12-letter words containing ve
- stones river — river in central Tenn., flowing into the Cumberland: c. 60 mi (97 km)
- stove enamel — a type of enamel made heatproof by treatment in a stove
- street level — ground level
- struma-river — a river in S Europe, flowing SE through SW Bulgaria and NE Greece into the Aegean. 225 miles (362 km) long.
- stupefactive — serving to stupefy.
- sub-additive — something that is added, as one substance to another, to alter or improve the general quality or to counteract undesirable properties: an additive that thins paint.
- subjectively — existing in the mind; belonging to the thinking subject rather than to the object of thought (opposed to objective).
- submissively — inclined or ready to submit or yield to the authority of another; unresistingly or humbly obedient: submissive servants.
- subscriptive — a sum of money given or pledged as a contribution, payment, investment, etc.
- substitutive — serving as or capable of serving as a substitute.
- subversively — Also, subversionary [suh b-vur-zhuh-ner-ee, -shuh-] /səbˈvɜr ʒəˌnɛr i, -ʃə-/ (Show IPA). tending or intending to subvert or overthrow, destroy, or undermine an established or existing system, especially a legally constituted government or a set of beliefs.
- subvertebral — located below a vertebra
- successively — following in order or in uninterrupted sequence; consecutive: three successive days.
- suggestively — that suggests; referring to other thoughts, persons, etc.: His recommendation was suggestive of his boss's thinking.
- super twelve — an annual international southern hemisphere Rugby Union tournament between teams from South Africa, Australia, and New Zealand
- supermassive — (of a black hole or star) having a mass in the range of millions or billions of times that of the sun
- supervenient — to take place or occur as something additional or extraneous (sometimes followed by on or upon).
- supervention — to take place or occur as something additional or extraneous (sometimes followed by on or upon).
- surface wave — a seismic wave that travels along or parallel to the earth's surface (distinguished from body wave).
- surveillance — a watch kept over a person, group, etc., especially over a suspect, prisoner, or the like: The suspects were under police surveillance.
- sustentative — maintenance in being or activity; the sustaining of life through vital processes.
- swallow dive — swan dive.
- sweet clover — melilot.
- swivel chair — a chair whose seat turns around horizontally on a swivel.
- sylvester ii — (Gerbert) died 1003, French ecclesiastic: pope 999–1003.
- takeover bid — offer to buy a company
- tautavel man — Arago man.
- tavern table — a short table having a narrow, deep apron and legs connected by a box stretcher.
- tergiversate — to change repeatedly one's attitude or opinions with respect to a cause, subject, etc.; equivocate.
- thames river — a river in S England, flowing E through London to the North Sea. 209 miles (336 km) long.
- the bereaved — the survivors of a person who has died recently
- the bushveld — an area of low altitude in N South Africa, having scrub vegetation
- the highveld — the high-altitude grassland region of E South Africa
- the new wave — a movement in the French cinema of the 1960s, led by such directors as Godard, Truffaut, and Resnais, characterized by a fluid use of the camera and an abandonment of traditional editing techniques
- the-overcoat — a short story (1842) by Gogol.
- thermomotive — pertaining to motion produced by heat.
- thirty-seven — a cardinal number, 30 plus 7.
- thortveitite — a scandium yttrium silicate mineral occurring in grayish-green orthorhombic crystals.
- three rivers — a city in S Quebec, in SE Canada, on the St. Lawrence.
- time to live — (TTL) A field in the Internet Protocol header which indicates how many more hops this packet should be allowed to make before being discarded or returned.
- toaster oven — an electrical appliance that functions as both an oven and a toaster and is small enough to fit on a kitchen counter or table.
- tongue cover — a loose-leaf binding having a flap of the cover concealing the binding posts.
- transitively — Grammar. having the nature of a transitive verb.
- transmissive — the act or process of transmitting.
- transportive — to carry, move, or convey from one place to another.
- transumptive — of or relating to transumption
- transversely — lying or extending across or in a cross direction; cross.
- transversion — a turning across, or into, something else
- transvestism — the practice, especially of men, of wearing clothing usually associated with the opposite sex for psychological gratification.
- transvestist — someone who partakes in transvestism