12-letter words containing l, o, u, v
- food vacuole — a membrane-enclosed cell vacuole with a digestive function, containing material taken up in by the process of phagocytosis.
- fuel poverty — the state of being unable to afford to heat one's home adequately
- glove puppet — a small figure of a person or animal that fits over and is manipulated by the hand
- griseofulvin — an antibiotic, C 17 H 17 ClO 6 , obtained from a species of Penicillium, used in the treatment of ringworm and other fungous infections of the skin.
- ground level — ground state.
- heliogravure — photoengraving.
- ill-favoured — unpleasant in appearance; homely or ugly.
- imperviously — In an impervious manner; impenetrably; impermeably.
- inclusive of — including; taking into account
- inclusive or — the connective that gives the value true to a disjunction if either or both of the disjuncts are true
- inconclusive — not conclusive; not resolving fully all doubts or questions: inconclusive evidence.
- intervillous — Between the villi.
- involutional — of, relating to, or characteristic of involutional melancholia: involutional symptoms.
- invultuation — the use of or the act of making images of people, animals, etc, for witchcraft
- laboursaving — reducing (human) effort, hard work, or labour
- lasciviously — inclined to lustfulness; wanton; lewd: a lascivious, girl-chasing old man.
- liberum veto — a veto exercised by a single member of a legislative body whose rules require unanimity.
- live through — experience or endure
- live yoghurt — yoghurt that contains live bacteria
- 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.
- manoeuvrable — Alternative spelling of maneuverable.
- marvellously — In a marvellous manner.
- microvillous — Relating to microvilli.
- molar volume — the volume occupied by one mole of a gas, liquid, or solid.
- multi-voiced — having a voice of a specified kind (usually used in combination): shrill-voiced.
- multi-volume — consisting of or encompassing several volumes: a multivolume encyclopedia.
- multivarious — Many and various.
- multivoltine — producing several broods in one year, as certain silkworm moths; polyvoltine.
- nature lover — someone who likes plants, birds and other natural phenomena
- non-vascular — pertaining to, composed of, or provided with vessels or ducts that convey fluids, as blood, lymph, or sap.
- non-virulent — actively poisonous; intensely noxious: a virulent insect bite.
- noncollusive — involving collusion; fraudulently contrived by agreement: a collusive agreement to increase prices.
- nonexclusive — not admitting of something else; incompatible: mutually exclusive plans of action.
- nonfrivolous — not frivolous
- nonocclusive — occluding or tending to occlude.
- nonuniversal — Not universal.
- nonvehicular — Not vehicular.
- nonvoluntary — done, made, brought about, undertaken, etc., of one's own accord or by free choice: a voluntary contribution.
- normal curve — a bell-shaped curve showing a particular distribution of probability over the values of a random variable. Also called Gaussian curve, probability curve.
- nuevo laredo — a city in NE Mexico, on the Rio Grande opposite Laredo, Texas.
- object value — (jargon) In industrial design, a measure of consumers' immediate desire for an object, even before they know or understand what it does. "Gassee may be nuts, but at least the BeBox has great object value."
- omnivorously — eating both animal and plant foods.
- outlet valve — a valve (on a pipe, etc) controlling the escape or release (of liquid, etc)
- oval kumquat — a spineless shrub or small citrus tree, Fortunella margarita, of China, having oval-shaped, orange-yellow fruit with sweet and acid flesh.
- over-helpful — giving or rendering aid or assistance; of service: Your comments were very helpful.
- over-jealous — feeling resentment against someone because of that person's rivalry, success, or advantages (often followed by of): He was jealous of his rich brother.
- over-popular — regarded with favor, approval, or affection by people in general: a popular preacher.
- over-qualify — to provide with proper or necessary skills, knowledge, credentials, etc.; make competent: to qualify oneself for a job.
- over-trouble — to disturb the mental calm and contentment of; worry; distress; agitate.
- overbuilding — Present participle of overbuild.