13-letter words containing a, v, e, n
- antireflexive — noting a relation in which no element is in relation to itself, as “less than.”.
- argumentative — Someone who is argumentative is always ready to disagree or start quarrelling with other people.
- armstand dive — a dive starting from a handstand at the end of a springboard or a platform with the diver's back to the water.
- arteriovenous — of, relating to, or affecting an artery and a vein
- ashlar veneer — a thin dressed stone with straight edges, used to face a wall
- assentiveness — the tendency to concur or comply
- assertiveness — confidently aggressive or self-assured; positive: aggressive; dogmatic: He is too assertive as a salesman.
- at every turn — If you say that something happens at every turn, you are emphasizing that it happens frequently or all the time, usually so that it prevents you from achieving what you want.
- attentiveness — characterized by or giving attention; observant: an attentive audience.
- availableness — Competent power; validity; efficacy; as, the availableness of a title.
- averruncation — the act of averting or turning away
- aviation fuel — fuel used to power airplanes
- bcg (vaccine) — a vaccine prepared from an attenuated strain of the tubercle bacillus, used for immunization against tuberculosis
- bioequivalent — the condition in which different formulations of the same drug or chemical are equally absorbed when taken into the body.
- boniface viii — original name Benedict Caetano. ?1234–1303, pope (1294–1303)
- bougainvillea — Bougainvillea is a climbing plant that has thin, red or purple flowers and grows mainly in hot countries.
- camping stove — a portable stove powered by butane gas canisters, designed to be used for cooking while camping
- cantilevering — Present participle of cantilever.
- cape province — a former province of S South Africa; replaced in 1994 by the new provinces of Northern Cape, Western Cape, Eastern Cape and part of North-West. Capital: Cape Town
- cape-province — a cape in S Africa, in the SW Republic of South Africa.
- caravansaries — Plural form of caravansary.
- caravanserais — Plural form of caravanserai.
- cardioversion — restoring the rhythm of the heart to normal by applying direct-current electrical shock.
- carnivalesque — characteristic of, suitable for, or like a carnival
- carve a niche — If you carve a niche for yourself, you organize your work to create a secure position.
- carving knife — A carving knife is a long sharp knife that is used to cut cooked meat.
- cassivelaunus — 1st century bc, British chieftain, king of the Catuvellauni tribe, who organized resistance to Caesar's invasion of Britain (54 bc)
- cave painting — a painting done by prehistoric people in caves
- cavernicolous — inhabiting caves or cavelike places
- cheval screen — a fire screen, usually with a cloth panel, having supports at the ends and mounted on legs.
- chicken divan — a casserole of boned chicken breast, broccoli or asparagus spears, and cheese sauce
- chilean guava — a tropical shrub or small tree, Ugni molinae, of the myrtle family, having leathery, oval leaves, rose-pink flowers, and blue-black, edible fruit.
- cider vinegar — a type of vinegar produced by the acetification of cider
- cinema verite — films characterized by subjects, actions, etc, that have the appearance of real life
- civil servant — A civil servant is a person who works in the Civil Service in Britain and some other countries, or for the local, state, or federal government in the United States.
- cleavableness — the quality of being cleavable
- cleveland bay — one of the oldest British breeds of clean-legged, light draught farm and carriage horse, originating from Yorkshire
- cognitive map — a mental map of one's environment
- coleman stove — a portable kerosene camp stove
- combativeness — The state of being combative.
- communicative — Someone who is communicative talks to people, for example about their feelings, and tells people things.
- concatenative — Linked in a series or order of things depending on each other, as if linked together; successive.
- concentrative — tending to concentrate; characterized by concentration
- confederative — of confederates or a confederation
- configurative — the relative disposition or arrangement of the parts or elements of a thing.
- conflagrative — That produces conflagration.
- confrontative — tending toward or ready for confrontation: They came to the meeting with a confrontational attitude.
- connotatively — the associated or secondary meaning of a word or expression in addition to its explicit or primary meaning: A possible connotation of “home” is “a place of warmth, comfort, and affection.”. the act of connoting; the suggesting of an additional meaning for a word or expression, apart from its explicit meaning.
- conservancies — Plural form of conservancy.
- conservatives — Plural form of conservative.