13-letter words containing a, d, v, n
- debt covenant — A debt covenant is a number of restrictions that a borrower agrees to that are set by the lending institution.
- demand driven — A demand driven architecture/language performs computations when the result is required by some other computation. E.g. Imperial College's ALICE running HOPE. See also data flow, lazy evaluation, reduction.
- demonstrative — Someone who is demonstrative shows affection freely and openly.
- denmark vesey — Denmark, 1767–1822, black freedman, born probably on St. Thomas, Danish West Indies: hanged as alleged leader of a slave insurrection, in Charleston, S.C.
- deprivatizing — Present participle of deprivatize.
- derivationist — a person who believes that it is possible to derive knowledge of what is good for humans from a metaphysical study of humans themselves
- determinative — able to or serving to settle or determine; deciding
- devastatingly — tending or threatening to devastate: a devastating fire.
- developmental — Developmental means relating to the development of someone or something.
- devirgination — The loss of a girl or woman's virginity.
- devolutionary — the act or fact of devolving; passage onward from stage to stage.
- devotionalist — a devotee
- digitinervate — (of a leaf) having veins that radiate from the petiole like the fingers of a hand.
- disadvantaged — lacking the normal or usual necessities and comforts of life, as proper housing, educational opportunities, job security, adequate medical care, etc.: The government extends help to disadvantaged minorities.
- disadvantages — Plural form of disadvantage.
- disinvigorate — to deprive of vigour
- dispurveyance — the lack of provisions
- disseminative — to scatter or spread widely, as though sowing seed; promulgate extensively; broadcast; disperse: to disseminate information about preventive medicine.
- divarications — Plural form of divarication.
- documentative — Of or pertaining to documents or documentation.
- dolman sleeve — a sleeve tapered from a very large armhole to fit closely at the wrist, used on women's garments.
- draft version — a preliminary version
- driving chain — a roller chain that transmits power from one toothed wheel to another
- driving range — a tract of land for practicing long golf shots, especially drives, with clubs and balls available for rent from the management.
- eavesdropping — to listen secretly to a private conversation.
- endeavourment — the act of endeavouring
- ever and anon — now and then
- evidentiarily — In an evidentiary way.
- ferdinand vii — 1784–1833, king of Spain 1808, 1814–33.
- ferrovanadium — a ferroalloy containing up to 55 percent vanadium.
- five-and-dime — a shop that sells a wide variety of things at a cheap price
- give and take — the quality or state of being resilient; springiness.
- give-and-take — the practice of dealing by compromise or mutual concession; cooperation.
- golden valley — a town in SE Minnesota.
- h and d curve — characteristic curve.
- 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.
- harvest index — a measurement of crop yield: the weight of a harvested product as a percentage of the total plant weight of a crop.
- have a mad on — to be angry
- 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.
- heavenly body — celestial object: star, planet, etc.
- hot and heavy — having or giving off heat; having a high temperature: a hot fire; hot coffee.
- 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.