12-letter words containing va
- conservatory — A conservatory is a room with glass walls and a glass roof, which is attached to a house. People often grow plants in a conservatory.
- conservatrix — a woman who conserves or keeps safe; custodian
- contrivances — Plural form of contrivance.
- convalescent — Convalescent means relating to convalescence.
- convalescing — to recover health and strength after illness; make progress toward recovery of health.
- corbel vault — a structure having the form of a vault but constructed on the principle of a corbel arch.
- corrivalship — the position of a corrival
- countervails — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of countervail.
- countervalue — An equivalent or equal, especially in military strategy.
- cradle vault — barrel vault.
- cultivatable — Cultivable.
- czechoslovak — Czechoslovak means belonging or relating to the former state of Czechoslovakia.
- deactivating — Present participle of deactivate.
- deactivation — The act of deactivating something, such as a bomb.
- death valley — a desert valley in E California and W Nevada: the lowest, hottest, and driest area of the US. Lowest point: 86 m (282 ft) below sea level. Area: about 3885 sq km (1500 sq miles)
- delivery van — a small van used esp for delivery rounds
- demotivating — to provide with a motive, or a cause or reason to act; incite; impel.
- demotivation — the act of demotivating
- deprivations — Plural form of deprivation.
- derivability — The condition of being derivable.
- derivational — Of or pertaining to derivation; relating to that which is derived.
- derivatively — derived.
- detector van — a vehicle fitted with equipment that detects whether or not a house has a television. This is used to catch people who have not paid for a television licence and so are illegally using a television
- deux chevaux — a very small, inexpensive automobile
- devaluations — Plural form of devaluation.
- devastations — Plural form of devastation.
- disadvantage — absence or deprivation of advantage or equality.
- disprivacied — deprived of privacy
- divaricating — Present participle of divaricate.
- divarication — to spread apart; branch; diverge.
- dolly varden — a woman's costume of the late 19th century, including a flower-trimmed, broad-brimmed hat and a dress consisting of a tight bodice and bouffant panniers in a flower print over a calf-length quilted petticoat.
- don giovanni — an opera (1787) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
- dvapara yuga — the third of the Yugas, not as good as the Treta Yuga but better than the Kali Yuga.
- edvard munch — Edvard [ed-vahrd] /ˈɛd vɑrd/ (Show IPA), 1863–1944, Norwegian painter and graphic artist.
- elevator car — a compartment which carries people from floor to floor in a building via a vertical shaft
- encaptivated — Simple past tense and past participle of encaptivate.
- encaptivates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of encaptivate.
- endovascular — Within a blood vessel.
- equivalently — In an equivalent manner; equally.
- escape valve — a valve that releases air, steam, etc, above a certain pressure; relief valve or safety valve
- evanescently — In an evanescent manner.
- evangelicals — Plural form of evangelical.
- evangelistic — Seeking to convert others to the Christian faith; missionary.
- evangelizing — Present participle of evangelize.
- evaporations — Plural form of evaporation.
- evaporograph — an instrument which measures and records the rate of evaporation of water into the atmosphere
- evolvability — (biology) The ability of a particular organism to evolve.
- excavational — Relating to excavation.
- extravagance — Lack of restraint in spending money or use of resources.
- extravagancy — (archaic, 17-19th centuries) The characteristic of being extravagant.