13-letter words containing a, n, o, v
- maiden voyage — the first voyage of a ship after its acceptance by the owners from the builders.
- mangrove jack — a predatory food and game fish, Lutjanus argentimaculatus, of Australian rivers and tidal creeks dominated by mangroves
- manhole cover — a removable metal plate covering a shaft that leads down to a sewer or drain
- marvelousness — The quality or state of being marvelous.
- mass movement — an organized effort by a large number of people, especially those not forming part of the elite of a given society, to bring about pervasive changes in existing social, economic, or political institutions, frequently characterized by charismatic leadership.
- melvin conway — (person) An early proto-hacker who wrote an assembler for the Burroughs 220 called SAVE and (probably) formulated Conway's Law.
- metacognitive — higher-order thinking that enables understanding, analysis, and control of one’s cognitive processes, especially when engaged in learning.
- metaevolution — (philosophy, biology) The evolution of the elements of evolutionary systems.
- 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.
- misevaluation — an act or instance of evaluating or appraising.
- misgovernance — to govern or manage badly.
- misobservance — a failure to observe thoroughly or properly
- 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.
- moreno valley — city in S Calif.: pop. 142,000
- mosaic vision — a type of vision hypothesized for the insect compound eye, in which the image is formed by hundreds of separate ommatidia.
- mountain view — city in WC Calif., near San Jose: pop. 71,000
- native tongue — first language
- naval college — training institution for the navy
- naval officer — member of navy staff
- nectarivorous — feeding on nectar
- negative glow — the luminous region between the Crookes dark space and the Faraday dark space in a vacuum tube, occurring when the pressure is low.
- negative pole — the south-seeking pole of a magnet
- nervomuscular — (physiology) Of or pertaining to both nerves and muscles.
- neurovascular — of, relating to, or involving the nerves and blood vessels.
- nicholasville — a town in central Kentucky.
- noctivagation — the act of wandering in the night
- nominal value — book or par value, as of securities; face value.
- non-accretive — an increase by natural growth or by gradual external addition; growth in size or extent.
- non-assertive — confidently aggressive or self-assured; positive: aggressive; dogmatic: He is too assertive as a salesman.
- non-causative — acting as a cause; producing (often followed by of): a causative agency; an event causative of war.
- non-favorable — characterized by approval or support; positive: a favorable report.
- non-lucrative — profitable; moneymaking; remunerative: a lucrative business.
- non-motivated — to provide with a motive, or a cause or reason to act; incite; impel.
- non-narrative — a story or account of events, experiences, or the like, whether true or fictitious.
- non-navigable — deep and wide enough to provide passage to ships: a navigable channel.
- non-observant — absence or lack of observance.
- non-removable — that may be removed.
- non-revocable — that may be revoked.
- non-vesicular — of or relating to a vesicle or vesicles.
- non-viability — not capable of living, growing, and developing, as an embryo, seed, or plant.
- non-vitiation — to impair the quality of; make faulty; spoil.
- nonabsorptive — Not absorptive.
- nonadditivity — the state of being nonadditive or not involving addition
- nonadsorptive — Not adsorptive.
- nonaggressive — Not aggressive.
- nonattractive — Not attractive.
- nonautomotive — Not automotive; not relating to automobiles.
- nonchauvinist — a person who is not a chauvinist
- nonconversant — Not conversant.