13-letter words containing g, e, n, v
- navy register — (in the US) an annual publication giving genealogical information about the commissioned and warrant officers in the US Navy.
- 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.
- never-failing — that does not fail ever; unfailing
- nigger heaven — peanut gallery (def 1).
- non-divergent — diverging; differing; deviating.
- non-navigable — deep and wide enough to provide passage to ships: a navigable channel.
- non-receiving — to take into one's possession (something offered or delivered): to receive many gifts.
- non-sovereign — a monarch; a king, queen, or other supreme ruler.
- nonaggressive — Not aggressive.
- nonconvergent — Not convergent.
- 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.
- nongovernment — Not governmental in nature.
- nonperceiving — Unperceiving.
- nonvegetarian — a person who is not vegetarian
- nun's veiling — a thin, plain-woven, worsted fabric, originally for nuns' veils but now also for dresses, coats, etc.
- originatively — in an originative manner
- over-cropping — Agriculture. to crop (land) to excess; exhaust the fertility of by continuous cropping.
- over-designed — having too many design features; fussy
- over-exerting — to exert excessively.
- over-planning — a scheme or method of acting, doing, proceeding, making, etc., developed in advance: battle plans.
- over-standing — overreach (def 13).
- over-trusting — reliance on the integrity, strength, ability, surety, etc., of a person or thing; confidence.
- overachieving — Present participle of overachieve.
- overanalyzing — Present participle of overanalyze.
- overbalancing — Present participle of overbalance.
- overbearingly — domineering; dictatorial; haughtily or rudely arrogant.
- overborrowing — to take or obtain with the promise to return the same or an equivalent: Our neighbor borrowed my lawn mower.
- overbreathing — hyperventilation
- overburdening — Present participle of overburden.
- overdemanding — excessively demanding
- overdiagnosed — Simple past tense and past participle of overdiagnose.
- overdiagnosis — excessive diagnosis of a disease
- overeagerness — The quality of being overeager; excessive readiness or enthusiasm.
- overencourage — to encourage too much
- overenergetic — excessively energetic
- overflowingly — to an excessive degree
- overingenious — ingenious to a fault
- overingenuity — the state of being ingenious to a fault
- overnight bag — a travel bag large enough to hold personal articles and clothing for an overnight trip.
- overpedalling — the overuse of the piano's pedals
- overreporting — an account or statement describing in detail an event, situation, or the like, usually as the result of observation, inquiry, etc.: a report on the peace conference; a medical report on the patient.
- overwintering — to pass, spend, or survive the winter: to overwinter on the Riviera.
- perseveringly — displaying perseverance; resolutely persistent; steadfast: a persevering student.
- photonegative — pertaining to a substance, as selenium, having a conductivity that decreases upon absorption of electromagnetic radiation.