13-letter words containing d, r, e, v, i
- goods service — a transport service in which goods are sent by train from one location to another
- gravel-voiced — speaking in a rough and rasping tone
- half-silvered — (of a mirror) having an incomplete reflective coating, so that half the incident light is reflected and half transmitted: used in optical instruments and two-way mirrors
- harvest index — a measurement of crop yield: the weight of a harvested product as a percentage of the total plant weight of a crop.
- heaven forbid — You say 'Heaven forbid!' to emphasize that you very much hope that something will not happen.
- home delivery — delivery to one's home
- impredicative — (of a definition) given in terms that require quantification over a range that includes that which is to be defined, as having all the properties of a great general where one of the properties as ascribed must be that property itself
- improvidently — In an improvident manner.
- inadvertently — unintentional: an inadvertent insult.
- 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
- jail delivery — a liberation of persons from prison, especially by force.
- joie de vivre — a delight in being alive; keen, carefree enjoyment of living.
- ladino clover — a giant variety of white clover, Trifolium repens lodigense, used for pasture and hay.
- landgraviates — Plural form of landgraviate.
- legal adviser — a lawyer who gives advice
- levelling rod — a graduated rod that is used to determine differences in elevation
- market-driven — controlled and guided by commercial considerations
- midsummer eve — the evening preceding Midsummer Day: formerly believed to be a time when witches and other supernatural beings caused widespread mischief.
- milford haven — a bay in SW Wales.
- misadventured — (obsolete) unfortunate.
- misadventurer — a person who experiences misadventure or misfortune
- misadventures — Plural form of misadventure.
- misadvertence — inadvertence
- mourning dove — variety of pigeon
- never say die — to cease to live; undergo the complete and permanent cessation of all vital functions; become dead.
- non-divergent — diverging; differing; deviating.
- nonadsorptive — Not adsorptive.
- nonderivative — Not derivative.
- nondiscursive — passing aimlessly from one subject to another; digressive; rambling.
- nondispersive — not dispersive
- nondisruptive — causing, tending to cause, or caused by disruption; disrupting: the disruptive effect of their rioting.
- nonproductive — not productive; unproductive.
- old favourite — If you refer to something as an old favourite, you mean that it has been in existence for a long time and everyone knows it or likes it.
- old man river — a name for the Mississippi River
- olduvai gorge — a gorge in Tanzania in which is located a site containing Australopithecine and human skeletal and cultural remains.
- optical drive — optical disk drive
- ordinary wave — Radio. (of the two waves into which a radio wave is divided in the ionosphere under the influence of the earth's magnetic field) the wave with characteristics more nearly resembling those that the undivided wave would have exhibited in the absence of the magnetic field.
- over-designed — having too many design features; fussy
- over-detailed — having many details: a detailed problem.
- over-idealize — to make ideal; represent in an ideal form or character; exalt to an ideal perfection or excellence.
- over-identify — to recognize or establish as being a particular person or thing; verify the identity of: to identify handwriting; to identify the bearer of a check.
- over-occupied — to take or fill up (space, time, etc.): I occupied my evenings reading novels.
- over-promised — a declaration that something will or will not be done, given, etc., by one: unkept political promises.
- over-standing — overreach (def 13).
- overamplified — amplified too much, causing distortion or discomfort, etc
- overburdening — Present participle of overburden.
- overcivilized — excessively civilized
- overcommitted — to commit more than is feasible, desirable, or necessary.
- overconfident — too confident.