammals
- concessively — in a concessive manner
- conciliative — tending to conciliate: a conciliatory manner; conciliatory comments.
- conclusively — serving to settle or decide a question; decisive; convincing: conclusive evidence.
- conductively — In a conductive manner.
- conjunctival — the mucous membrane that lines the exposed portion of the eyeball and inner surface of the eyelids.
- connectively — serving or tending to connect: connective remarks between chapters.
- connersville — a city in E Indiana.
- consultative — A consultative committee or document gives advice or makes proposals about a particular problem or subject.
- controversal — (obsolete, rare) Facing opposite directions.
- convalescent — Convalescent means relating to convalescence.
- convalescing — to recover health and strength after illness; make progress toward recovery of health.
- convectional — Physics. the transfer of heat by the circulation or movement of the heated parts of a liquid or gas.
- convectively — In a convective manner.
- conveniently — suitable or agreeable to the needs or purpose; well-suited with respect to facility or ease in use; favorable, easy, or comfortable for use.
- convent girl — a girl who goes to or has been to a convent school