13-letter words containing a, v, o, c, e, t
- convalescents — Plural form of convalescent.
- conventionary — (of a form of tenure) fixed by convention as opposed to custom
- conversations — Plural form of conversation.
- convertiplane — an aircraft that can land and take off vertically by temporarily directing its propulsive thrust downwards
- cooperatively — working or acting together willingly for a common purpose or benefit.
- cooperativity — an interaction between structural units within a molecule or between molecules in an assemblage that enables the system to respond more sharply to an external change than would isolated units
- copy negative — master (def 21).
- corel ventura — (text, graphics) (Previously "Ventura Publisher") The first full-featured desktop publishing program available for the IBM personal computer and compatibles. Ventura Publisher was originally distributed by Ventura, a wholy owned subsiduary of Xerox Corporation but was acquired by Corel Corporation in September 1993.
- correlatively — so related that each implies or complements the other.
- corroborative — Corroborative evidence or information supports an idea, account, or argument.
- cottage grove — a town in E Minnesota.
- counteractive — to act in opposition to; frustrate by contrary action.
- countervailed — Simple past tense and past participle of countervail.
- covalent bond — a type of chemical bond involving the sharing of electrons between atoms in a molecule, esp the sharing of a pair of electrons by two adjacent atoms
- covent garden — a district of central London: famous for its former fruit, vegetable, and flower market, now a shopping precinct
- covert action — a secret action undertaken to influence the course of political events, as a government intelligence operation.
- cut-and-cover — designating a method of constructing a tunnel by excavating a cutting to the required depth and then backfilling the excavation over the tunnel roof
- cut-off valve — a valve that terminates the flow of fluid in a system
- debt covenant — A debt covenant is a number of restrictions that a borrower agrees to that are set by the lending institution.
- documentative — Of or pertaining to documents or documentation.
- electroactive — (of living tissue) exhibiting electrical activity or responsive to electrical stimuli
- electrovalent — (of bonding) resulting from electrostatic attraction between positive and negative ions; ionic.
- equivocations — Plural form of equivocation.
- evocativeness — The state or condition of being evocative.
- expectorative — an expectorant medicine
- galvanometric — Of or pertaining to galvanometry.
- glove factory — a factory where gloves are made
- grave clothes — the wrappings in which a dead body is interred
- incorporative — Tending to incorporate or include things.
- it governance — information technology governance
- lake victoria — the ancient Roman goddess of victory, identified with the Greek goddess Nike.
- lord advocate — (in Scotland) the chief law officer of the Crown who acts as public prosecutor and is in charge of the administration of criminal justice
- medium octavo — a size of book, about 6 × 9½ inches (15 × 24 cm), untrimmed. Abbreviation: medium 8vo.
- metacognitive — higher-order thinking that enables understanding, analysis, and control of one’s cognitive processes, especially when engaged in learning.
- movie actress — a female who acts in films or movies
- nectarivorous — feeding on nectar
- non-accretive — an increase by natural growth or by gradual external addition; growth in size or extent.
- non-causative — acting as a cause; producing (often followed by of): a causative agency; an event causative of war.
- non-lucrative — profitable; moneymaking; remunerative: a lucrative business.
- nonattractive — Not attractive.
- nonconversant — Not conversant.
- noncreativity — a lack of creativity
- noncultivated — relating to natural resources that are not under institutional or managed cultivation
- noncumulative — of or relating to preferred stock the dividends of which are skipped and not accrued.
- novocentenary — a nine-hundredth anniversary
- optical drive — optical disk drive
- ovariectomies — Plural form of ovariectomy.
- ovariectomize — (transitive) To remove the ovaries from.
- over-abstract — thought of apart from concrete realities, specific objects, or actual instances: an abstract idea.
- over-analytic — pertaining to or proceeding by analysis (opposed to synthetic).