12-letter words containing v, s, i, g
- give offense — to offend; anger, insult, etc.
- 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.
- give sb hell — If you say that something is giving you hell, you are emphasizing that it is causing you a lot of trouble or pain.
- give suck to — to give (a baby or young animal) milk from the breast or udder
- gloversville — a city in E New York.
- governorship — the duties, term in office, etc., of a governor.
- graminivores — Plural form of graminivore.
- gravediggers — Plural form of gravedigger.
- gravitropism — (biology, botany) a plant's ability to change its growth in response to gravity.
- grievousness — causing grief or great sorrow: grievous news.
- griseofulvin — an antibiotic, C 17 H 17 ClO 6 , obtained from a species of Penicillium, used in the treatment of ringworm and other fungous infections of the skin.
- grooving saw — a circular saw used for making grooves
- gustavus iii — 1746–92, king of Sweden 1771–92: economic and legal reformer.
- gypsy driver — the driver of a gypsy cab
- heavyweights — Plural form of heavyweight.
- ingravescent — (esp of a disease) becoming more severe
- invert sugar — a mixture of the dextrorotatory forms of glucose and fructose, formed naturally in fruits and produced artificially in syrups or fondants by treating cane sugar with acids.
- investigable — capable of being investigated.
- investigated — Simple past tense and past participle of investigate.
- investigates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of investigate.
- investigator — to examine, study, or inquire into systematically; search or examine into the particulars of; examine in detail.
- invigilators — Plural form of invigilator.
- invigorators — Plural form of invigorator.
- invitingness — The state of being inviting; attractiveness.
- labor-saving — A labor-saving device or idea makes it possible for you to do something with less effort than usual.
- laboursaving — reducing (human) effort, hard work, or labour
- landgravines — Plural form of landgravine.
- life savings — a person who rescues another from danger of death, especially from drowning.
- living space — home: rooms, etc.
- living trust — a trust that takes effect during the lifetime of the settlor.
- maneuverings — Plural form of maneuvering.
- manoeuvrings — Plural form of manoeuvring.
- microgrooves — Plural form of microgroove.
- misbelieving — Present participle of misbelieve.
- misgoverning — Present participle of misgovern.
- negativeness — The characteristic of being negative; negativity.
- negativistic — a negative or pessimistic attitude.
- negativities — expressing or containing negation or denial: a negative response to the question.
- night vision — ability to see at night or in a dim light.
- nonsovereign — Not sovereign.
- nonvanishing — (mathematics) (of a quantity) that is nonzero at all points in a space.
- over against — in opposition to; contrary to; adverse or hostile to: twenty votes against ten; against reason.
- overdiagnose — (medicine) To diagnose something more often than it actually occurs.
- overdressing — Present participle of overdress.
- oversanguine — too optimistic
- overspending — the act or an instance of spending in excess of one's desires or what one can afford or is allocated
- overstaffing — the provision of an excessive number of staff for (a factory, hotel, etc)
- overstocking — to stock to excess: We are overstocked on this item.
- paving stone — slab used to lay a path
- provisioning — a clause in a legal instrument, a law, etc., providing for a particular matter; stipulation; proviso.