13-letter words containing a, v, i, n
- graminivorous — feeding or subsisting on grass: a graminivorous bird.
- graphic novel — a novel in the form of comic strips.
- grave-robbing — a person who steals valuables from graves and tombs: Graverobbers had emptied the Mayan tomb before archaeologists could examine its contents.
- graving piece — a piece of wood let into a wooden hull to replace decayed wood.
- gravitational — Physics. the force of attraction between any two masses. Compare law of gravitation. an act or process caused by this force.
- gravity hinge — a hinge closing automatically by means of gravity.
- hairpin curve — A hairpin curve or a hairpin is a very sharp bend in a road, where the road turns back in the opposite direction.
- hallucinative — a sensory experience of something that does not exist outside the mind, caused by various physical and mental disorders, or by reaction to certain toxic substances, and usually manifested as visual or auditory images.
- hand in glove — the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
- hand-in-glove — the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
- harvest index — a measurement of crop yield: the weight of a harvested product as a percentage of the total plant weight of a crop.
- have occasion — If you have occasion to do something, it is necessary for you to do it.
- haven't lived — If you tell someone that they haven't lived unless they experience a particular thing, you are telling them that thing is extremely good and should be experienced.
- health-giving — conducive to health; salutary
- heaven forbid — You say 'Heaven forbid!' to emphasize that you very much hope that something will not happen.
- heavenly city — the abode of God and His saints; heaven. Rev. 21:2.
- heavy lifting — hard work: A team of researchers did the heavy lifting for the author.
- heavy petting — Informal. intense petting that involves mutual stimulation of the genitals but not sexual intercourse.
- hertzian wave — an electromagnetic wave produced by oscillations in an electric circuit, as a radio or radar wave: first investigated by H. R. Hertz.
- hevelian halo — a faint white halo with an angular radius of 90° that is occasionally seen around the sun or the moon, thought to be caused by the reflection and refraction of sunlight by ice crystals.
- home invasion — an act or instance of entering an occupied residence with the intent to commit a burglary or other crime.
- hypervigilant — keenly watchful to detect danger; wary: a vigilant sentry.
- hypoventilate — (intransitive) To undergo hypoventilation.
- ice-cream van — a mobile shop that sells ice cream and confectionery
- imaginatively — characterized by or bearing evidence of imagination: an imaginative tale.
- imitativeness — imitating; copying; given to imitation.
- immovableness — The quality of being immovable.
- impassiveness — The state of being impassive.
- imperseverant — lacking the power to perceive
- improvisation — the art or act of improvising, or of composing, uttering, executing, or arranging anything without previous preparation: Musical improvisation involves imagination and creativity.
- 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.
- in-observance — lack of attention; inattention; heedlessness: drowsy inobservance.
- inadvertently — unintentional: an inadvertent insult.
- inattentively — not attentive; negligent.
- incarcerative — to imprison; confine.
- incentive pay — additional pay, a higher wage, or a bonus paid to promote the productivity of an employee.
- inconceivable — not conceivable; unimaginable; unthinkable.
- inconceivably — not conceivable; unimaginable; unthinkable.
- inconversable — (obsolete) uncommunicative; reserved.
- incorporative — Tending to incorporate or include things.
- incultivation — (obsolete) Want of cultivation.
- indissolvable — Not dissolvable; incapable of being dissolved or separated.
- individualise — (British spelling) alternative spelling of individualize.
- individualism — a social theory advocating the liberty, rights, or independent action of the individual.
- individualist — a person who shows great independence or individuality in thought or action.
- individuality — the particular character, or aggregate of qualities, that distinguishes one person or thing from others; sole and personal nature: a person of marked individuality.
- individualize — to make individual or distinctive; give an individual or distinctive character to.
- individuating — Present participle of individuate.
- individuation — the act of individuating.