12-letter words containing a, l, o, e, v
- il trovatore — an opera (1853) by Giuseppe Verdi.
- ill-favoured — unpleasant in appearance; homely or ugly.
- inchoatively — in an inchoative or rudimentary fashion; initially
- innovatively — tending to innovate, or introduce something new or different; characterized by innovation.
- inobservable — Unobservable.
- intervocalic — (usually of a consonant) immediately following a vowel and preceding a vowel, as the v in cover.
- irreprovable — Not reprovable; irreproachable.
- irreprovably — in an irreprovable manner
- irresolvable — not resolvable; incapable of being resolved, analyzable, or solvable.
- irresolvably — In an irresolvable manner.
- jacksonville — a seaport in NE Florida, on the St. John's River.
- japan clover — a drought-resistant bush clover, Lespedeza striata, of the legume family, introduced to the southern Atlantic states from Asia, having numerous tiny trifoliate leaves valued for pasturage and hay.
- lap dissolve — dissolve (def 17).
- levalloisian — of, relating to, or characteristic of a distinctive late Lower and Middle Paleolithic method of preparing a stone core so that preformed thin, oval or triangular flakes with sharp edges could be struck from it.
- lever-action — (of a rifle) having a lever action.
- levitational — Relating to levitation.
- levorotation — Rotation in an anticlockwise direction, especially such rotation of the plane of polarized light.
- levorotatory — turning to the left, as the rotation to the left of the plane of polarization of light in certain crystals and compounds. Symbol: l-.
- line voltage — the voltage supplied by a power line, measured at the point of use.
- liverpolitan — a native or inhabitant of Liverpool
- lope de vega — Lope [loh-pey,, -pee;; Spanish law-pe] /ˈloʊ peɪ,, -pi;; Spanish ˈlɔ pɛ/ (Show IPA), (Lope Félix de Vega Carpio) 1562–1635, Spanish dramatist and poet.
- louver board — one of a series of overlapping, sloping boards used as louvers in an opening, so arranged as to admit air but to exclude rain or cut off visibility from the outside.
- love handles — fat midriff
- lovecraftian — referring to or reminiscent of the work of the American fantasy and horror fiction author H.P. Lovecraft (1870–1937)
- lover's leap — a high area, as on a cliff, from which frustrated or grieving lovers jump or are reputed to have jumped to their death.
- lovers' lane — a secluded lane, road, or parking area sought out by lovers for its privacy.
- madisonville — a city in W Kentucky.
- malevolently — wishing evil or harm to another or others; showing ill will; ill-disposed; malicious: His failures made him malevolent toward those who were successful.
- malversation — improper or corrupt behavior in office, especially in public office.
- manoeuvrable — Alternative spelling of maneuverable.
- markov model — (probability, simulation) A model or simulation based on Markov chains.
- marvellously — In a marvellous manner.
- microwavable — Of food, that is suitable for cooking in a microwave oven.
- molar volume — the volume occupied by one mole of a gas, liquid, or solid.
- movable type — type from which text is printed directly in which each character is on a separate piece of metal.
- moveableness — The quality of being moveable.
- nature lover — someone who likes plants, birds and other natural phenomena
- naval stores — supplies for warships.
- navel orange — a seedless variety of orange having at the apex a navellike formation containing a small secondary fruit.
- neoflavonoid — (organic chemistry) Any compound, isomeric with the flavonoids, derived from 4-phenyl-1,2-benzopyrone.
- noble savage — primitive indigenous person
- nomenclative — relating to the act of naming
- non-drivable — to send, expel, or otherwise cause to move by force or compulsion: to drive away the flies; to drive back an attacking army; to drive a person to desperation.
- non-variable — apt or liable to vary or change; changeable: variable weather; variable moods.
- non-voidable — capable of being nullified or invalidated.
- non-volatile — non-volatile storage
- nonremovable — that may be removed.
- nonrevocable — Not revocable.
- nonuniversal — Not universal.
- nonvegetable — Not of or pertaining to vegetables.