12-letter words containing v, o, r, s
- cost overrun — A cost overrun is a cost that is more than the amount budgeted.
- countermoves — Plural form of countermove.
- countervails — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of countervail.
- crospovidone — Crospovidone is a substance used in tablets as a binder or disintegrant.
- cross volley — (in tennis) a volley across the court
- cross-staves — an instrument for measuring the angle of elevation of heavenly bodies, consisting of a calibrated staff with another shorter staff perpendicular to and sliding on it.
- cryopreserve — to preserve (living tissue) at a very low temperature
- curvicostate — having curved ribs
- curvirostral — having a curved or crooked beak
- david souter — David H. born 1939, U.S. jurist: associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1990–2009.
- demo version — 1. An early, barely-functional version of a program which can be used for demonstration purposes as long as the operator uses *exactly* the right commands and skirts its numerous bugs, deficiencies, and unimplemented portions. 2. A special version of a finished program (frequently with some features crippled) which is distributed at little or no cost to the user for enticement purposes. See crippleware.
- deprivations — Plural form of deprivation.
- detritivores — Plural form of detritivore.
- 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.
- 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.
- dorsiventral — Botany. having distinct dorsal and ventral sides, as most foliage leaves.
- dorsoventral — Zoology. pertaining to the dorsal and ventral aspects of the body; extending from the dorsal to the ventral side: the dorsoventral axis.
- 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.
- drove chisel — a chisel with a broad edge used for dressing stone
- dusty clover — a bush clover, Lespedeza capitata.
- eavesdropped — Simple past tense and past participle of eavesdrop.
- eavesdropper — to listen secretly to a private conversation.
- eigenvectors — Plural form of eigenvector.
- endovascular — Within a blood vessel.
- environments — Plural form of environment.
- evaporations — Plural form of evaporation.
- evisceration — A disemboweling; the removal of viscera.
- exclusive or — (logic) (XOR, EOR) /X or, E or/ A two-input function whose result is true if one input is true and the other is false. The truth table is A | B | A xor B --+---+-------- F | F | F F | T | T T | F | T T | T | F The output is thus true if the inputs are not equal. If one input is false, the other is passed unchanged whereas if one input is true, the other is inverted. In Boolean algebra, exclusive or is often written as a plus in a circle: "⊕". The circle may be omitted suggesting addition modulo two. In digital logic, an exclusive or logic gate is drawn like a normal inclusive or gate but with a curved line across both inputs: {exclusive or gate " />.
- extraversion — Alternative spelling of extroversion.
- extroversion — (psychology) Concern with or an orientation toward others or what is outside oneself; behavior expressing such an orientation; the definitive characteristic of an extrovert.
- extrovertish — Extroverted.
- favorite son — (at a national political convention) a candidate nominated for office by delegates from his or her own state.
- favouredness — the quality of or extent to which something is favoured
- festivalgoer — A person attending a festival.
- first violin — one of the principal group of violins in an orchestra
- flavorlessly — In a flavorless way.
- food service — the preparation, delivery, serving, etc., of ready-to-eat foods: The cafeteria employs over 20 people in food service.
- forest grove — a town in NW Oregon.
- fructivorous — Fruit-eating.
- geneva cross — a red Greek cross on a white background, displayed to distinguish ambulances, hospitals, and persons belonging to the Red Cross Society.
- give rise to — to get up from a lying, sitting, or kneeling posture; assume an upright position: She rose and walked over to greet me. With great effort he rose to his knees.
- gloversville — a city in E New York.
- gold reserve — the stock of gold held by a government or central bank to back its promissory notes or currency or to settle its international debts.
- governorates — Plural form of governorate.
- governorship — the duties, term in office, etc., of a governor.