13-letter words containing c, o, e, v, l
- self-violence — swift and intense force: the violence of a storm.
- silver doctor — a type of artificial fly, used chiefly for trout and salmon.
- suction valve — a nonreturn valve in a pump suction to prevent the pump draining or depriming when not in service
- teleconverter — a person or thing that converts.
- 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.
- trophic level — any class of organisms that occupy the same position in a food chain, as primary consumers, secondary consumers, and tertiary consumers.
- ultraviolence — acts of extreme violence, esp those shown on television or film
- un-convoluted — twisted; coiled.
- unconceivable — inconceivable.
- unconceivably — inconceivably
- unconversable — inappropriate for conversation
- unconvertible — capable of being converted.
- unequivocally — in a way that is clear and unambiguous: The theme is unequivocally religious.
- 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
- 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).
- 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
- velvet scoter — a European sea duck, Melanitta fusca, the male of which has a black plumage with white patches below the eyes and on the wings
- vercelli book — a codex of Old English poems and sermons found in the chapter house at Vercelli.
- vermiculation — to work or ornament with wavy lines or markings resembling the form or tracks of a worm.
- versicoloured — of variable or various colours
- vicente lopez — a city in E central Argentina, N of Buenos Aires.
- victoria nile — a section of the upper Nile River in central Uganda between Lake Victoria and Lake Albert. 260 miles (418 km) long.
- victoriaville — a town in S Quebec, in E Canada.
- victory medal — a round bronze medal awarded to all those who served in the armed forces of the U.S. during World War I.
- villavicencio — a city in central Colombia.
- violoncellist — cellist.
- virgo cluster — a cluster of about 2500 galaxies in the constellation Virgo, the nearest cluster to our galaxy.
- visual cortex — the portion of the cerebral cortex of the brain that receives and processes impulses from the optic nerves.
- volcanic cone — a conical hill produced by volcanic eruption of ash, cinders, or lava.
- volcanic neck — neck (def 14).
- volcanic-neck — the part of the body of an animal or human being that connects the head and the trunk.
- volksdeutsche — a member of the German people, especially one of a community having its home outside of Germany, usually in central or eastern Europe.
- votive candle — religion: candle lit in prayer
- wallcoverings — Plural form of wallcovering.
- well-conveyed — to carry, bring, or take from one place to another; transport; bear.
- world service — a service of the British Broadcasting Corporation which transmits programmes in many languages around the world