12-letter words containing v, o, r, t, e
- inventorying — Present participle of inventory.
- investigator — to examine, study, or inquire into systematically; search or examine into the particulars of; examine in detail.
- inveteration — The act of making inveterate.
- invigorative — to give vigor to; fill with life and energy; energize.
- katharevousa — The purist form of modern Greek used in traditional literary writing, as opposed to the form that is spoken and used in everyday writing (called demotic).
- lever-action — (of a rifle) having a lever action.
- levorotation — Rotation in an anticlockwise direction, especially such rotation of the plane of polarized light.
- levorotatory — turning to the left, as the rotation to the left of the plane of polarization of light in certain crystals and compounds. Symbol: l-.
- liberum veto — a veto exercised by a single member of a legislative body whose rules require unanimity.
- live through — experience or endure
- live yoghurt — yoghurt that contains live bacteria
- liverpolitan — a native or inhabitant of Liverpool
- loretteville — a city in S Quebec, in E Canada: suburb of Quebec.
- lovecraftian — referring to or reminiscent of the work of the American fantasy and horror fiction author H.P. Lovecraft (1870–1937)
- lover's knot — love knot.
- malversation — improper or corrupt behavior in office, especially in public office.
- misventurous — characterized by a mishap
- morton grove — a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- motive power — any power used to impart motion; any source of mechanical energy.
- motor vessel — a ship driven by a diesel or other internal-combustion engine.
- motor-driven — propelled or made to function by means of a motor
- mount vernon — the home and tomb of George Washington in NE Virginia, on the Potomac, 15 miles (24 km) below Washington, D.C.
- movie rating — a classification of a film as according to the age of viewers thought suitable to see it, and which can differ according to the level in the film of violent content, sexual content, etc
- nature lover — someone who likes plants, birds and other natural phenomena
- naval stores — supplies for warships.
- nemorivagant — Lb rare wandering in the woods.
- non-curative — serving to cure or heal; pertaining to curing or remedial treatment; remedial.
- non-reactive — tending to react.
- non-virulent — actively poisonous; intensely noxious: a virulent insect bite.
- nonassertive — Not assertive.
- nondirective — Not directive.
- nonintrusive — tending or apt to intrude; coming without invitation or welcome: intrusive memories of a lost love.
- nonnarrative — a story or account of events, experiences, or the like, whether true or fictitious.
- nonnormative — Not normative.
- nonnutritive — serving to nourish; providing nutriment; nutritious.
- nonobservant — Not observant; not religious; not participating in the observance of religion.
- nonoperative — a person engaged, employed, or skilled in some branch of work, especially productive or industrial work; worker.
- nonversation — A meaningless conversation.
- nonvitrified — Not converted into glass.
- normotensive — characterized by normal arterial tension or blood pressure.
- note verbale — a diplomatic communication prepared in the third person and unsigned: less formal than a note but more formal than an aide-mémoire.
- objet trouve — found object.
- obliterative — Tending or serving to obliterate.
- observations — Plural form of observation.
- old favorite — If you refer to something as an old favorite, you mean that it has been in existence for a long time and everyone knows it or likes it.
- oliver twist — a novel (1838) by Dickens.
- open verdict — law: coroner's jury finding
- outmaneuvers — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outmaneuver.
- outmanoeuvre — British. outmaneuver.
- ovariotomies — Plural form of ovariotomy.