12-letter words containing v, r, y
- inadvertency — inadvertence.
- intervarsity — any first-string team, especially in sports, that represents a school, college, university, or the like: He is on the varsity in tennis and in debating.
- intravitally — during life
- inventorying — Present participle of inventory.
- inveterately — settled or confirmed in a habit, practice, feeling, or the like: an inveterate gambler.
- invulnerably — In an invulnerable manner.
- irrelatively — In an irrelative manner.
- irrelevantly — not relevant; not applicable or pertinent: His lectures often stray to interesting but irrelevant subjects.
- irreprovably — in an irreprovable manner
- irresolvably — In an irresolvable manner.
- irreverently — not reverent; manifesting or characterized by irreverence; deficient in veneration or respect: an irreverent reply.
- irreversibly — not reversible; incapable of being changed: His refusal is irreversible.
- ivy geranium — a trailing geranium, Pelargonium peltatum, of southern Africa, having a fleshy stem that becomes woody with age, glossy, ivy-shaped leaves, and clusters of flowers ranging from white to deep rose in color.
- karlovy vary — a city in W Czech Republic: mineral springs; Carlsbad Decrees (1819).
- la verendrye — Pierre Gaultier de Varenne [French pyer goh-tyey duh va-ren] /French pyɛr goʊˈtyeɪ də vaˈrɛn/ (Show IPA), Sieur de, 1685–1749, Canadian explorer of North America.
- 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-.
- libertyville — a town in NE Illinois.
- lily-livered — weak or lacking in courage; cowardly; pusillanimous.
- live yoghurt — yoghurt that contains live bacteria
- lorry driver — a person who drives a lorry; a truck driver
- marvellously — In a marvellous manner.
- memory verse — a verse or passage from the Bible to be memorized, especially by members of a Sunday school.
- microgravity — a condition, especially in space orbit, where the force of gravity is so weak that weightlessness results.
- mis-delivery — the carrying and turning over of letters, goods, etc., to a designated recipient or recipients.
- multiversity — a university with several campuses, each of which has many schools, divisions, etc.
- nontrivially — In a nontrivial manner.
- nonvoluntary — done, made, brought about, undertaken, etc., of one's own accord or by free choice: a voluntary contribution.
- north kvaløy — an island in the Arctic Ocean, off the N coast of Norway. Area: 329 sq km (127 sq miles)
- novorossiysk — a seaport in the SW Russian Federation in Europe, on the Black Sea.
- olivary body — one of two oval bodies or prominences composed of nerve tissue, one on each side of the anterior surface of the medulla oblongata.
- omnivorously — eating both animal and plant foods.
- oppressively — burdensome, unjustly harsh, or tyrannical: an oppressive king; oppressive laws.
- over-analyze — to separate (a material or abstract entity) into constituent parts or elements; determine the elements or essential features of (opposed to synthesize): to analyze an argument.
- over-qualify — to provide with proper or necessary skills, knowledge, credentials, etc.; make competent: to qualify oneself for a job.
- overactivity — Excessive activity.
- overanalysis — the separating of any material or abstract entity into its constituent elements (opposed to synthesis).
- overanalyzed — Simple past tense and past participle of overanalyze.
- overcapacity — capacity beyond what is normal, allowed, or desirable.
- overclassify — to classify to excess
- overidentify — to identify with someone else to an excessive degree
- overliterary — excessively literary
- overmaturity — (of a tree or forest) the state of having ceased to grow or have commercial value
- overmodestly — in an extremely modest manner
- overmultiply — to increase too much or too often
- oversimplify — make too simple
- oversubtlety — the quality of being too subtle
- overtime pay — a higher than normal rate of pay, for work done as overtime
- pay-per-view — a system requiring that a subscriber pay for each program viewed: championship games seen only on pay-per-view.
- perceptively — having or showing keenness of insight, understanding, or intuition: a perceptive analysis of the problems involved.
- perceptivity — having or showing keenness of insight, understanding, or intuition: a perceptive analysis of the problems involved.