13-letter words containing a, d, v, s
- draft version — a preliminary version
- driver's seat — the seat from which a vehicle is operated.
- eavesdroppers — Plural form of eavesdropper.
- eavesdropping — to listen secretly to a private conversation.
- escape device — a device with a collapsible extensible slide, used as an emergency exit, eg from a burning tall building
- fast dissolve — a transition that fades out one scene and replaces it with another, merging the two scenes imperceptibly
- 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
- harvest index — a measurement of crop yield: the weight of a harvested product as a percentage of the total plant weight of a crop.
- 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.
- landgraviates — Plural form of landgraviate.
- leave sb cold — If something leaves you cold, it fails to excite or interest you.
- legal adviser — a lawyer who gives advice
- lula da silva — Luiz Inácio (ˈlwiʃ iˈnasju). born 1945, Brazilian socialist politician; president of Brazil (2003–2011)
- misadventured — (obsolete) unfortunate.
- misadventurer — a person who experiences misadventure or misfortune
- misadventures — Plural form of misadventure.
- misadvertence — inadvertence
- 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).
- multigravidas — Plural form of multigravida.
- never say die — to cease to live; undergo the complete and permanent cessation of all vital functions; become dead.
- nonadsorptive — Not adsorptive.
- nondivisional — Not divisional.
- novated lease — Australian system of employer-aided car purchase
- over-standing — overreach (def 13).
- overdiagnosed — Simple past tense and past participle of overdiagnose.
- overdiagnosis — excessive diagnosis of a disease
- overdramatise — Alternative spelling of overdramatize.
- overestimated — Simple past tense and past participle of overestimate.
- overhead-shot — over one's head; aloft; up in the air or sky, especially near the zenith: There was a cloud overhead.
- oversaturated — to cause (a substance) to unite with the greatest possible amount of another substance, through solution, chemical combination, or the like.
- pas de cheval — a step in which the dancer hops on one foot and paws the ground with the other.
- primigravidas — a woman pregnant for the first time.
- private study — the act or process of studying outwith classes
- provost guard — a detachment of soldiers assigned to police duties under the provost marshal.
- radius vector — Mathematics. the length of the line segment joining a fixed point or origin to a given point.
- reserve-grade — denoting a sporting team of the second rank in a club
- road surveyor — a person who does surveying work for road building
- roosevelt dam — a dam on the Salt River, in central Arizona. 284 feet (87 meters) high; 1080 feet (329 meters) long.
- rose d'anvers — a gem having a rose cut of 12 or fewer facets.
- safety device — A safety device is a piece of equipment such as a fire extinguisher, safety belt, or burglar alarm that reduces loss or damage from a fire, accident, or break-in.
- saint david's — a town in SW Wales, in Pembrokeshire: its cathedral was a place of pilgrimage in medieval times. Pop: 1627 (2001)
- 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.
- scratch video — the technique or practice of recycling images from films or television to make collages
- second advent — Second Coming.
- 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.