13-letter words containing a, v, i, f
- heaven forbid — You say 'Heaven forbid!' to emphasize that you very much hope that something will not happen.
- heavy lifting — hard work: A team of researchers did the heavy lifting for the author.
- in advance of — prior to
- in sb's favor — If someone makes a judgment in your favor, they say that you are right about something.
- informal vote — an invalid vote or ballot
- informatively — giving information; instructive: an informative book.
- justificative — Justificatory.
- manifestative — manifesting; showing clearly or conclusively.
- milford haven — a bay in SW Wales.
- miliary fever — an acute infectious fever characterized by profuse sweating and the formation on the skin of minute fluid-filled vesicles
- mundificative — a cleansing medicine or preparation
- naval officer — member of navy staff
- negative flag — the letter N in the International Code of Signals, signifying “no” when flown by itself: a square flag having four rows of alternate blue and white squares.
- never-failing — that does not fail ever; unfailing
- nonfigurative — of the nature of or involving a figure of speech, especially a metaphor; metaphorical and not literal: The word “head” has several figurative senses, as in “She's the head of the company.”. Synonyms: metaphorical, not literal, symbolic.
- 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.
- overamplified — amplified too much, causing distortion or discomfort, etc
- 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).
- overqualified — having more education, training, or experience than is required for a job or position.
- pacific grove — a city in W California, at S end of Monterey Bay.
- pavilion roof — a pyramidal hip roof.
- qualificative — That which qualifies, modifies, or restricts; a qualifying term or statement.
- ratbite fever — either of two relapsing febrile diseases, widely distributed geographically, caused by infection with Streptobacillus moniliformis or Spirillum minor and transmitted by rats.
- reversal film — film developed by the reversal process.
- river traffic — the boats that sail on a river
- safety device — A safety device is a piece of equipment such as a fire extinguisher, safety belt, or burglar alarm that reduces loss or damage from a fire, accident, or break-in.
- self-adhesive — having a side or surface coated with an adhesive substance to permit sticking without glue, paste, or the like: a self-adhesive label; self-adhesive ceramic tiles.
- significative — serving to signify.
- slave traffic — the traffic of slaves
- star of david — Judaism: six-pointed star
- transfusively — in a transfusive manner
- uninformative — not educational
- unvitrifiable — not able to be vitrified
- vacuum filter — A vacuum filter is a filter in which the liquid passes through more easily because of a vacuum on the liquid output side.
- venire facias — a writ directing the appropriate official to summon a jury.
- verifiability — to prove the truth of, as by evidence or testimony; confirm; substantiate: Events verified his prediction.
- versification — the act of versifying.
- vertical file — a collection of pamphlets, pictures, clippings, or other materials stored upright, as in a filing cabinet or cabinets.
- vicar of bray — a vicar (Simon Aleyn) appointed to the parish of Bray in Berkshire during Henry VIII's reign who changed his faith to Catholic when Mary I was on the throne and back to Protestant when Elizabeth I succeeded and so retained his living
- vinson massif — a mountain in Antarctica, near the Ronne Ice Shelf: highest point on Antarctica; discovered 1935. About 16,864 feet (5140 meters).
- violet family — the plant family Violaceae, characterized by herbaceous plants and some tropical shrubs and trees having alternate, usually simple leaves, solitary flowers with five usually irregular petals, the lower petal often spurred, and a berry or many-seeded capsule, and including the Johnny-jump-up, pansy, and numerous species of violet.
- visual effect — Usually, visual effects. a special effect that is added to a film or video in post-production, as computer-generated imagery. Abbreviation: VFX.
- visual foxpro — (database) A Microsoft database derived from Fox Software's FoxPRO.
- vitrification — act or process of vitrifying; state of being vitrified.
- volcanic tuff — tuff2 .
- wave function — a solution of a wave equation.