12-Letter Words Containing: O,L,V,E,N,T,S,_

• a period of time containing 365 (or 366) days

• act of improving by expanding or enlarging or refining

• a process in which something passes by degrees to a different stage (especially a more advanced or mature stage)

• (biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level

• a recent event that has some relevance for the present situation

• the act of making some area of land or water more profitable or productive or useful

• a district that has been developed to serve some purpose

• a state in which things are improving; the result of developing (as in the early part of a game of chess)

• processing a photosensitive material in order to make an image visible

• (music) the section of a composition or movement (especially in sonata form) where the major musical themes are developed and elaborated

• the act of sharing in the activities of a group

• a connection of inclusion or containment

• a sense of concern with and curiosity about someone or something

• a usually secretive or illicit sexual relationship

• the condition of sharing in common with others (as fellows or partners etc.)

• a person who is recovering from illness

• returning to health after illness or debility

• capable of being exchanged for or replaced by something of equal value

• a car that has top that can be folded or removed

• a corporate security (usually bonds or preferred stock) that can be exchanged for another form of security (usually common stock)

• a sofa that can be converted into a bed

• designed to be changed from one use or form to another

• capable of being changed in substance as if by alchemy

• a secret unauthorized meeting for religious worship

• a building for religious assembly (especially Nonconformists, e.g., Quakers)

• the act of enclosing something inside something else

• a farewell oration (especially one delivered during graduation exercises by an outstanding member of a graduating class)

• the act of saying farewell