13-letter words containing a, d, v, l
- 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.
- 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.
- lavender-blue — coloured between blue and pale or light bluish-purple to a very pale violet colour
- leave sb cold — If something leaves you cold, it fails to excite or interest you.
- legal adviser — a lawyer who gives advice
- levant dollar — a silver coin, either a Maria Theresa thaler or an imitation of one, formerly used for trade with Abyssinia, Eritrea, Aden, etc. Imitations bear the date 1780 regardless of the year of minting.
- lord advocate — (in Scotland) the chief law officer of the Crown who acts as public prosecutor and is in charge of the administration of criminal justice
- lula da silva — Luiz Inácio (ˈlwiʃ iˈnasju). born 1945, Brazilian socialist politician; president of Brazil (2003–2011)
- milford haven — a bay in SW Wales.
- much-traveled — A much-traveled person has traveled a lot in foreign countries.
- multigravidas — Plural form of multigravida.
- naval academy — a collegiate institution for training naval officers.
- noncultivated — relating to natural resources that are not under institutional or managed cultivation
- nondivisional — Not divisional.
- nonindividual — an entity that is not an individual
- novated lease — Australian system of employer-aided car purchase
- 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
- old provencal — the Provençal language as found in documents from the 11th to the 16th centuries. Abbreviation: OPr.
- 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
- orchard valve — an alfalfa valve of lesser diameter than the pipe it closes.
- over-detailed — having many details: a detailed problem.
- over-idealize — to make ideal; represent in an ideal form or character; exalt to an ideal perfection or excellence.
- overallocated — Allocated in excess.
- overamplified — amplified too much, causing distortion or discomfort, etc
- overland mail — a government mail service, started in 1848, for sending mail from the Mississippi to the Far West.
- overland park — a town in E Kansas, near Kansas City.
- overleveraged — (of a business organization) having an excessively high ratio of debt capital to equity capital
- overpedalling — the overuse of the piano's pedals
- overpopulated — to fill with an excessive number of people, straining available resources and facilities: Expanding industry has overpopulated the western suburbs.
- overqualified — having more education, training, or experience than is required for a job or position.
- pas de cheval — a step in which the dancer hops on one foot and paws the ground with the other.
- rally driving — the sport of taking part in motor rallies
- reduplicative — tending to reduplicate.
- relative wind — the velocity or direction of airflow with respect to the body it surrounds, especially an airfoil.
- roosevelt dam — a dam on the Salt River, in central Arizona. 284 feet (87 meters) high; 1080 feet (329 meters) long.
- salad servers — kitchen utensils used as tongs to serve salad
- sandfly fever — a usually mild viral disease occurring in hot, dry areas, characterized by fever, eye pain, and sometimes a rash, transmitted by sandflies of the genus Phlebotomus.
- self-adhesive — having a side or surface coated with an adhesive substance to permit sticking without glue, paste, or the like: a self-adhesive label; self-adhesive ceramic tiles.
- self-advocacy — the practice of having mentally handicapped people speak for themselves and control their own affairs, rather than having nonhandicapped people automatically assume responsibility for them