13-letter words containing c, o, e, v, a
- radioactivate — to make (a substance) radioactive.
- radius vector — Mathematics. the length of the line segment joining a fixed point or origin to a given point.
- ratiocinative — the process of logical reasoning.
- re-activation — to render active again; revive.
- reciprocative — to give, feel, etc., in return.
- recording van — a van containing sound and image recording equipment, used as a mobile recording studio
- recovery team — a team engaged in locating and retrieving bodies, cargo, etc, esp following a crash, explosion or natural disaster
- recultivation — the act or art of cultivating.
- retroactively — operative with respect to past occurrences, as a statute; retrospective: a retroactive law.
- revaccination — the act or practice of vaccinating; inoculation with vaccine.
- revendication — the process or act of revendicating
- revindication — the act of vindicating.
- rocking valve — (on a steam engine) a valve mechanism oscillating through an arc to open and close.
- romantic love — love characterized by romance and involving sexual attraction
- salvage costs — the costs involved in salvaging goods or property from fire, shipwreck, etc
- salviniaceous — relating to the genus Salviniaceae
- savoy cabbage — a variety of cabbage having a compact head of crinkled, blistered leaves.
- school leaver — School leavers are young people who have just left school, because they have completed their time there.
- scotch lovage — a similar and related plant, Ligusticum scoticum, of N Europe
- scratch video — the technique or practice of recycling images from films or television to make collages
- second advent — Second Coming.
- self-advocacy — the practice of having mentally handicapped people speak for themselves and control their own affairs, rather than having nonhandicapped people automatically assume responsibility for them
- suction valve — a nonreturn valve in a pump suction to prevent the pump draining or depriming when not in service
- tax avoidance — Tax avoidance is the use of legal methods to pay the smallest possible amount of tax.
- throw a curve — a continuously bending line, without angles.
- to come alive — If people, places, or events come alive, they start to be lively again after a quiet period. If someone or something brings them alive, they cause them to come alive.
- to take cover — If you take cover, you shelter from gunfire, bombs, or the weather.
- touch a nerve — to mention or bring to mind a sensitive issue or subject
- tractor drive — a mechanism that feeds paper through a printer, using studs on a rotating wheel that engage with holes along the side of the paper
- ultraviolence — acts of extreme violence, esp those shown on television or film
- unconceivable — inconceivable.
- unconceivably — inconceivably
- unconversable — inappropriate for conversation
- uncooperative — working or acting together willingly for a common purpose or benefit.
- unequivocally — in a way that is clear and unambiguous: The theme is unequivocally religious.
- unprovocative — tending or serving to provoke; inciting, stimulating, irritating, or vexing.
- unrecoverable — able to recover or be recovered: a patient now believed to be recoverable; recoverable losses on his investments.
- unrecoverably — in an unrecoverable or irrecoverable manner
- vaccine point — a thin, pointed, vaccine-coated piece of bone or the like, for use in vaccinating.
- vacuum bottle — a bottle or flask having a vacuum liner that prevents the escape of heat from hot contents, usually liquids, or the entrance of heat into cold contents; thermos.
- valedictorian — a student, usually the one ranking highest academically in a school graduating class, who delivers the valedictory at the commencement exercises.
- valued policy — a policy in which the company and the policyholder agree to the amount to be paid in the event of total loss of property, regardless of the value of the property.
- variable cost — a cost that varies with a change in the volume of output while remaining uniform on a per-unit basis, as cost of labor (distinguished from fixed cost).
- varicose vein — Varicose veins are swollen and painful veins in a person's legs, which sometimes require a medical operation.
- vaunt-courier — a person who goes in advance, as a herald.
- vectorization — the process of converting from a bitmap image to a vector representation
- velocity head — the velocity of a fluid expressed in terms of the head or static pressure required to produce that velocity. It equals ρν/2 where ρ is the density of the fluid and ν is the velocity. In hydrology the density of water can be written 1/G where G is the gravitational constant
- veraciousness — characterized by truthfulness; true, accurate, or honest in content: a veracious statement; a veracious account.
- vermiculation — to work or ornament with wavy lines or markings resembling the form or tracks of a worm.
- versification — the act of versifying.