13-letter words containing a, r, v, l
- non-lucrative — profitable; moneymaking; remunerative: a lucrative business.
- non-removable — that may be removed.
- non-revocable — that may be revoked.
- non-vesicular — of or relating to a vesicle or vesicles.
- nonobservable — capable of being or liable to be observed; noticeable; visible; discernible: an observable change in attitude.
- nonprovincial — Not restricted to a small region; not done in isolation.
- norwalk virus — a norovirus.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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
- orchard valve — an alfalfa valve of lesser diameter than the pipe it closes.
- originatively — in an originative manner
- over a barrel — a cylindrical wooden container with slightly bulging sides made of staves hooped together, and with flat, parallel ends.
- over-analytic — pertaining to or proceeding by analysis (opposed to synthetic).
- over-detailed — having many details: a detailed problem.
- over-idealize — to make ideal; represent in an ideal form or character; exalt to an ideal perfection or excellence.
- over-planning — a scheme or method of acting, doing, proceeding, making, etc., developed in advance: battle plans.
- 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.
- over-reliance — confident or trustful dependence.
- overallocated — Allocated in excess.
- overallotment — (finance) A greenshoe option.
- overamplified — amplified too much, causing distortion or discomfort, etc
- overanalyzing — Present participle of overanalyze.
- overappraisal — An appraisal that overvalues something.
- overbalancing — Present participle of overbalance.
- overbearingly — domineering; dictatorial; haughtily or rudely arrogant.
- overelaborate — excessively or fussily elaborate, ornate, detailed, etc.
- overemotional — pertaining to or involving emotion or the emotions.
- overexcitable — Excessively excitable.
- overflow flag — overflow bit
- overglamorize — to glamorize excessively
- 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).
- overland mail — a government mail service, started in 1848, for sending mail from the Mississippi to the Far West.
- overland park — a town in E Kansas, near Kansas City.
- overlay glass — case glass.
- overleveraged — (of a business organization) having an excessively high ratio of debt capital to equity capital
- overpedalling — the overuse of the piano's pedals
- overpopulated — to fill with an excessive number of people, straining available resources and facilities: Expanding industry has overpopulated the western suburbs.
- overpotential — overvoltage.
- overqualified — having more education, training, or experience than is required for a job or position.
- oversocialize — to make social; make fit for life in companionship with others.
- overspeculate — to engage in thought or reflection; meditate (often followed by on, upon, or a clause).
- overstability — the state of being excessively stable