12-letter words containing v, u, t
- king vulture — a large, black-and-white vulture, Sarcorhamphus papa, of Central and South America, having colorful wattles and wartlike protuberances on its head and neck.
- koussevitzky — Serge [sairzh] /sɛərʒ/ (Show IPA), (Sergei Alexandrovich Koussevitsky) 1874–1951, Russian orchestra conductor in the U.S.
- kurchatovium — (chemistry) A rejected name for rutherfordium.
- lentiviruses — Plural form of lentivirus.
- levi strauss — David Friedrich [dah-veet free-drikh] /ˈdɑ vit ˈfri drɪx/ (Show IPA), 1808–74, German theologian, philosopher, and author.
- levi-strauss — Claude, 1908–2009, French anthropologist and educator, born in Belgium: founder of structural anthropology.
- liberum veto — a veto exercised by a single member of a legislative body whose rules require unanimity.
- lignum vitae — either of two tropical American trees, Guaiacum officinale or G. sanctum, of the caltrop family, having very hard, heavy wood.
- live through — experience or endure
- live yoghurt — yoghurt that contains live bacteria
- living trust — a trust that takes effect during the lifetime of the settlor.
- maladjustive — Exhibiting or relating to maladjustment.
- manipulative — influencing or attempting to influence the behavior or emotions of others for one’s own purposes: a manipulative boss.
- market value — the value of a business, property, etc., in terms of what it can be sold for on the open market; current value (distinguished from book value).
- misadventure — an instance of bad fortune; mishap.
- misventurous — characterized by a mishap
- mount vernon — the home and tomb of George Washington in NE Virginia, on the Potomac, 15 miles (24 km) below Washington, D.C.
- multi-voiced — having a voice of a specified kind (usually used in combination): shrill-voiced.
- multi-volume — consisting of or encompassing several volumes: a multivolume encyclopedia.
- multigravida — a pregnant woman who has been pregnant two or more times.
- multileveled — having different levels or planes: a multilevel stage set.
- multiservice — involving two or more of the armed services
- multivalence — Chemistry. having a valence of three or higher.
- multivariant — Characterised by multiple variables.
- multivariate — (of a combined distribution) having more than one variate or variable.
- multivarious — Many and various.
- multiversity — a university with several campuses, each of which has many schools, divisions, etc.
- multivitamin — containing or consisting of several vitamins: multivitamin capsules.
- multivoltine — producing several broods in one year, as certain silkworm moths; polyvoltine.
- mwambutsa iv — 1912–77, king of Burundi 1962–66.
- nature lover — someone who likes plants, birds and other natural phenomena
- non-covetous — inordinately or wrongly desirous of wealth or possessions; greedy.
- non-curative — serving to cure or heal; pertaining to curing or remedial treatment; remedial.
- non-punitive — not involving or exerting punishment
- non-virulent — actively poisonous; intensely noxious: a virulent insect bite.
- noncausative — Not causative.
- nondeductive — not related to deduction or subtraction
- nonexecutive — a person or group of persons having administrative or supervisory authority in an organization.
- noninductive — not inductive: a noninductive resistance.
- nonintrusive — tending or apt to intrude; coming without invitation or welcome: intrusive memories of a lost love.
- nonintuitive — perceiving directly by intuition without rational thought, as a person or the mind.
- nonnutritive — serving to nourish; providing nutriment; nutritious.
- nonvexatious — Not vexatious.
- nonvoluntary — done, made, brought about, undertaken, etc., of one's own accord or by free choice: a voluntary contribution.
- novokuznetsk — a city in the S Russian Federation in central Asia: an industrial center is located here because of coal deposits of the Kuznetsk Basin.
- object value — (jargon) In industrial design, a measure of consumers' immediate desire for an object, even before they know or understand what it does. "Gassee may be nuts, but at least the BeBox has great object value."
- objet trouve — found object.
- out of favor — something done or granted out of goodwill, rather than from justice or for remuneration; a kind act: to ask a favor.
- out of voice — with the voice temporarily in a poor condition, esp for singing
- outlet valve — a valve (on a pipe, etc) controlling the escape or release (of liquid, etc)