12-letter words containing v, r, i, e
- articulative — relating to articulation
- asseverating — Present participle of asseverate.
- asseveration — the act of asseverating.
- asseverative — characterized by or relating to solemn declaration or affirmation
- at intervals — If something happens at intervals, it happens several times with gaps or pauses in between.
- attractively — In an attractive manner; with the power of attracting or drawing to.
- autoreactive — (immunology, medicine) Acting against the organism by which it was produced.
- average life — the average time that an unstable particle or nucleus survives before it decays.
- aversiveness — the condition of being characterized by aversion
- barcoo river — a river in E central Australia, in SW Queensland: joins with the Thomson River to form Cooper Creek
- bartlesville — a city in NE Oklahoma.
- beetle drive — a social occasion at which a progressive series of games of beetle is played
- behaviorally — manner of behaving or acting.
- behaviourism — Behaviourism is the belief held by some psychologists that the only valid method of studying the psychology of people or animals is to observe how they behave.
- bendix drive — A Bendix drive is a drive consisting of a pinion wheel (= a gear with a small number of teeth) carried on a shaft. The shaft rotates, causing the pinion to move.
- beta version — beta testing
- bezier curve — (graphics) A type of curve defined by mathematical formulae, used in computer graphics. A curve with coordinates P(u), where u varies from 0 at one end of the curve to 1 at the other, is defined by a set of n+1 "control points" (X(i), Y(i), Z(i)) for i = 0 to n. P(u) = Sum i=0..n [(X(i), Y(i), Z(i)) * B(i, n, u)] B(i, n, u) = C(n, i) * u^i * (1-u)^(n-i) C(n, i) = n!/i!/(n-i)! A Bezier curve (or surface) is defined by its control points, which makes it invariant under any affine mapping (translation, rotation, parallel projection), and thus even under a change in the axis system. You need only to transform the control points and then compute the new curve. The control polygon defined by the points is itself affine invariant. Bezier curves also have the variation-diminishing property. This makes them easier to split compared to other types of curve such as Hermite or B-spline. Other important properties are multiple values, global and local control, versatility, and order of continuity.
- bib overalls — overall (def 3a).
- biodiversity — Biodiversity is the existence of a wide variety of plant and animal species living in their natural environment.
- blue vitriol — the fully hydrated blue crystalline form of copper sulphate
- boucherville — a town in S Quebec, in E Canada, near Montreal, on the St. Lawrence.
- boulevardier — (originally in Paris) a fashionable man, esp one who frequents public places
- bournonville — Auguste [French oh-gyst] /French oʊˈgüst/ (Show IPA), 1805–79, Danish ballet dancer and choreographer.
- brevicaudate — having a short tail.
- brevipennate — (of flightless birds) short-winged
- brick veneer — (in Australia) a timber-framed house with a brick exterior
- buck private — a common soldier
- burrillville — a town in N Rhode Island.
- by virtue of — on account of or by reason of
- cantilevered — A cantilevered structure is constructed using cantilevers.
- canton river — Zhu Jiang.
- captive-bred — bred in captivity
- caravan site — A caravan site is an area of land where people can stay in a caravan on holiday, or where people live in caravans.
- caravanserai — (in some Eastern countries esp formerly) a large inn enclosing a courtyard providing accommodation for caravans
- cardioactive — of or relating to a drug or other substance affecting the function of the heart.
- carrier wave — a wave of fixed amplitude and frequency that is modulated in amplitude, frequency, or phase in order to carry a signal in radio transmission, etc
- carvel-built — (of a vessel) having a hull with planks made flush at the seams
- carver chair — a chair of 17th-century New England, having a frame formed entirely of turned pieces, a back filled with several spindles, and no spindles between the arms and the seat.
- cattle drive — the process of moving cattle across country, often carried out by cowboys on horseback
- cavalierness — a horseman, especially a mounted soldier; knight.
- cave cricket — any of several nocturnal, wingless, cricketlike long-horned grasshoppers of the family Gryllacrididae, characterized by a humpbacked appearance and inhabiting dark moist habitats, as caves, cellars, hollow trees, and the ground under logs and stones.
- cavo-relievo — a relief sculpture in which the highest point in the carving is below the level of the original surface
- cd-rom drive — A CD-ROM drive is the device that you use with a computer to play CD-ROMs.
- centumvirate — the office of the centumviri
- cerivastatin — A synthetic statin formerly used to lower cholesterol and prevent cardiovascular disease, later withdrawn due to the risk of rhabdomyolysis.
- cervical cap — a plastic or rubber, thimble-shaped contraceptive that is fitted over the cervix to prevent sperm from entering the uterus
- cervicectomy — (medicine) Surgical removal of the cervix.
- charles viii — 1470–98, king of France 1483–98 (son of Louis XI).
- circumvented — to go around or bypass: to circumvent the lake; to circumvent the real issues.
- circumventor — to go around or bypass: to circumvent the lake; to circumvent the real issues.