13-letter words containing a, v, e, m
- novaya zemlya — two large islands in the Arctic Ocean, N of and belonging to the Russian Federation. 35,000 sq. mi. (90,650 sq. km).
- observer team — a team deployed to an area of conflict to observe proceedings
- old man river — a name for the Mississippi River
- outmaneuvered — Simple past tense and past participle of outmaneuver.
- outmanoeuvred — Simple past tense and past participle of outmanoeuvre.
- ovariectomies — Plural form of ovariectomy.
- ovariectomize — (transitive) To remove the ovaries from.
- over-estimate — to estimate at too high a value, amount, rate, or the like: Don't overestimate the car's trade-in value.
- over-pampered — to treat or gratify with extreme or excessive indulgence, kindness, or care: to pamper a child; to pamper one's stomach.
- overallotment — (finance) A greenshoe option.
- overambitious — having ambition; eagerly desirous of achieving or obtaining success, power, wealth, a specific goal, etc.: ambitious students.
- overamplified — amplified too much, causing distortion or discomfort, etc
- overcast seam — a hem with long stitches passing successively over the edge
- overdemanding — excessively demanding
- overdominance — excessive dominance
- overdramatise — Alternative spelling of overdramatize.
- overdramatize — to put into a form suitable for acting on a stage.
- overemotional — pertaining to or involving emotion or the emotions.
- overemphasise — (British) alternative spelling of overemphasize.
- overemphasize — to emphasize excessively.
- overenamoured — excessively fond
- overestimated — Simple past tense and past participle of overestimate.
- overestimates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overestimate.
- overglamorize — to glamorize excessively
- overimitation — a result or product of imitating.
- overland mail — a government mail service, started in 1848, for sending mail from the Mississippi to the Far West.
- overstatement — to state too strongly; exaggerate: to overstate one's position in a controversy.
- overstimulate — to stimulate too much
- overtreatment — the act or instance of giving too much medical treatment
- pavement café — part of a café which is outdoors or on the pavement or sidewalk
- postvasectomy — of or occurring in the period after a vasectomy
- potomac fever — the determination or fervor to share in the power and prestige of the U.S. government in Washington, D.C., especially by being appointed or elected to a government position.
- potomac river — a river flowing SE from the Allegheny Mountains in West Virginia, along the boundary between Maryland and Virginia to the Chesapeake Bay. 287 miles (460 km) long.
- privateersman — an officer or sailor of a privateer.
- privy chamber — a private apartment in a royal residence.
- proverbialism — a proverbial expression
- quadrumvirate — a governing or managing group, coalition, or the like, of four persons.
- recovery team — a team engaged in locating and retrieving bodies, cargo, etc, esp following a crash, explosion or natural disaster
- remonstrative — to say or plead in protest, objection, or disapproval.
- revenue stamp — a stamp showing that a governmental tax has been paid.
- reversal film — film developed by the reversal process.
- river lamprey — Lampetra fluviatilis; a jawless fish
- roll-over arm — an upholstered chair or sofa arm that curves outward and downward.
- romantic love — love characterized by romance and involving sexual attraction
- roosevelt dam — a dam on the Salt River, in central Arizona. 284 feet (87 meters) high; 1080 feet (329 meters) long.
- sample survey — a survey of particular examples of sth, intended as representative of the whole category
- scavenge pump — an oil pump used in some internal-combustion engines to return oil from the crankcase to the oil tank
- seismic waves — a wave of energy that is generated by an earthquake or other earth vibration and that travels within the earth or along its surface.
- semioviparous — bearing young in an incomplete state of development, as a marsupial.
- shaving cream — a preparation, as of soap and free fatty acid, that is lathered and applied to the face to soften and condition the beard for shaving.