13-letter words containing c, a, l, v, o
- cut-off valve — a valve that terminates the flow of fluid in a system
- domical vault — cloistered vault.
- 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.
- equivocalness — The state of being equivocal; ambiguity.
- fibrovascular — composed of fibrous and conductive tissue, as in the vascular systems of higher plants: a fibrovascular bundle.
- flow cleavage — cleavage resulting from the parallel alignment of the mineral constituents of a rock when in a plastic condition.
- galvanometric — Of or pertaining to galvanometry.
- glove factory — a factory where gloves are made
- graphic novel — a novel in the form of comic strips.
- grave clothes — the wrappings in which a dead body is interred
- gravel-voiced — speaking in a rough and rasping tone
- gravity clock — a clock driven by its own weight as it descends a rack, cord, incline, etc.
- inconceivable — not conceivable; unimaginable; unthinkable.
- inconceivably — not conceivable; unimaginable; unthinkable.
- inconversable — (obsolete) uncommunicative; reserved.
- incultivation — (obsolete) Want of cultivation.
- irrecoverable — incapable of being recovered or regained: an irrecoverable debt.
- irrecoverably — incapable of being recovered or regained: an irrecoverable debt.
- ladino clover — a giant variety of white clover, Trifolium repens lodigense, used for pasture and hay.
- lake victoria — the ancient Roman goddess of victory, identified with the Greek goddess Nike.
- leave sb cold — If something leaves you cold, it fails to excite or interest you.
- long vacation — the summer vacation customary in the law courts and universities.
- 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
- macrovascular — Of or pertaining to the larger blood vessels.
- manhole cover — a removable metal plate covering a shaft that leads down to a sewer or drain
- melvin conway — (person) An early proto-hacker who wrote an assembler for the Burroughs 220 called SAVE and (probably) formulated Conway's Law.
- microvascular — Of or relating to the smallest blood vessels.
- microwaveable — Alternative spelling of microwavable.
- mikhailovitch — Draja [drah-zhah] /ˈdrɑ ʒɑ/ (Show IPA), 1893–1946, Yugoslav military leader.
- moral victory — greater honour despite losing
- naval college — training institution for the navy
- naval officer — member of navy staff
- nervomuscular — (physiology) Of or pertaining to both nerves and muscles.
- neurovascular — of, relating to, or involving the nerves and blood vessels.
- nicholasville — a town in central Kentucky.
- non-lucrative — profitable; moneymaking; remunerative: a lucrative business.
- non-revocable — that may be revoked.
- non-vesicular — of or relating to a vesicle or vesicles.
- 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.
- nonprovincial — Not restricted to a small region; not done in isolation.
- nonvocational — not relating to a particular job or profession
- old provencal — the Provençal language as found in documents from the 11th to the 16th centuries. Abbreviation: OPr.
- optical drive — optical disk drive
- orchard valve — an alfalfa valve of lesser diameter than the pipe it closes.
- over-analytic — pertaining to or proceeding by analysis (opposed to synthetic).
- over-reliance — confident or trustful dependence.
- overallocated — Allocated in excess.
- overbalancing — Present participle of overbalance.