13-letter words containing a, r, g, o, v
- novum organum — a philosophical work in Latin (1620) by Francis Bacon, presenting an inductive method for scientific and philosophical inquiry.
- objurgatively — In an objurgative or reproving manner.
- olduvai gorge — a gorge in Tanzania in which is located a site containing Australopithecine and human skeletal and cultural remains.
- originatively — in an originative manner
- over-planning — a scheme or method of acting, doing, proceeding, making, etc., developed in advance: battle plans.
- over-standing — overreach (def 13).
- overachieving — Present participle of overachieve.
- overanalyzing — Present participle of overanalyze.
- overbalancing — Present participle of overbalance.
- overbearingly — domineering; dictatorial; haughtily or rudely arrogant.
- overbreathing — hyperventilation
- overdemanding — excessively demanding
- overdiagnosed — Simple past tense and past participle of overdiagnose.
- overdiagnosis — excessive diagnosis of a disease
- overeagerness — The quality of being overeager; excessive readiness or enthusiasm.
- overencourage — to encourage too much
- overflow flag — overflow bit
- overglamorize — to glamorize excessively
- overlay glass — case glass.
- overleveraged — (of a business organization) having an excessively high ratio of debt capital to equity capital
- overnight bag — a travel bag large enough to hold personal articles and clothing for an overnight trip.
- overpedalling — the overuse of the piano's pedals
- pacific grove — a city in W California, at S end of Monterey Bay.
- pivot grammar — a loose grammar said to govern two-word utterances by children
- plural voting — right to vote more than once
- prerogatively — by way of privilege or prerogative
- provost guard — a detachment of soldiers assigned to police duties under the provost marshal.
- recording van — a van containing sound and image recording equipment, used as a mobile recording studio
- reinvigorated — to give vigor to; fill with life and energy; energize.
- reinvigorator — something that gives new life and energy (to something)
- ring-a-lievio — a game played usually between two teams in which the members of one team attempt to find, capture, and imprison the members of the other, who can be freed only by a teammate not yet captured.
- rocking valve — (on a steam engine) a valve mechanism oscillating through an arc to open and close.
- savings ratio — the ratio of personal savings to disposable income, esp using the difference between national figures for disposable income and consumer spending as a measure of savings
- shaving horse — a trestle for supporting and steadying a piece of work being shaved.
- tergiversator — to change repeatedly one's attitude or opinions with respect to a cause, subject, etc.; equivocate.
- unapprovingly — in an unapproving manner
- vagodepressor — decreasing or mimicking the decrease of the activity of the vagus nerve.
- verbigeration — the condition or instances of repeating the same word or sentence against one's will as a symptom of a psychiatric disorder
- virgo intacta — a girl or woman whose hymen has not been broken
- virologically — in a manner relating to virology
- vulgarization — to make vulgar or coarse; lower; debase: to vulgarize standards of behavior.
- wallcoverings — Plural form of wallcovering.