13-letter words containing a, v, i, r
- microwaveable — Alternative spelling of microwavable.
- mid-victorian — of, relating to, or characteristic of the middle portion (about 1850 to 1890) of the reign of Queen Victoria (reigned 1837–1901) in England: mid-Victorian writers.
- 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
- mira variable — any of a group of long-period variable stars having a variability similar to that of the star Mira.
- misadventured — (obsolete) unfortunate.
- misadventurer — a person who experiences misadventure or misfortune
- misadventures — Plural form of misadventure.
- misadvertence — inadvertence
- misgovernance — to govern or manage badly.
- misobservance — a failure to observe thoroughly or properly
- moral victory — greater honour despite losing
- moravian gate — a mountain pass between the Sudeten Mountains and the Tatra range of the Carpathians, leading from S Poland into N Moravia in the NE Czech Republic.
- movie actress — a female who acts in films or movies
- movie theater — a motion-picture theater.
- multigravidas — Plural form of multigravida.
- multivariable — having, involving or relying upon two or more variables, esp in statistics
- multivibrator — A device consisting of two amplifying transistors or valves, each with its output connected to the input of the other, producing an oscillatory signal.
- naive realism — the theory that the world is perceived exactly as it is.
- naval officer — member of navy staff
- navy register — (in the US) an annual publication giving genealogical information about the commissioned and warrant officers in the US Navy.
- nectarivorous — feeding on nectar
- nerve-racking — extremely irritating, annoying, or trying: a nerve-racking day; a nerve-racking noise.
- nervewracking — Alternative form of nerve-wracking.
- never say die — to cease to live; undergo the complete and permanent cessation of all vital functions; become dead.
- never-failing — that does not fail ever; unfailing
- nigger heaven — peanut gallery (def 1).
- non-accretive — an increase by natural growth or by gradual external addition; growth in size or extent.
- non-assertive — confidently aggressive or self-assured; positive: aggressive; dogmatic: He is too assertive as a salesman.
- non-lucrative — profitable; moneymaking; remunerative: a lucrative business.
- non-narrative — a story or account of events, experiences, or the like, whether true or fictitious.
- non-vesicular — of or relating to a vesicle or vesicles.
- nonabsorptive — Not absorptive.
- nonadsorptive — Not adsorptive.
- nonaggressive — Not aggressive.
- nonattractive — Not attractive.
- noncreativity — a lack of creativity
- nonderivative — Not derivative.
- 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.
- nonpejorative — Not pejorative.
- nonprovincial — Not restricted to a small region; not done in isolation.
- nontransitive — Grammar. having the nature of a transitive verb.
- nonvegetarian — a person who is not vegetarian
- normativeness — The quality or state of being normative.
- north vietnam — that part of Vietnam N of about 17° N; formerly a part of French Indochina; separate republic 1954–75.
- norwalk virus — a norovirus.
- nouveau riche — a person who is newly rich: the ostentation of the nouveaux riches of the 1920s.
- 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.