13-letter words containing a, d, v, i
- half-silvered — (of a mirror) having an incomplete reflective coating, so that half the incident light is reflected and half transmitted: used in optical instruments and two-way mirrors
- hand in glove — the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
- hand-in-glove — the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
- harvard chair — a three-legged armchair of the late 17th century, composed of turned uprights and spindles and having a triangular seat.
- harvest index — a measurement of crop yield: the weight of a harvested product as a percentage of the total plant weight of a crop.
- haven't lived — If you tell someone that they haven't lived unless they experience a particular thing, you are telling them that thing is extremely good and should be experienced.
- heaven forbid — You say 'Heaven forbid!' to emphasize that you very much hope that something will not happen.
- impredicative — (of a definition) given in terms that require quantification over a range that includes that which is to be defined, as having all the properties of a great general where one of the properties as ascribed must be that property itself
- in advance of — prior to
- inadvertently — unintentional: an inadvertent insult.
- indissolvable — Not dissolvable; incapable of being dissolved or separated.
- individualise — (British spelling) alternative spelling of individualize.
- individualism — a social theory advocating the liberty, rights, or independent action of the individual.
- individualist — a person who shows great independence or individuality in thought or action.
- individuality — the particular character, or aggregate of qualities, that distinguishes one person or thing from others; sole and personal nature: a person of marked individuality.
- individualize — to make individual or distinctive; give an individual or distinctive character to.
- individuating — Present participle of individuate.
- individuation — the act of individuating.
- invalid chair — a chair specially designed for an invalid to sit in
- jail delivery — a liberation of persons from prison, especially by force.
- judah ha-levi — (Judah ben Samuel Halevi) 1085–1140, Spanish rabbi, physician, poet, and philosopher.
- ladino clover — a giant variety of white clover, Trifolium repens lodigense, used for pasture and hay.
- landgraviates — Plural form of landgraviate.
- legal adviser — a lawyer who gives advice
- lula da silva — Luiz Inácio (ˈlwiʃ iˈnasju). born 1945, Brazilian socialist politician; president of Brazil (2003–2011)
- maiden voyage — the first voyage of a ship after its acceptance by the owners from the builders.
- market-driven — controlled and guided by commercial considerations
- medium octavo — a size of book, about 6 × 9½ inches (15 × 24 cm), untrimmed. Abbreviation: medium 8vo.
- mid-victorian — of, relating to, or characteristic of the middle portion (about 1850 to 1890) of the reign of Queen Victoria (reigned 1837–1901) in England: mid-Victorian writers.
- milford haven — a bay in SW Wales.
- misadventured — (obsolete) unfortunate.
- misadventurer — a person who experiences misadventure or misfortune
- misadventures — Plural form of misadventure.
- misadvertence — inadvertence
- multigravidas — Plural form of multigravida.
- mundificative — a cleansing medicine or preparation
- never say die — to cease to live; undergo the complete and permanent cessation of all vital functions; become dead.
- non-motivated — to provide with a motive, or a cause or reason to act; incite; impel.
- nonadditivity — the state of being nonadditive or not involving addition
- nonadsorptive — Not adsorptive.
- noncultivated — relating to natural resources that are not under institutional or managed cultivation
- nonderivative — Not derivative.
- nondivisional — Not divisional.
- nonindividual — an entity that is not an individual
- null and void — without value, effect, consequence, or significance.
- old favourite — If you refer to something as an old favourite, you mean that it has been in existence for a long time and everyone knows it or likes it.
- old man river — a name for the Mississippi River
- olduvai gorge — a gorge in Tanzania in which is located a site containing Australopithecine and human skeletal and cultural remains.
- optical drive — optical disk drive
- ordinary wave — Radio. (of the two waves into which a radio wave is divided in the ionosphere under the influence of the earth's magnetic field) the wave with characteristics more nearly resembling those that the undivided wave would have exhibited in the absence of the magnetic field.