12-letter words containing v, y, a, t
- overcapacity — capacity beyond what is normal, allowed, or desirable.
- overliterary — excessively literary
- overmaturity — (of a tree or forest) the state of having ceased to grow or have commercial value
- overtime pay — a higher than normal rate of pay, for work done as overtime
- pave the way — be a pioneer
- postvagotomy — of or occurring in the period after a vagotomy
- poverty trap — If someone is in a poverty trap, they are very poor but cannot improve their income because the money they get from the government decreases as the money they earn increases.
- preovulatory — to produce and discharge eggs from an ovary or ovarian follicle.
- preservatory — a preservative
- pro-activity — serving to prepare for, intervene in, or control an expected occurrence or situation, especially a negative or difficult one; anticipatory: proactive measures against crime.
- psychoactive — of or relating to a substance having a profound or significant effect on mental processes: a psychoactive drug.
- rarity value — if something has rarity value, it is valuable because there a few examples of it
- recreatively — to refresh by means of relaxation and enjoyment, as restore physically or mentally.
- refractivity — the power to refract.
- reputatively — according to reckoning; by repute; putatively
- retractively — in a retractive manner
- rotary valve — a valve that rotates continuously or through an arc to open and close.
- royal octavo — a book size, 61⁄4 by 10 inches
- safety valve — a device that, when actuated by a gas or vapor pressure above a predetermined level, opens and allows the gas or vapor to escape until its pressure is reduced to a pressure equal to or below that of the predetermined level. Compare relief valve.
- save the day — solve a problem for sb
- security van — an armoured van used to transport money or other valuables
- severability — capability of being separated, as of a clause in an agreement
- south kvaløy — an island in the Arctic Ocean, off the N coast of Norway. Area: 735 sq km (284 sq miles)
- spotsylvania — a village in NE Virginia: the scene of Civil War battles between the armies of Grant and Lee, May 8–21, 1864.
- spotted cavy — paca.
- stanislavsky — Konstantin [kon-stuh n-teen;; Russian kuh n-stuhn-tyeen] /ˈkɒn stənˌtin;; Russian kən stʌnˈtyin/ (Show IPA), (Konstantin Sergeevich Alekseev) 1863–1938, Russian actor, producer, and director.
- stanleyville — former name of Kisangani.
- supergravity — a hypothetical symmetry among groups of particles containing fermions and bosons, especially in theories of gravity (supergravity) that unify electromagnetism, the weak force, and the strong force with gravity into a single unified force.
- supravitally — in a supravital manner
- the nativity — the birth of Jesus
- the varletry — rabble; mob
- transitively — Grammar. having the nature of a transitive verb.
- transitivity — verb: requiring a direct object
- transversely — lying or extending across or in a cross direction; cross.
- transylvania — a region and former province in central Romania: formerly part of Hungary. 24,027 sq. mi. (62,230 sq. km).
- travel-weary — tired or exhausted as a result of travelling
- trypaflavine — acriflavine hydrochloride.
- tschaikovsky — Peter Ilyich [il-yich] /ˈɪl yɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich.
- uncreativity — the state or quality of being creative.
- universality — the character or state of being universal; existence or prevalence everywhere.
- vacation pay — salary paid during holidays
- valetudinary — valetudinarian.
- value system — moral code, ethos
- vanity plate — a vehicle license plate bearing a combination of letters or numbers requested by the licensee, as a name or occupation.
- vanity press — a printing house that specializes in publishing books for which the authors pay all or most of the costs.
- variety meat — edible meat other than the usual flesh, especially organs, as tongue and liver.
- variety show — vaudeville performance
- variety turn — an act in a variety show
- vasoactivity — activity that affects the diameter of blood vessels
- vasodilatory — of or relating to the dilation of blood vessels