12-letter words containing iv
- disjunctives — Plural form of disjunctive.
- dismissively — indicating dismissal or rejection; having the purpose or effect of dismissing, as from one's presence or from consideration: a curt, dismissive gesture.
- dispensative — Granting dispensation.
- disprivacied — deprived of privacy
- disprivilege — to deprive of privilege
- disquisitive — Relating to disquisition; fond of discussion or investigation; inquisitive.
- disruptively — In a disruptive manner.
- dissertative — of or relating to dissertation
- dissociative — to sever the association of (oneself); separate: He tried to dissociate himself from the bigotry in his past.
- dissuasively — In a dissuasive manner.
- distributive — serving to distribute, assign, allot, or divide; characterized by or pertaining to distribution.
- disturbative — capable of disturbing
- ditransitive — noting or pertaining to a verb taking both a direct and an indirect object, as give in “I gave him the package.”.
- divaricating — Present participle of divaricate.
- divarication — to spread apart; branch; diverge.
- divergencies — Plural form of divergency.
- diversifying — Present participle of diversify.
- diversionary — tending to divert or distract the attention: diversionary tactics of the guerrilla fighters.
- diversionist — a person engaged in activities that divert attention from a primary focus.
- diverticular — Of or relating to diverticula.
- diverticulum — a blind, tubular sac or process branching off from a canal or cavity, especially an abnormal, saclike herniation of the mucosal layer through the muscular wall of the colon.
- divertimento — an instrumental composition in several movements, light and diverting in character, similar to a serenade.
- divestitures — Plural form of divestiture.
- dividendless — without dividends
- divinatorial — of or related to divination
- divine right — doctrine that king's power was ordained by God
- diving board — a springboard.
- divining rod — a rod, especially a forked stick, commonly of hazel, supposed to be useful in locating underground water, metal deposits, etc.
- divinization — The act or process of making divine.
- divisibility — the capacity of being divided.
- divisiveness — forming or expressing division or distribution.
- divorce mill — a divorce court, especially such a court in a state or country that does not impose difficult requirements, as a long period of residence or humiliating grounds, on those who wish to dissolve their marriage.
- dorsiventral — Botany. having distinct dorsal and ventral sides, as most foliage leaves.
- drink-driver — A drink-driver is someone who drives after drinking more than the amount of alcohol that is legally allowed.
- drive sb mad — If you say that someone or something drives you mad, you mean that you find them extremely annoying.
- driveability — the degree of smoothness and steadiness of acceleration of an automotive vehicle: The automatic transmission has been improved to give the new model better drivability.
- driving belt — a belt that carries movement from an engine or moving part to another moving part
- driving iron — Golf. a club with a long shaft and an iron head the face of which has almost no slope, for hitting long, low drives.
- driving sail — a sail that, when filled, tends to force the hull of a vessel downward (opposed to lifting sail).
- driving seat — In a vehicle such as a car or a bus, the driving seat is the seat where the person who is driving the vehicle sits.
- driving test — the examination that new drivers must take in order to be officially allowed to drive when not under instruction
- driving time — the time or estimated time to drive between two points or to one's destination.
- drug-driving — driving while under the influence of drugs, esp illegal drugs
- drunk driver — A drunk driver is someone who drives after drinking more than the amount of alcohol that is legally allowed.
- dubitatively — in a dubitative manner
- edulcorative — edulcorant
- effectiveley — Misspelling of effectively.
- effervescive — Tending to produce effervescence.
- effusiveness — unduly demonstrative; lacking reserve: effusive greetings; an effusive person.
- eke a living — If you eke a living or eke out an existence, you manage to survive with very little money.