13-letter words containing a, d, v, o
- dolman sleeve — a sleeve tapered from a very large armhole to fit closely at the wrist, used on women's garments.
- domical vault — cloistered vault.
- draft version — a preliminary version
- eavesdroppers — Plural form of eavesdropper.
- eavesdropping — to listen secretly to a private conversation.
- endeavourment — the act of endeavouring
- ever and anon — now and then
- fast dissolve — a transition that fades out one scene and replaces it with another, merging the two scenes imperceptibly
- ferrovanadium — a ferroalloy containing up to 55 percent vanadium.
- food additive — additive (def 4).
- full-flavored — Full-flavored food or wine has a pleasant fairly strong taste.
- go over-board — over the side of a ship or boat, especially into or in the water: to fall overboard.
- golden valley — a town in SE Minnesota.
- good behavior — satisfactory, proper, or polite conduct.
- gravel-voiced — speaking in a rough and rasping tone
- 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.
- have a mad on — to be angry
- have a record — to be a known criminal; have a previous conviction or convictions
- 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
- indissolvable — Not dissolvable; incapable of being dissolved or separated.
- individuation — the act of individuating.
- ladino clover — a giant variety of white clover, Trifolium repens lodigense, used for pasture and hay.
- leave sb cold — If something leaves you cold, it fails to excite or interest you.
- 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
- madame bovary — a novel (1857) by Gustave Flaubert.
- maiden voyage — the first voyage of a ship after its acceptance by the owners from the builders.
- 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.
- mohave desert — a desert in S California: part of the Great Basin. About 15,000 sq. mi. (38,850 sq. km).
- mojave desert — a desert in S California: part of the Great Basin. About 15,000 sq. mi. (38,850 sq. km).
- 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
- north andover — a city in NE Massachusetts.
- 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.