13-letter words containing d, r, i, v, a
- diversifiable — to make diverse, as in form or character; give variety or diversity to; variegate.
- diverticulate — of or relating to a diverticulum
- draft version — a preliminary version
- drive a wedge — If someone drives a wedge between two people who are close, they cause ill feelings between them in order to weaken their relationship.
- driver's seat — the seat from which a vehicle is operated.
- driving chain — a roller chain that transmits power from one toothed wheel to another
- driving range — a tract of land for practicing long golf shots, especially drives, with clubs and balls available for rent from the management.
- eavesdropping — to listen secretly to a private conversation.
- evidentiarily — In an evidentiary way.
- expert advice — advice given by someone who has studied a subject thoroughly or who is very skilled at a particular job
- ferdinand vii — 1784–1833, king of Spain 1808, 1814–33.
- ferrovanadium — a ferroalloy containing up to 55 percent vanadium.
- good behavior — satisfactory, proper, or polite conduct.
- 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
- harvard chair — a three-legged armchair of the late 17th century, composed of turned uprights and spindles and having a triangular seat.
- 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.
- 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
- inadvertently — unintentional: an inadvertent insult.
- invalid chair — a chair specially designed for an invalid to sit in
- jail delivery — a liberation of persons from prison, especially by force.
- 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
- market-driven — controlled and guided by commercial considerations
- mid-victorian — of, relating to, or characteristic of the middle portion (about 1850 to 1890) of the reign of Queen Victoria (reigned 1837–1901) in England: mid-Victorian writers.
- 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
- multigravidas — Plural form of multigravida.
- never say die — to cease to live; undergo the complete and permanent cessation of all vital functions; become dead.
- nonadsorptive — Not adsorptive.
- nonderivative — Not derivative.
- 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-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-standing — overreach (def 13).
- overamplified — amplified too much, causing distortion or discomfort, etc
- overdemanding — excessively demanding
- overdiagnosed — Simple past tense and past participle of overdiagnose.
- overdiagnosis — excessive diagnosis of a disease
- overdominance — excessive dominance
- overdramatise — Alternative spelling of overdramatize.