13-letter words containing a, l, t, v
- negative lens — a lens that causes a beam of parallel rays to diverge after refraction, as from a virtual image; a lens that has a negative focal length.
- negative pole — the south-seeking pole of a magnet
- non-lucrative — profitable; moneymaking; remunerative: a lucrative business.
- non-viability — not capable of living, growing, and developing, as an embryo, seed, or plant.
- noncultivated — relating to natural resources that are not under institutional or managed cultivation
- noncumulative — of or relating to preferred stock the dividends of which are skipped and not accrued.
- nonequivalent — Not equivalent; different.
- nonevaluative — not evaluative or involving subjective judgement
- nonvocational — not relating to a particular job or profession
- novated lease — Australian system of employer-aided car purchase
- novelty value — value through being new and previously unknown
- objurgatively — In an objurgative or reproving manner.
- observability — capable of being or liable to be observed; noticeable; visible; discernible: an observable change in attitude.
- observational — of, relating to, or founded on observation, especially founded on observation rather than experiment.
- 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.
- open interval — (mathematics) A type of interval (range of numbers) that does not include either of its endpoints. For example, when mixing red and blue paint, the proportion of red lies in the interval 0% to 100% but can't be exactly 0% or 100% or it wouldn't be a mixture.
- optical drive — optical disk drive
- originatively — in an originative manner
- over-analytic — pertaining to or proceeding by analysis (opposed to synthetic).
- over-detailed — having many details: a detailed problem.
- over-populate — to fill with an excessive number of people, straining available resources and facilities: Expanding industry has overpopulated the western suburbs.
- over-rational — agreeable to reason; reasonable; sensible: a rational plan for economic development.
- overallocated — Allocated in excess.
- overallotment — (finance) A greenshoe option.
- overelaborate — excessively or fussily elaborate, ornate, detailed, etc.
- overemotional — pertaining to or involving emotion or the emotions.
- overexcitable — Excessively excitable.
- overinflation — Economics. a persistent, substantial rise in the general level of prices related to an increase in the volume of money and resulting in the loss of value of currency (opposed to deflation).
- overpopulated — to fill with an excessive number of people, straining available resources and facilities: Expanding industry has overpopulated the western suburbs.
- overpotential — overvoltage.
- overspeculate — to engage in thought or reflection; meditate (often followed by on, upon, or a clause).
- overstability — the state of being excessively stable
- overstimulate — to stimulate too much
- overtalkative — characterized by a tendency to talk excessively
- overvaluation — to value too highly; put too high a value on: They should be careful not to overvalue the property.
- ovipositional — pertaining to the laying of eggs through an ovipositor
- penetratively — in a penetrative manner
- petropavlovsk — a city in N Kazakhstan on the Ishim River. Pop: 190 000 (2005 est)
- photovoltaics — (used with a singular verb) a field of semiconductor technology involving the direct conversion of electromagnetic radiation as sunlight, into electricity.
- platonic love — Platonism. love of the Idea of beauty, seen as terminating an evolution from the desire for an individual and the love of physical beauty to the love and contemplation of spiritual or ideal beauty.
- pleasantville — a city in SE New Jersey.
- plural voting — right to vote more than once
- pole-vaulting — a field sport in which competitors attempt to clear a high bar with the aid of an extremely flexible long pole
- postvertebral — of or relating to a vertebra or the vertebrae; spinal.
- prerogatively — by way of privilege or prerogative
- present value — current monetary worth
- prevocational — of, relating to, or constituting preliminary vocational training.
- prevolitional — the act of willing, choosing, or resolving; exercise of willing: She left of her own volition.
- private hotel — a residential hotel or boarding house in which the proprietor has the right to refuse to accept a person as a guest, esp a person arriving by chance
- private label — the label of a product, or the product itself, sold under the name of a wholesaler or retailer, by special arrangement with the manufacturer or producer.