13-letter words containing d, e, n, o, v
- double vision — diplopia.
- downconverter — A device that converts a signal to a lower frequency, especially in television reception.
- downers grove — a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- draft version — a preliminary version
- driving force — impetus
- dronkverdriet — drunk and maudlin
- drummondville — a city in S Quebec, in E Canada.
- eavesdropping — to listen secretly to a private conversation.
- economy drive — a campaign by the government or a firm to reduce expenditure and make savings
- endeavourment — the act of endeavouring
- eventide home — a retirement home
- ever and anon — now and then
- ferrovanadium — a ferroalloy containing up to 55 percent vanadium.
- golden plover — either of two plovers of the genus Pluvialis, having the back marked with golden-yellow spots, P. apricaria, of Europe, or P. dominica, of America.
- golden valley — a town in SE Minnesota.
- hand in glove — the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
- hand-in-glove — the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
- have a mad on — to be angry
- heaven forbid — You say 'Heaven forbid!' to emphasize that you very much hope that something will not happen.
- heavenly body — celestial object: star, planet, etc.
- homing device — a mechanism incorporated into a guided missile, airplane, etc., that aims it toward its objective.
- hot and heavy — having or giving off heat; having a high temperature: a hot fire; hot coffee.
- ill-conceived — badly conceived or planned: an ill-conceived project.
- improvidently — In an improvident manner.
- in advance of — prior to
- indissolvable — Not dissolvable; incapable of being dissolved or separated.
- introvertedly — In an introverted manner.
- inverted snob — a person who scorns the conventions or attitudes of his own class or social group by attempting to identify with people of a supposedly lower class
- invidiousness — (rare) Malevolent provocation of dislike or resentment; the state or quality of being invidious.
- l-d converter — a vessel in which steel is made from pig iron by blowing oxygen into the molten metal through a water-cooled tube
- ladino clover — a giant variety of white clover, Trifolium repens lodigense, used for pasture and hay.
- levant dollar — a silver coin, either a Maria Theresa thaler or an imitation of one, formerly used for trade with Abyssinia, Eritrea, Aden, etc. Imitations bear the date 1780 regardless of the year of minting.
- levelling rod — a graduated rod that is used to determine differences in elevation
- maiden voyage — the first voyage of a ship after its acceptance by the owners from the builders.
- milford haven — a bay in SW Wales.
- modus vivendi — manner of living; way of life; lifestyle.
- most reverend — title of high-ranking church minister
- mourning dove — variety of pigeon
- non-conducive — tending to produce; contributive; helpful; favorable (usually followed by to): Good eating habits are conducive to good health.
- non-deceptive — apt or tending to deceive: The enemy's peaceful overtures may be deceptive.
- non-deductive — based on deduction from accepted premises, as in deductive argument; deductive reasoning.
- non-defective — having a defect or flaw; faulty; imperfect: a defective machine.
- non-defensive — serving to defend; protective: defensive armament.
- non-divergent — diverging; differing; deviating.
- non-inductive — not inductive: a noninductive resistance.
- non-motivated — to provide with a motive, or a cause or reason to act; incite; impel.
- nonadsorptive — Not adsorptive.
- nonconductive — having the property or capability of conducting.
- noncultivated — relating to natural resources that are not under institutional or managed cultivation
- nondefinitive — Not definitive.