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12-letter words containing v, e, n, l, a

  • martinsville — a city in S Virginia.
  • mixing valve — a valve receiving water from both a hot-water and a cold-water line and controlling the relative amount of water admitted from each.
  • moveableness — The quality of being moveable.
  • multivalence — Chemistry. having a valence of three or higher.
  • nappy valley — a residential area that is regarded as suitable for families with young children
  • 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.
  • navel-gazing — excessive absorption in self-analysis or focus on a single issue.
  • needle valve — a valve with a needlelike part, a fine adjustment, or a small opening, especially a valve in which the opening is controlled by a needlelike or conical point that fits into a conical seat.
  • 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.
  • nonvehicular — Not vehicular.
  • 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.
  • note verbale — a diplomatic communication prepared in the third person and unsigned: less formal than a note but more formal than an aide-mémoire.
  • novelisation — Alternative spelling of novelization.
  • novelization — The writing of a novel based on fact; fictionalization.
  • nuevo laredo — a city in NE Mexico, on the Rio Grande opposite Laredo, Texas.
  • old covenant — the covenant between God and the ancient Israelites, based on the Mosaic Law.
  • olive branch — a branch of the olive tree as an emblem of peace.
  • only have to — If you say you only have to do one thing in order to achieve or prove a second thing, you are emphasizing how easily the second thing can be achieved or proved.
  • oven cleaner — a liquid, often foam in an aerosol container, designed to clean ovens
  • over-analyze — to separate (a material or abstract entity) into constituent parts or elements; determine the elements or essential features of (opposed to synthesize): to analyze an argument.
  • over-explain — to make plain or clear; render understandable or intelligible: to explain an obscure point. Synonyms: explicate. Antonyms: confuse.
  • over-inflate — to distend; swell or puff out; dilate: The king cobra inflates its hood.
  • over-reliant — having or showing dependence: reliant on money from home.
  • overanalysis — the separating of any material or abstract entity into its constituent elements (opposed to synthesis).
  • overanalyzed — Simple past tense and past participle of overanalyze.
  • overbalanced — Simple past tense and past participle of overbalance.
  • overbalances — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overbalance.
  • overplanning — the act or instance of planning excessively
  • overreliance — confident or trustful dependence.
  • pay envelope — an envelope containing a paycheck or wages.
  • peace-loving — If you describe someone as peace-loving, you mean that they try to avoid quarrelling or fighting with other people.
  • pearl diving — the act of diving for the precious gems pearls
  • pennsylvania — a state in the E United States. 45,333 sq. mi. (117,410 sq. km). Capital: Harrisburg. Abbreviation: PA (for use with zip code), Pa., Penn., Penna.
  • pentavalence — the condition of having a valency of five
  • plano-convex — pertaining to or noting a lens that is plane on one side and convex on the other.
  • planoconcave — pertaining to or noting a lens that is plane on one side and concave on the other.
  • provableness — the quality of being provable
  • providential — of, relating to, or resulting from divine providence: providential care.
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