12-letter words containing v, a, r, i, o
- conservatize — to make or become conservative
- conservatrix — a woman who conserves or keeps safe; custodian
- contravening — to come or be in conflict with; go or act against; deny or oppose: to contravene a statement.
- contrivances — Plural form of contrivance.
- conversating — to have a conversation; converse; talk.
- conversation — If you have a conversation with someone, you talk with them, usually in an informal situation.
- conversative — talkative
- conversional — the act or process of converting; state of being converted.
- cooperatives — Plural form of cooperative.
- coordinative — of the same order or degree; equal in rank or importance.
- correlatives — Plural form of correlative.
- corrivalship — the position of a corrival
- countervails — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of countervail.
- curvicostate — having curved ribs
- curvifoliate — having leaves curved or bent back
- curvirostral — having a curved or crooked beak
- david souter — David H. born 1939, U.S. jurist: associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1990–2009.
- decoratively — In a decorative manner.
- deprivations — Plural form of deprivation.
- derivational — Of or pertaining to derivation; relating to that which is derived.
- derogatively — lessening; belittling; derogatory.
- disapproving — Expressing an unfavorable opinion.
- discoverable — to see, get knowledge of, learn of, find, or find out; gain sight or knowledge of (something previously unseen or unknown): to discover America; to discover electricity. Synonyms: detect, espy, descry, discern, ascertain, unearth, ferret out, notice.
- disinvoltura — Self-assurance; lack of constraint.
- divarication — to spread apart; branch; diverge.
- diversionary — tending to divert or distract the attention: diversionary tactics of the guerrilla fighters.
- divinatorial — of or related to divination
- diving board — a springboard.
- dorsiventral — Botany. having distinct dorsal and ventral sides, as most foliage leaves.
- dream vision — a conventional device used in narrative verse, employed especially by medieval poets, that presents a story as told by one who falls asleep and dreams the events of the poem: Dante's Divine Comedy exemplifies the dream vision in its most developed form.
- earth-moving — Earth-moving equipment is machinery that is used for digging and moving large amounts of soil.
- edulcorative — edulcorant
- endeavouring — Present participle of endeavour.
- endocervical — Within a cervix.
- envigorating — Present participle of envigorate.
- equivocatory — Indicating, or characterized by, equivocation.
- evaporations — Plural form of evaporation.
- evisceration — A disemboweling; the removal of viscera.
- evolutionary — Of or relating to evolution.
- exprobrative — signifying reproach, reproachful
- extraversion — Alternative spelling of extroversion.
- favorability — The quality or degree of being viewed favorably.
- favorite son — (at a national political convention) a candidate nominated for office by delegates from his or her own state.
- festivalgoer — A person attending a festival.
- flavoprotein — an enzyme, containing riboflavin and linked chemically with a protein, active in the oxidation of foods in animal cells.
- fluviomarine — of or formed by the combined action of river and sea.
- forward dive — a dive from a position facing the water in which the diver jumps up from the springboard, rotating the body forward, and enters the water either headfirst or feetfirst.
- gaboon viper — a large, venomous snake, Bitis gabonica, of tropical African forests, having large retractable fangs and geometrically patterned scales of yellow, brown, and sometimes purple.
- give or take — to present voluntarily and without expecting compensation; bestow: to give a birthday present to someone.
- graminivores — Plural form of graminivore.