12-letter words containing ve
- proxy server — (software, security) (Capitalised) Microsoft's proxy server and proxy gateway, designed to provide extensible firewall and network security. Proxy Server is part of BackOffice.
- pseudo-event — an event that is staged primarily so that it can be reported in the media.
- pseudovector — a variable quantity, such as angular momentum, that has magnitude and orientation with respect to an axis. The components are even functions of the coordinates
- psychoactive — of or relating to a substance having a profound or significant effect on mental processes: a psychoactive drug.
- puff sleeves — the sleeves of a women's garment that are gathered at the shoulders and caught in at the cuff to create an inflated, puffy effect
- pulverizable — that can be pulverized
- putrefactive — the act or process of putrefying; the anaerobic decomposition of organic matter by bacteria and fungi that results in obnoxiously odorous products; rotting.
- quacksalvers — Plural form of quacksalver.
- quantitative — that is or may be estimated by quantity.
- quaquaversal — (of a geological formation) sloping downward from the center in all directions.
- quicksilvery — resembling quicksilver
- quidditative — Alternative form of quiddative.
- quill driver — a person who does a great deal of writing.
- quote-driven — denoting an electronic market system, esp for stock exchanges, in which prices are determined by quotations made by market makers or dealers
- rabbit fever — tularemia.
- rally driver — sports-car racer
- raven-haired — with glossy deep black hair
- re-educative — of or relating to re-education
- reactiveness — tending to react.
- receivership — the condition of being in the hands of a receiver.
- reconvention — an action brought by the defendant in pending litigation against the plaintiff: the defendant's claim must be connected in some way with the subject matter of the plaintiff's action.
- reconversion — to convert again.
- reconveyance — to convey again.
- recover-from — to get back or regain (something lost or taken away): to recover a stolen watch.
- recreatively — to refresh by means of relaxation and enjoyment, as restore physically or mentally.
- recuperative — that recuperates.
- redemptively — serving to redeem.
- rediscoverer — a person who rediscovers
- reflectively — that reflects; reflecting.
- regenerative — of, relating to, or characterized by regeneration.
- regular verb — verb that follows standard conjugation
- reinvestment — putting money into sth again
- rejuvenating — making young again
- rejuvenation — to make young again; restore to youthful vigor, appearance, etc.: That vacation has certainly rejuvenated him.
- rejuvenative — to make young again; restore to youthful vigor, appearance, etc.: That vacation has certainly rejuvenated him.
- relativeness — the state or fact of being relative.
- relief valve — a device that, when actuated by static pressure above a predetermined level, opens in proportion to the excess above this level and reduces the pressure to it. Compare safety valve (def 1).
- remunerative — affording remuneration; profitable: remunerative work.
- renversement — a reversal, an inversion, the act of reversing
- repercussive — causing repercussion; reverberating.
- repetitively — pertaining to or characterized by repetition.
- reprehensive — the act of reprehending; reproof; censure.
- repressively — tending or serving to repress: repressive laws.
- reproductive — serving to reproduce.
- reputatively — according to reckoning; by repute; putatively
- reserve bank — one of the 12 principal banks of the U.S. Federal Reserve System.
- reserve tank — the tank or part of a tank in a car engine that reserves fuel in case the main fuel supply runs out
- reserve team — a second team of a sports club, such as a football club, made up of emerging and young players
- reservedness — kept or set apart for some particular use or purpose.
- respectively — in precisely the order given; sequentially.