13-letter words containing e, v, a, n
- necessitative — to make necessary or unavoidable: The breakdown of the car necessitated a change in our plans.
- nectarivorous — feeding on nectar
- negative flag — the letter N in the International Code of Signals, signifying “no” when flown by itself: a square flag having four rows of alternate blue and white squares.
- negative glow — the luminous region between the Crookes dark space and the Faraday dark space in a vacuum tube, occurring when the pressure is low.
- negative lens — a lens that causes a beam of parallel rays to diverge after refraction, as from a virtual image; a lens that has a negative focal length.
- negative pole — the south-seeking pole of a magnet
- negative sign — bad omen
- nerve-racking — extremely irritating, annoying, or trying: a nerve-racking day; a nerve-racking noise.
- nervewracking — Alternative form of nerve-wracking.
- nervomuscular — (physiology) Of or pertaining to both nerves and muscles.
- neurovascular — of, relating to, or involving the nerves and blood vessels.
- never say die — to cease to live; undergo the complete and permanent cessation of all vital functions; become dead.
- never-failing — that does not fail ever; unfailing
- nicholasville — a town in central Kentucky.
- nigger heaven — peanut gallery (def 1).
- nominal value — book or par value, as of securities; face value.
- non-accretive — an increase by natural growth or by gradual external addition; growth in size or extent.
- non-assertive — confidently aggressive or self-assured; positive: aggressive; dogmatic: He is too assertive as a salesman.
- non-causative — acting as a cause; producing (often followed by of): a causative agency; an event causative of war.
- non-favorable — characterized by approval or support; positive: a favorable report.
- non-lucrative — profitable; moneymaking; remunerative: a lucrative business.
- non-motivated — to provide with a motive, or a cause or reason to act; incite; impel.
- non-narrative — a story or account of events, experiences, or the like, whether true or fictitious.
- non-navigable — deep and wide enough to provide passage to ships: a navigable channel.
- non-observant — absence or lack of observance.
- non-removable — that may be removed.
- non-revocable — that may be revoked.
- non-vesicular — of or relating to a vesicle or vesicles.
- nonabsorptive — Not absorptive.
- nonadsorptive — Not adsorptive.
- nonaggressive — Not aggressive.
- nonattractive — Not attractive.
- nonautomotive — Not automotive; not relating to automobiles.
- nonconversant — Not conversant.
- noncreativity — a lack of creativity
- noncultivated — relating to natural resources that are not under institutional or managed cultivation
- noncumulative — of or relating to preferred stock the dividends of which are skipped and not accrued.
- nonderivative — Not derivative.
- nonequivalent — Not equivalent; different.
- nonevaluative — not evaluative or involving subjective judgement
- nonexhaustive — exhausting a subject, topic, etc.; comprehensive; thorough: He published an exhaustive study of Greek vases.
- nonfigurative — of the nature of or involving a figure of speech, especially a metaphor; metaphorical and not literal: The word “head” has several figurative senses, as in “She's the head of the company.”. Synonyms: metaphorical, not literal, symbolic.
- noninvasively — In a noninvasive manner.
- nonobservable — capable of being or liable to be observed; noticeable; visible; discernible: an observable change in attitude.
- nonobservance — absence or lack of observance.
- nonpejorative — Not pejorative.
- nontransitive — Grammar. having the nature of a transitive verb.
- nonvegetarian — a person who is not vegetarian
- normativeness — The quality or state of being normative.
- north andover — a city in NE Massachusetts.