13-letter words containing a, g, v, e
- graving piece — a piece of wood let into a wooden hull to replace decayed wood.
- gravity hinge — a hinge closing automatically by means of gravity.
- gravity meter — gravimeter (def 2).
- gravity scale — a scale giving the relative density of fluids
- greek revival — a style of architecture, furnishings, and decoration prevalent in the U.S. and in parts of Europe in the first half of the 19th century, characterized by a more or less close imitation of ancient Greek designs and ornamented motifs.
- grimes graves — an area of Neolithic flint mines in Suffolk, England, comprising more than 300 mine shafts and galleries.
- 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 the guts — be brave enough
- health-giving — conducive to health; salutary
- heave the log — to determine a ship's speed with such a device
- heavy lifting — hard work: A team of researchers did the heavy lifting for the author.
- heavy petting — Informal. intense petting that involves mutual stimulation of the genitals but not sexual intercourse.
- hypervigilant — keenly watchful to detect danger; wary: a vigilant sentry.
- imaginatively — characterized by or bearing evidence of imagination: an imaginative tale.
- integer vitae — blameless in life; innocent.
- internegative — a color negative of a color transparency, made for purposes of duplication.
- interrogative — of, relating to, or conveying a question.
- investigating — Present participle of investigate.
- investigation — the act or process of investigating or the condition of being investigated.
- investigative — to examine, study, or inquire into systematically; search or examine into the particulars of; examine in detail.
- investigators — Plural form of investigator.
- investigatory — to examine, study, or inquire into systematically; search or examine into the particulars of; examine in detail.
- involute gear — a gear tooth form that is generated by involute geometry
- it governance — information technology governance
- kangaroo vine — an Australian vine, Cissus antarctica, of the grape family, having shiny, leathery leaves.
- landgraviates — Plural form of landgraviate.
- legal adviser — a lawyer who gives advice
- legal reserve — the amount of cash assets that a bank, insurance company, etc., is required by law to set aside as reserves.
- legislatively — By legislation, by the method of enacting laws.
- liver sausage — liverwurst.
- love triangle — relationship between three people
- love-entangle — the stonecrop, Sedum acre.
- magnetomotive — (physics) capable of producing magnetic flux.
- maiden voyage — the first voyage of a ship after its acceptance by the owners from the builders.
- make a living — earn money
- mangrove jack — a predatory food and game fish, Lutjanus argentimaculatus, of Australian rivers and tidal creeks dominated by mangroves
- marcus garvey — Marcus (Moziah) [moh-zahy-uh] /moʊˈzaɪ ə/ (Show IPA), 1887–1940, Jamaican black-rights activist in the U.S. (1916–27): advocated emigration of black Americans to Africa.
- marriage vows — promises made as part of wedding ceremony
- massage glove — a type of glove with special surfaces on the palm and fingers, worn by someone giving a massage to improve the effectiveness of the massage
- megaherbivore — a large herbivore, such as an elephant, weighing more than 1000kg
- metacognitive — higher-order thinking that enables understanding, analysis, and control of one’s cognitive processes, especially when engaged in learning.
- miscegenative — (rare) Miscegenous.
- misgovernance — to govern or manage badly.
- moravian gate — a mountain pass between the Sudeten Mountains and the Tatra range of the Carpathians, leading from S Poland into N Moravia in the NE Czech Republic.
- native tongue — first language
- naval college — training institution for the navy
- navigableness — Quality of being navigable.
- navy register — (in the US) an annual publication giving genealogical information about the commissioned and warrant officers in the US Navy.
- negative flag — the letter N in the International Code of Signals, signifying “no” when flown by itself: a square flag having four rows of alternate blue and white squares.