13-letter words containing d, e, v, i, t
- revindication — the act of vindicating.
- ride the wave — to enjoy a period of success and good fortune
- safety device — A safety device is a piece of equipment such as a fire extinguisher, safety belt, or burglar alarm that reduces loss or damage from a fire, accident, or break-in.
- scratch video — the technique or practice of recycling images from films or television to make collages
- seductiveness — tending to seduce; enticing; beguiling; captivating: a seductive smile.
- self-devotion — intense devotion of oneself to an activity or to a field or profession, as art or science.
- seventy-third — next after the seventy-second; being the ordinal number for 73.
- silver doctor — a type of artificial fly, used chiefly for trout and salmon.
- silver iodate — a white, crystalline, slightly water-soluble powder, AgIO 3 , used in medicine chiefly as an antiseptic and as an astringent.
- silver-plated — Something that is silver-plated is covered with a very thin layer of silver.
- slave trading — trafficking in people
- standing wave — a wave in a medium in which each point on the axis of the wave has an associated constant amplitude ranging from zero at the nodes to a maximum at the antinodes.
- subderivative — a word derived from a derivative.
- subindicative — of or relating to subindicating
- subordinative — placed in or belonging to a lower order or rank.
- taedium vitae — the feeling that life is boring and dull
- tax avoidance — Tax avoidance is the use of legal methods to pay the smallest possible amount of tax.
- timing device — a device that can be set to detonate a bomb at a particular time
- 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
- triple-nerved — noting a leaf in which two prominent nerves emerge from the middle nerve a little above its base.
- typhoid fever — Also called typhoid fever. an infectious, often fatal, febrile disease, usually of the summer months, characterized by intestinal inflammation and ulceration, caused by the typhoid bacillus, which is usually introduced with food or drink.
- un-indicative — showing, signifying, or pointing out; expressive or suggestive (usually followed by of): behavior indicative of mental disorder.
- unabbreviated — shortened; made briefer: The rain led to an abbreviated picnic.
- underactivity — insufficient activity
- undescriptive — having the quality of describing; characterized by description: a descriptive passage in an essay.
- undeviatingly — to turn aside, as from a route, way, course, etc.
- undistinctive — not distinctive; bland
- valedictorian — a student, usually the one ranking highest academically in a school graduating class, who delivers the valedictory at the commencement exercises.
- varied thrush — a plump thrush, Ixoreus naevius, of western North America, resembling a robin with a dark band across the chest.
- 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
- venetian door — a doorway having a form similar to that of a Palladian window.
- verticillated — whorled
- victory medal — a round bronze medal awarded to all those who served in the armed forces of the U.S. during World War I.
- vide ut supra — (used to direct a reader to a specified place in a text) see as above
- videocassette — a cassette enclosing a length of tape for video recording or reproduction.
- village idiot — someone who is well known in their community for their stupidity and ignorant behaviour
- vino de pasto — a pale, dry sherry of Spain.
- vitreous body — a transparent gelatinous substance, permeated by fine fibrils, that fills the interior of the eyeball between the lens and the retina
- votive candle — religion: candle lit in prayer
- water diviner — a person able to locate the presence of water, esp underground, with a divining rod
- well-invested — to put (money) to use, by purchase or expenditure, in something offering potential profitable returns, as interest, income, or appreciation in value.
- western dvina — a river rising in W Russia, in the Valdai Hills and flowing south and southwest then northwest to the Gulf of Riga. Length: 1021 km (634 miles)
- white-livered — lacking courage; cowardly; lily-livered.
- yelizavetgrad — a former name of Kirovograd.