13-letter words containing a, c, i, v, e
- carving knife — A carving knife is a long sharp knife that is used to cut cooked meat.
- cassivelaunus — 1st century bc, British chieftain, king of the Catuvellauni tribe, who organized resistance to Caesar's invasion of Britain (54 bc)
- caustic curve — a curve formed by the intersection of a caustic surface with a plane
- cave painting — a painting done by prehistoric people in caves
- cavernicolous — inhabiting caves or cavelike places
- cervicography — a method of cervical screening in which the neck of the uterus is photographed to facilitate the early detection of cancer
- chicken divan — a casserole of boned chicken breast, broccoli or asparagus spears, and cheese sauce
- chilean guava — a tropical shrub or small tree, Ugni molinae, of the myrtle family, having leathery, oval leaves, rose-pink flowers, and blue-black, edible fruit.
- christmas eve — Christmas Eve is the 24th of December, the day before Christmas Day.
- cider vinegar — a type of vinegar produced by the acetification of cider
- cinema verite — films characterized by subjects, actions, etc, that have the appearance of real life
- circumvallate — to surround with a defensive fortification
- civil servant — A civil servant is a person who works in the Civil Service in Britain and some other countries, or for the local, state, or federal government in the United States.
- civitavecchia — a city on the Tyrrhenian Sea in W central Italy: chief port of Rome.
- clishmaclaver — idle talk; gossip
- cognitive map — a mental map of one's environment
- collaborative — A collaborative piece of work is done by two or more people or groups working together.
- combativeness — The state of being combative.
- commemorative — A commemorative object or event is intended to make people remember a particular event or person.
- commiserative — to feel or express sorrow or sympathy for; empathize with; pity.
- communicative — Someone who is communicative talks to people, for example about their feelings, and tells people things.
- commutatively — of or relating to commutation, exchange, substitution, or interchange.
- comparatively — in a comparative manner
- concatenative — Linked in a series or order of things depending on each other, as if linked together; successive.
- concentrative — tending to concentrate; characterized by concentration
- confederative — of confederates or a confederation
- configurative — the relative disposition or arrangement of the parts or elements of a thing.
- conflagrative — That produces conflagration.
- confrontative — tending toward or ready for confrontation: They came to the meeting with a confrontational attitude.
- connotatively — the associated or secondary meaning of a word or expression in addition to its explicit or primary meaning: A possible connotation of “home” is “a place of warmth, comfort, and affection.”. the act of connoting; the suggesting of an additional meaning for a word or expression, apart from its explicit meaning.
- conservancies — Plural form of conservancy.
- conservatives — Plural form of conservative.
- conservatized — Simple past tense and past participle of conservatize.
- conservatoire — A conservatoire is an institution where musicians are trained.
- conservatoria — Plural form of conservatorium.
- considerative — considerate
- consolidative — Tending or having power to consolidate.
- contaminative — That contaminates.
- contemplative — Someone who is contemplative thinks deeply, or is thinking in a serious and calm way.
- continuatives — Plural form of continuative.
- contraceptive — A contraceptive method or device is a method or a device which a woman uses to prevent herself from becoming pregnant.
- contradictive — tending or inclined to contradict; involving contradiction; contradictory.
- contrafactive — Denoting a verb that assigns to its object (normally a clausal object) the status of not being true, e.g., pretend and wish.
- contragestive — able to prevent gestation
- contrastively — tending to contrast; contrasting. contrastive colors.
- contravention — an act of contravening; action counter to something; violation or opposition.
- contraversial — Misspelling of controversial.
- contraversion — A turning to the opposite side; antistrophe.
- controversial — If you describe something or someone as controversial, you mean that they are the subject of intense public argument, disagreement, or disapproval.
- conventionary — (of a form of tenure) fixed by convention as opposed to custom