12-letter words containing v, e, n
- civic-minded — having, showing, or actively carrying out one's concern for the condition and affairs of one's community; public-spirited
- civil unrest — Civil unrest is fighting between different groups of people living in the same country, and losses caused by this fighting are usually not covered by insurance.
- civilianized — Simple past tense and past participle of civilianize.
- clairvoyance — the alleged power of perceiving things beyond the natural range of the senses
- clean-living — having a wholesome lifestyle
- clean-shaven — If a man is clean-shaven, he does not have a beard or a moustache.
- clement viii — (Ippolito Aldobrandini) 1536–1605, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1592–1605.
- close-shaven — (of hair) cut very short
- clovenfooted — having split hoofs, once assumed to represent the halves of a single undivided hoof, as in cattle.
- coacervation — a reversible, emulsoid stage existing between the sol and gel formations, in which the addition of a third substance causes the separation of the sol into two immiscible liquid phases: an essential stage in the formation of proteins, antibodies, etc.
- coerciveness — serving or tending to coerce.
- cognoscitive — having the ability to know or discover: cognoscitive powers.
- cohesiveness — characterized by or causing cohesion: a cohesive agent.
- collinsville — a city in SW Illinois.
- commentative — of or relating to comment or commentary.
- compensative — serving to compensate, as for loss, lack, or injury.
- complaintive — Tending to complain, characterized by complaining.
- concessively — in a concessive manner
- conciliative — tending to conciliate: a conciliatory manner; conciliatory comments.
- conclusively — serving to settle or decide a question; decisive; convincing: conclusive evidence.
- conductively — In a conductive manner.
- confirmative — serving to confirm; corroborative.
- conformative — (nonstandard) Tending to conform; conforming.
- conjunctivae — the mucous membrane that lines the exposed portion of the eyeball and inner surface of the eyelids.
- connectively — serving or tending to connect: connective remarks between chapters.
- connectivity — Connectivity is the ability of a computing device to connect to other computers or to the Internet.
- connersville — a city in E Indiana.
- conservating — Present participle of conservate.
- conservation — Conservation is saving and protecting the environment.
- conservatism — Conservatism is a political philosophy which believes that if changes need to be made to society, they should be made gradually. You can also refer to the political beliefs of a conservative party in a particular country as Conservatism.
- conservative — A Conservative politician or voter is a member of or votes for the Conservative Party in Britain.
- conservatize — to make or become conservative
- conservators — Plural form of conservator.
- conservatory — A conservatory is a room with glass walls and a glass roof, which is attached to a house. People often grow plants in a conservatory.
- conservatrix — a woman who conserves or keeps safe; custodian
- constitutive — having power to enact, appoint, or establish
- constrictive — constricting; tending to constrict.
- constructive — A constructive discussion, comment, or approach is useful and helpful rather than negative and unhelpful.
- consultative — A consultative committee or document gives advice or makes proposals about a particular problem or subject.
- consummative — to bring to a state of perfection; fulfill.
- consumptives — Plural form of consumptive.
- continuative — serving or tending to continue
- contraoctave — the octave that begins on the third C below middle C and ends on the second C below middle C
- contravening — to come or be in conflict with; go or act against; deny or oppose: to contravene a statement.
- contributive — to give (money, time, knowledge, assistance, etc.) to a common supply, fund, etc., as for charitable purposes.
- contrivances — Plural form of contrivance.
- contrivement — contrivance
- controversal — (obsolete, rare) Facing opposite directions.
- controverted — to argue against; dispute; deny; oppose.
- controverter — One who controverts; a controversial writer; a controversialist.