13-letter words containing e, v, r, y
- irretrievably — not capable of being retrieved; irrecoverable; irreparable.
- jail delivery — a liberation of persons from prison, especially by force.
- laevorotatory — Alternative spelling of levorotatory.
- lavatory seat — the part on a toilet or lavatory which can be moved up or down and which is used for sitting on
- livery colors — the principal tinctures of a coat of arms, usually one color and one metal, used for liveries, standards, etc.
- livery stable — a stable where horses and vehicles are cared for or rented out for pay.
- madame bovary — a novel (1857) by Gustave Flaubert.
- marcus garvey — Marcus (Moziah) [moh-zahy-uh] /moʊˈzaɪ ə/ (Show IPA), 1887–1940, Jamaican black-rights activist in the U.S. (1916–27): advocated emigration of black Americans to Africa.
- merchant navy — commercial ships
- miliary fever — an acute infectious fever characterized by profuse sweating and the formation on the skin of minute fluid-filled vesicles
- moreno valley — city in S Calif.: pop. 142,000
- navy register — (in the US) an annual publication giving genealogical information about the commissioned and warrant officers in the US Navy.
- never say die — to cease to live; undergo the complete and permanent cessation of all vital functions; become dead.
- noncreativity — a lack of creativity
- nonuniversity — distinct from university, not university-based
- novocentenary — a nine-hundredth anniversary
- objurgatively — In an objurgative or reproving manner.
- observability — capable of being or liable to be observed; noticeable; visible; discernible: an observable change in attitude.
- obstructively — In an obstructive manner.
- on every hand — on all sides; in all directions
- 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.
- originatively — in an originative manner
- over-analytic — pertaining to or proceeding by analysis (opposed to synthetic).
- 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.
- overanalyzing — Present participle of overanalyze.
- overbearingly — domineering; dictatorial; haughtily or rudely arrogant.
- overcredulity — Excessive credulity.
- overdiversity — excessive diversity
- overflowingly — to an excessive degree
- overfrequency — Also, frequence. the state or fact of being frequent; frequent occurrence: We are alarmed by the frequency of fires in the neighborhood.
- overingenuity — the state of being ingenious to a fault
- overintensity — the state of being too intense
- overlay glass — case glass.
- overseriously — in an excessively serious manner
- overstability — the state of being excessively stable
- overzealously — too zealous: overzealous for reform.
- penetratively — in a penetrative manner
- perseveringly — displaying perseverance; resolutely persistent; steadfast: a persevering student.
- perspectively — a technique of depicting volumes and spatial relationships on a flat surface. Compare aerial perspective, linear perspective.
- poverty level — poverty line.
- pre-inventory — a complete listing of merchandise or stock on hand, work in progress, raw materials, finished goods on hand, etc., made each year by a business concern.
- prerogatively — by way of privilege or prerogative
- presumptively — affording ground for presumption: presumptive evidence.
- preuniversity — of the period before attending university
- private study — the act or process of studying outwith classes
- privy chamber — a private apartment in a royal residence.
- progressively — favoring or advocating progress, change, improvement, or reform, as opposed to wishing to maintain things as they are, especially in political matters: a progressive mayor.
- progressivity — favoring or advocating progress, change, improvement, or reform, as opposed to wishing to maintain things as they are, especially in political matters: a progressive mayor.
- prohibitively — serving or tending to prohibit or forbid something.
- prospectively — of or in the future: prospective earnings.