13-letter words containing e, v, i, s
- coronaviruses — Plural form of coronavirus.
- corresponsive — corresponding
- corrosiveness — having the quality of corroding or eating away; erosive.
- 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.
- coversed sine — obsolete function in trigonometry
- 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
- cushion cover — a fabric cover, often with a decorative design, designed to protect a cushion
- cyberactivism — Activism facilitated by the Internet.
- dame's violet — a Eurasian hairy perennial plant, Hesperis matronalis, cultivated in gardens for its mauve or white fragrant flowers: family Brassicaceae (crucifers)
- dasht-e-kavir — large salt-desert plateau in NC Iran: c. 18,000 sq mi (46,620 sq km)
- deceptiveness — apt or tending to deceive: The enemy's peaceful overtures may be deceptive.
- defectiveness — having a defect or flaw; faulty; imperfect: a defective machine.
- defensiveness — serving to defend; protective: defensive armament.
- demonstrative — Someone who is demonstrative shows affection freely and openly.
- derivationist — a person who believes that it is possible to derive knowledge of what is good for humans from a metaphysical study of humans themselves
- descriptively — having the quality of describing; characterized by description: a descriptive passage in an essay.
- descriptivism — the theory that moral utterances have a truth value
- descriptivist — a writer, teacher, or supporter of descriptive grammar or descriptive linguistics.
- descriptivity — The quality or state of being descriptive.
- deservingness — qualified for or having a claim to reward, assistance, etc., because of one's actions, qualities, or situation: the deserving poor; a deserving applicant.
- destructively — tending to destroy; causing destruction or much damage (often followed by of or to): a very destructive windstorm.
- destructivism — the theory that a part of a whole may be considered a principle part if the destruction of that part would lead to the destruction of the whole
- destructivist — a person who holds to the theory of destructivism
- devastatingly — tending or threatening to devastate: a devastating fire.
- devil worship — the worship of Satan or of a demon
- devotionalist — a devotee
- diffusiveness — The state or quality of being diffusive.
- disadvantaged — lacking the normal or usual necessities and comforts of life, as proper housing, educational opportunities, job security, adequate medical care, etc.: The government extends help to disadvantaged minorities.
- disadvantages — Plural form of disadvantage.
- discovery bay — an inlet of the Indian Ocean in SE Australia
- discovery day — Columbus Day.
- disincentives — Plural form of disincentive.
- disinvestment — the withdrawal of invested funds or the cancellation of financial aid, subsidies, or investment plans, as in a property, neighborhood, or foreign country.
- disinvigorate — to deprive of vigour
- disjunctively — In a disjunctive manner.
- dispositively — in a dispositive manner
- dispurveyance — the lack of provisions
- disrespective — (obsolete) Showing a lack of respect; disrespectful.
- disseminative — to scatter or spread widely, as though sowing seed; promulgate extensively; broadcast; disperse: to disseminate information about preventive medicine.
- dissimilative — to modify by dissimilation.
- dissolve into — If you dissolve into or dissolve in tears or laughter, you begin to cry or laugh, because you cannot control yourself.
- distinctively — serving to distinguish; characteristic; distinguishing: the distinctive stripes of the zebra.
- distributives — Plural form of distributive.
- diversifiable — to make diverse, as in form or character; give variety or diversity to; variegate.
- diversionists — Plural form of diversionist.
- divertisement — (archaic) diversion; amusement; recreation.
- division bell — a bell rung in a parliament to signal a division
- double vision — diplopia.
- draft version — a preliminary version
- driver's seat — the seat from which a vehicle is operated.