13-letter words containing a, r, d, v
- landgraviates — Plural form of landgraviate.
- lavender-blue — coloured between blue and pale or light bluish-purple to a very pale violet colour
- legal adviser — a lawyer who gives advice
- levant dollar — a silver coin, either a Maria Theresa thaler or an imitation of one, formerly used for trade with Abyssinia, Eritrea, Aden, etc. Imitations bear the date 1780 regardless of the year of minting.
- lord advocate — (in Scotland) the chief law officer of the Crown who acts as public prosecutor and is in charge of the administration of criminal justice
- madame bovary — a novel (1857) by Gustave Flaubert.
- market-driven — controlled and guided by commercial considerations
- 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.
- 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).
- much-traveled — A much-traveled person has traveled a lot in foreign countries.
- 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.
- nonderivative — Not derivative.
- north andover — a city in NE Massachusetts.
- 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.
- old man river — a name for the Mississippi River
- old provencal — the Provençal language as found in documents from the 11th to the 16th centuries. Abbreviation: OPr.
- olduvai gorge — a gorge in Tanzania in which is located a site containing Australopithecine and human skeletal and cultural remains.
- on every hand — on all sides; in all directions
- optical drive — optical disk drive
- orchard valve — an alfalfa valve of lesser diameter than the pipe it closes.
- ordinary wave — Radio. (of the two waves into which a radio wave is divided in the ionosphere under the influence of the earth's magnetic field) the wave with characteristics more nearly resembling those that the undivided wave would have exhibited in the absence of the magnetic field.
- outmaneuvered — Simple past tense and past participle of outmaneuver.
- outmanoeuvred — Simple past tense and past participle of outmanoeuvre.
- over and over — above in place or position: the roof over one's head.
- over-abundant — an excessive amount or abundance; surfeit: an overabundance of sugar in the diet.
- over-detailed — having many details: a detailed problem.
- over-educated — to develop the faculties and powers of (a person) by teaching, instruction, or schooling. Synonyms: instruct, school, drill, indoctrinate.
- over-idealize — to make ideal; represent in an ideal form or character; exalt to an ideal perfection or excellence.
- over-pampered — to treat or gratify with extreme or excessive indulgence, kindness, or care: to pamper a child; to pamper one's stomach.
- over-standing — overreach (def 13).
- over-the-road — of, for, or pertaining to transportation on public highways: over-the-road trucks.
- overabundance — an excessive amount or abundance; surfeit: an overabundance of sugar in the diet.
- overallocated — Allocated in excess.
- overamplified — amplified too much, causing distortion or discomfort, etc
- overdecorated — Simple past tense and past participle of overdecorate.
- overdemanding — excessively demanding
- overdiagnosed — Simple past tense and past participle of overdiagnose.
- overdiagnosis — excessive diagnosis of a disease
- overdominance — excessive dominance
- overdramatise — Alternative spelling of overdramatize.
- overdramatize — to put into a form suitable for acting on a stage.
- overeducation — the act or process of imparting or acquiring general knowledge, developing the powers of reasoning and judgment, and generally of preparing oneself or others intellectually for mature life.