13-letter words containing g, o, n, a, v
- misgovernance — to govern or manage badly.
- moravian gate — a mountain pass between the Sudeten Mountains and the Tatra range of the Carpathians, leading from S Poland into N Moravia in the NE Czech Republic.
- native tongue — first language
- naval college — training institution for the navy
- 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 pole — the south-seeking pole of a magnet
- noctivagation — the act of wandering in the night
- non-navigable — deep and wide enough to provide passage to ships: a navigable channel.
- nonaggressive — Not aggressive.
- 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.
- nonvegetarian — a person who is not vegetarian
- novo hamburgo — a city in Rio Grande do Sul state, S Brazil.
- novum organum — a philosophical work in Latin (1620) by Francis Bacon, presenting an inductive method for scientific and philosophical inquiry.
- originatively — in an originative manner
- over-planning — a scheme or method of acting, doing, proceeding, making, etc., developed in advance: battle plans.
- over-standing — overreach (def 13).
- overachieving — Present participle of overachieve.
- overanalyzing — Present participle of overanalyze.
- overbalancing — Present participle of overbalance.
- overbearingly — domineering; dictatorial; haughtily or rudely arrogant.
- overbreathing — hyperventilation
- 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
- 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
- pham van dong — 1906–2000, Vietnamese political leader: prime minister of North Vietnam 1955–76 and of unified Vietnam 1976–86.
- photonegative — pertaining to a substance, as selenium, having a conductivity that decreases upon absorption of electromagnetic radiation.
- pigouvian tax — a tax levied to counter an economic negative externality, for example taxing producers of industrial pollution in order to encourage pollution control
- plural voting — right to vote more than once
- point shaving — (especially in basketball) the illegal practice, by one or more bribed players, of deliberately limiting the number of points scored to conform to the desires of corrupt gamblers.
- point-shaving — (especially in basketball) the illegal practice, by one or more bribed players, of deliberately limiting the number of points scored to conform to the desires of corrupt gamblers.
- pole-vaulting — a field sport in which competitors attempt to clear a high bar with the aid of an extremely flexible long pole
- recording van — a van containing sound and image recording equipment, used as a mobile recording studio
- reinvigorated — to give vigor to; fill with life and energy; energize.
- reinvigorator — something that gives new life and energy (to something)
- ring-a-lievio — a game played usually between two teams in which the members of one team attempt to find, capture, and imprison the members of the other, who can be freed only by a teammate not yet captured.
- rocking valve — (on a steam engine) a valve mechanism oscillating through an arc to open and close.
- savings ratio — the ratio of personal savings to disposable income, esp using the difference between national figures for disposable income and consumer spending as a measure of savings
- shaving horse — a trestle for supporting and steadying a piece of work being shaved.
- souphanouvong — Prince, 1909–1995, Laotian political leader: president 1975–86 (half brother of Prince Souvanna Phouma).
- tenovaginitis — the inflammation of the sheath around a tendon
- unapprovingly — in an unapproving manner
- vaccinologist — the science of vaccine development.
- vaginomycosis — a fungous infection of the vagina.
- vantage point — a position or place that affords a wide or advantageous perspective; viewpoint: to survey a valley from the vantage point of a high hill.
- verbigeration — the condition or instances of repeating the same word or sentence against one's will as a symptom of a psychiatric disorder
- villagization — the transfer of land to village control.