13-letter words containing e, v, i, n, c
- countermoving — Present participle of countermove.
- countervailed — Simple past tense and past participle of countervail.
- cove lighting — indirect lighting directed upward from an interior cornice or the like toward a cove at the edge of the ceiling.
- cover bidding — the act of tendering an artificially high price for a contract, on the assumption that the tender will not be accepted
- cover version — A cover version of a song is a version of it recorded by a singer or band who did not originally perform the song.
- covering fire — firing intended to protect an individual or formation making a movement by forcing the enemy to take cover
- coversed sine — obsolete function in trigonometry
- covert action — a secret action undertaken to influence the course of political events, as a government intelligence operation.
- cranial nerve — any of the 12 paired nerves that have their origin in the brain and reach the periphery through natural openings in the skull
- crossing over — the interchange of sections between pairing homologous chromosomes during the diplotene stage of meiosis. It results in the rearrangement of genes and produces variation in the inherited characteristics of the offspring
- curve fitting — the determination of a curve that fits a specified set of points: The method of least squares is commonly used for curve fitting.
- curvilinearly — In a curvilinear way.
- cushion cover — a fabric cover, often with a decorative design, designed to protect a cushion
- dataveillance — the surveillance of a person's activities by studying the data trail created by actions such as credit card purchases, mobile phone calls, and internet use
- deceptiveness — apt or tending to deceive: The enemy's peaceful overtures may be deceptive.
- deconvolution — A process of resolving something into its constituent elements or removing complication in order to clarify it.
- defectiveness — having a defect or flaw; faulty; imperfect: a defective machine.
- demi-culverin — a culverin having a bore of about 4½ inches (11 cm) and firing a shot of about 10 pounds (5 kg).
- disincentives — Plural form of disincentive.
- disjunctively — In a disjunctive manner.
- dispurveyance — the lack of provisions
- distinctively — serving to distinguish; characteristic; distinguishing: the distinctive stripes of the zebra.
- divine comedy — a narrative epic poem (14th century) by Dante.
- divine office — office (def 12c).
- documentative — Of or pertaining to documents or documentation.
- driving force — impetus
- economy drive — a campaign by the government or a firm to reduce expenditure and make savings
- effectiveness — adequate to accomplish a purpose; producing the intended or expected result: effective teaching methods; effective steps toward peace.
- enteric fever — typhoid
- equivalencing — Present participle of equivalence.
- equivocalness — The state of being equivocal; ambiguity.
- equivocations — Plural form of equivocation.
- evangelically — In an evangelical manner, concerning evangelism.
- evening class — An evening class is a course for adults that is taught in the evening rather than during the day.
- evening stock — a plant, Matthiola incana, of the genus Matthiola, of the Mediterranean region, cultivated for its brightly coloured flowers: Brassicaceae (crucifers)
- evocativeness — The state or condition of being evocative.
- ex-serviceman — An ex-serviceman is a man who used to be in a country's army, navy, or air force.
- excessiveness — The property of being excessive.
- exclusiveness — The state of being exclusive; exclusivity.
- excursiveness — The quality of being discursive.
- fingal's cave — a cave on the island of Staffa, in the Hebrides, Scotland. 227 feet (69 meters) long; 42 feet (13 meters) wide.
- floorcovering — A covering for a floor.
- french endive — endive (def 2).
- galvanic cell — cell1 (def 7a).
- galvanic pile — voltaic pile.
- galvanometric — Of or pertaining to galvanometry.
- give evidence — testify in a court of law
- graphic novel — a novel in the form of comic strips.
- graving piece — a piece of wood let into a wooden hull to replace decayed wood.
- hairpin curve — A hairpin curve or a hairpin is a very sharp bend in a road, where the road turns back in the opposite direction.