13-letter words containing a, n, t, i, v
- metanarrative — A narrative about narratives of historical meaning, experience or knowledge; a grand story that is self-legitimizing.
- 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.
- misadventured — (obsolete) unfortunate.
- misadventurer — a person who experiences misadventure or misfortune
- misadventures — Plural form of misadventure.
- misadvertence — inadvertence
- miscegenative — (rare) Miscegenous.
- misevaluation — an act or instance of evaluating or appraising.
- 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.
- mountain view — city in WC Calif., near San Jose: pop. 71,000
- multivitamins — Plural form of multivitamin.
- mundificative — a cleansing medicine or preparation
- native states — the former 562 semi-independent states of India, ruled by Indians but subject to varying degrees of British authority: merged with provinces by 1948; largest states were Hyderabad, Gwalior, Baroda, Mysore, Cochin, Jammu and Kashmir, Travancore, Sikkim, and Indore
- native tongue — first language
- nativity play — A nativity play is a play about the birth of Jesus, usually one performed by children at Christmas time.
- navy register — (in the US) an annual publication giving genealogical information about the commissioned and warrant officers in the US Navy.
- necessitative — to make necessary or unavoidable: The breakdown of the car necessitated a change in our plans.
- nectarivorous — feeding on nectar
- 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.
- 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 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
- negative sign — bad omen
- noctivagation — the act of wandering in the night
- 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-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-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.
- nonattractive — Not attractive.
- nonautomotive — Not automotive; not relating to automobiles.
- nonchauvinist — a person who is not a chauvinist
- noncreativity — a lack of creativity
- 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.
- nonderivative — Not derivative.
- nonequivalent — Not equivalent; different.
- nonevaluative — not evaluative or involving subjective judgement
- nonexhaustive — exhausting a subject, topic, etc.; comprehensive; thorough: He published an exhaustive study of Greek vases.
- nonfigurative — of the nature of or involving a figure of speech, especially a metaphor; metaphorical and not literal: The word “head” has several figurative senses, as in “She's the head of the company.”. Synonyms: metaphorical, not literal, symbolic.
- nonpejorative — Not pejorative.
- nontransitive — Grammar. having the nature of a transitive verb.
- nonvegetarian — a person who is not vegetarian
- nonvocational — not relating to a particular job or profession