12-letter words containing vel
- energy level — energy of physical system when stationary
- exhaustively — In an exhaustive manner.
- expressively — In an expressive manner.
- extractively — in an extractive manner
- federatively — from a federative point of view
- figuratively — of the nature of or involving a figure of speech, especially a metaphor; metaphorical and not literal: The word “head” has several figurative senses, as in “She's the head of the company.”. Synonyms: metaphorical, not literal, symbolic.
- flight level — a specified height at which an aircraft is allowed to fly
- generatively — capable of producing or creating.
- gravel-blind — more blind or dim-sighted than sand-blind and less than stone-blind.
- ground level — ground state.
- grovellingly — With grovelling or self-abasement; obsequiously.
- hiram revels — Hiram Rhoades [rohdz] /roʊdz/ (Show IPA), 1822–1901, U.S. clergyman, educator, and politician: first black senator 1870–71.
- imperatively — absolutely necessary or required; unavoidable: It is imperative that we leave.
- impressively — having the ability to impress the mind; arousing admiration, awe, respect, etc.; moving; admirable: an impressive ceremony; an impressive appearance.
- imputatively — In an imputative fashion or manner.
- inchoatively — in an inchoative or rudimentary fashion; initially
- indecisively — characterized by indecision, as persons; irresolute; undecided.
- indicatively — showing, signifying, or pointing out; expressive or suggestive (usually followed by of): behavior indicative of mental disorder.
- infinitively — a verb form found in many languages that functions as a noun or is used with auxiliary verbs, and that names the action or state without specifying the subject, as French venir “to come,” Latin esse “to be,” fuisse “to have been.”.
- initiatively — an introductory act or step; leading action: to take the initiative in making friends.
- innovatively — tending to innovate, or introduce something new or different; characterized by innovation.
- irrelatively — In an irrelative manner.
- javelin fish — a fish of the genus Pomadasys of semitropical Australian seas with a long spine on its anal fin
- level-headed — having common sense and sound judgment; sensible.
- leveling rod — rod (def 19).
- lovelessness — without any love: a loveless marriage.
- machiavelian — of, like, or befitting Machiavelli.
- marvellously — In a marvellous manner.
- meditatively — given to, characterized by, or indicative of meditation; contemplative.
- middle-level — occurring at or having a middle or intermediate position or status: middle-level management.
- motivelessly — Without a motive.
- movelessness — the state of being without movement or motion
- multileveled — having different levels or planes: a multilevel stage set.
- navel orange — a seedless variety of orange having at the apex a navellike formation containing a small secondary fruit.
- navel-gazing — excessive absorption in self-analysis or focus on a single issue.
- novelisation — Alternative spelling of novelization.
- novelization — The writing of a novel based on fact; fictionalization.
- novell, inc. — (company, networking) A software development company specialising in networking and workgroup applications. The company has diversified in recent years, with the acquisition of several mainstream applications, including Wordperfect and Quattro Pro. Other products include UnixWare, AppWare, Personal NetWare, Groupwise and Novell Dos 7. (21 Sept 1995)
- on the level — having no part higher than another; having a flat or even surface.
- oppressively — burdensome, unjustly harsh, or tyrannical: an oppressive king; oppressive laws.
- overdevelops — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overdevelop.
- pay envelope — an envelope containing a paycheck or wages.
- perceptively — having or showing keenness of insight, understanding, or intuition: a perceptive analysis of the problems involved.
- perfectively — in a perfective manner; thoroughly
- permissively — habitually or characteristically accepting or tolerant of something, as social behavior or linguistic usage, that others might disapprove or forbid.
- persuasively — able, fitted, or intended to persuade: a very persuasive argument.
- possessively — jealously opposed to the personal independence of, or to any influence other than one's own upon, a child, spouse, etc.
- power shovel — any self-propelled shovel for excavating earth, ore, or coal with a dipper that is powered by a diesel engine or electric motor. Compare shovel (def 2).
- predictively — of or relating to prediction: losing one's predictive power.
- preemptively — of or relating to preemption.