12-letter words containing ve
- derived unit — a unit of measurement obtained by multiplication or division of the base units of a system without the introduction of numerical factors
- derived-form — something that has been derived.
- derogatively — lessening; belittling; derogatory.
- descriptives — Plural form of descriptive.
- deservedness — justly or rightly earned; merited: a deserved increase in salary.
- desiderative — feeling or expressing desire
- desquamative — tending to cause desquamation; characterized by desquamation
- developement — Obsolete spelling of development.
- developments — Plural form of development.
- dewar vessel — a container with an evacuated space between two walls that are highly reflective, capable of maintaining its contents at a near-constant temperature over relatively long periods of time; thermos.
- digressively — In a digressive fashion.
- diminutively — In a diminutive manner.
- disadventure — misfortune; bad luck
- disbelievers — Plural form of disbeliever.
- 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.
- discoverment — (obsolete) discovery.
- discoverture — the state of being discovert; freedom from coverture.
- discretively — in a discretive manner
- discursively — In a discursive manner.
- disgavelling — the act or quality of being without gavelkind
- dishevelling — Present participle of dishevel.
- dishevelment — to let down, as hair, or wear or let hang in loose disorder, as clothing.
- disincentive — something that discourages or deters; deterrent: High interest rates and government regulations are disincentives to investment.
- disinvesting — Present participle of disinvest.
- disjunctives — Plural form of disjunctive.
- dismissively — indicating dismissal or rejection; having the purpose or effect of dismissing, as from one's presence or from consideration: a curt, dismissive gesture.
- dispensative — Granting dispensation.
- disquisitive — Relating to disquisition; fond of discussion or investigation; inquisitive.
- disruptively — In a disruptive manner.
- dissertative — of or relating to dissertation
- disseverance — The act of dissevering; separation.
- disseverment — Disseverance.
- dissociative — to sever the association of (oneself); separate: He tried to dissociate himself from the bigotry in his past.
- dissuasively — In a dissuasive manner.
- distributive — serving to distribute, assign, allot, or divide; characterized by or pertaining to distribution.
- disturbative — capable of disturbing
- ditransitive — noting or pertaining to a verb taking both a direct and an indirect object, as give in “I gave him the package.”.
- divergencies — Plural form of divergency.
- diversifying — Present participle of diversify.
- diversionary — tending to divert or distract the attention: diversionary tactics of the guerrilla fighters.
- diversionist — a person engaged in activities that divert attention from a primary focus.
- diverticular — Of or relating to diverticula.
- diverticulum — a blind, tubular sac or process branching off from a canal or cavity, especially an abnormal, saclike herniation of the mucosal layer through the muscular wall of the colon.
- divertimento — an instrumental composition in several movements, light and diverting in character, similar to a serenade.
- divestitures — Plural form of divestiture.
- divisiveness — forming or expressing division or distribution.
- dorsiventral — Botany. having distinct dorsal and ventral sides, as most foliage leaves.
- dorsoventral — Zoology. pertaining to the dorsal and ventral aspects of the body; extending from the dorsal to the ventral side: the dorsoventral axis.
- dovetail saw — a backsaw for fine woodworking, as dovetailing.
- drink-driver — A drink-driver is someone who drives after drinking more than the amount of alcohol that is legally allowed.