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12-letter words containing v, o, l

  • overwhelming — that overwhelms; overpowering: The temptation to despair may become overwhelming.
  • overwithhold — to withhold too much.
  • ovolactarian — lacto-ovo-vegetarian.
  • owl's clover — any of several western American plants belonging to the genus Orthocarpus, of the figwort family, having dense spikes of flowers in a variety of colors with conspicuous bracts.
  • owl's-clover — any of a genus (Orthocarpus) of plants of the figwort family of W North and South America; esp., a California species (O. purpurascens) with red or purple upper leaves
  • pancho-villa — Francisco [frahn-sees-kaw] /frɑnˈsis kɔ/ (Show IPA), (Doroteo Arango"Pancho Villa") 1877–1923, Mexican general and revolutionist.
  • 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
  • pay envelope — an envelope containing a paycheck or wages.
  • peace-loving — If you describe someone as peace-loving, you mean that they try to avoid quarrelling or fighting with other people.
  • pelvic floor — muscles beneath the pelvis
  • people mover — any of various forms of mass transit, as moving sidewalks or automated driverless vehicles, used for transporting people along limited, fixed routes, as around airports or congested urban areas.
  • phoenixville — a city in SE Pennsylvania.
  • photovoltaic — of or relating to the photovoltaic effect.
  • 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.
  • polar vortex — a whirling mass of very cold air that sits over the North or South Pole: A displaced polar vortex is causing Arctic temperatures across the United States.
  • pole vaulter — A pole vaulter is an athlete who performs the pole vault.
  • polyomavirus — any of a genus (Polyomavirus) of papovaviruses that naturally infect wild and laboratory mice, and that cause tumors when injected into newborn mice
  • pons varolii — pons (def 1).
  • poppet valve — A poppet valve is a disk-shaped intake or exhaust valve in an internal combustion engine.
  • popular vote — the vote for a U.S. presidential candidate made by the qualified voters, as opposed to that made by the electoral college. Compare electoral vote.
  • positive law — customary law or law enacted by governmental authority (as distinguished from natural law).
  • possessively — jealously opposed to the personal independence of, or to any influence other than one's own upon, a child, spouse, etc.
  • postdelivery — of, relating to, or occurring after a delivery
  • postdiluvial — existing or occurring after the biblical Flood
  • postdiluvian — existing or occurring after the Biblical Flood.
  • postmedieval — occurring or existing after the Middle Ages, of or related to the period after the Middle Ages
  • postvaccinal — occurring after a vaccine
  • poverty line — a minimum income level used as an official standard for determining the proportion of a population living in poverty.
  • power shovel — any self-propelled shovel for excavating earth, ore, or coal with a dipper that is powered by a diesel engine or electric motor. Compare shovel (def 2).
  • preovulatory — to produce and discharge eggs from an ovary or ovarian follicle.
  • proclivities — natural or habitual inclination or tendency; propensity; predisposition: a proclivity to meticulousness.
  • productively — having the power of producing; generative; creative: a productive effort.
  • proper value — characteristic root.
  • protectively — having the quality or function of protecting: a protective covering.
  • protensively — in the manner of duration
  • provableness — the quality of being provable
  • proverbially — of, relating to, or characteristic of a proverb: proverbial brevity.
  • providential — of, relating to, or resulting from divine providence: providential care.
  • provincially — belonging or peculiar to some particular province; local: the provincial newspaper.
  • pulvilliform — resembling a pulvillus
  • 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.
  • reconvalesce — to convalesce again
  • reevaluation — an act or instance of evaluating or appraising.
  • renovascular — of or relating to the blood vessels of the kidneys.
  • responsively — responding especially readily and sympathetically to appeals, efforts, influences, etc.: a responsive government.
  • retropulsive — of or relating to retropulsion
  • revalidation — to make valid; substantiate; confirm: Time validated our suspicions.
  • revelational — the act of revealing or disclosing; disclosure.
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