13-letter words containing n, o, a, v
- de-motivation — the act or an instance of motivating, or providing with a reason to act in a certain way: I don't understand what her motivation was for quitting her job. Synonyms: motive, inspiration, inducement, cause, impetus.
- debt covenant — A debt covenant is a number of restrictions that a borrower agrees to that are set by the lending institution.
- 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
- developmental — Developmental means relating to the development of someone or something.
- devirgination — The loss of a girl or woman's virginity.
- devolutionary — the act or fact of devolving; passage onward from stage to stage.
- devotionalist — a devotee
- disinvigorate — to deprive of vigour
- divarications — Plural form of divarication.
- documentative — Of or pertaining to documents or documentation.
- dolman sleeve — a sleeve tapered from a very large armhole to fit closely at the wrist, used on women's garments.
- draft version — a preliminary version
- eavesdropping — to listen secretly to a private conversation.
- electrovalent — (of bonding) resulting from electrostatic attraction between positive and negative ions; ionic.
- endeavourment — the act of endeavouring
- environmental — Relating to the natural world and the impact of human activity on its condition.
- equivocalness — The state of being equivocal; ambiguity.
- equivocations — Plural form of equivocation.
- ever and anon — now and then
- evocativeness — The state or condition of being evocative.
- extravasation — The exudation of blood, lymph or urine from a vessel into the tissues.
- favorableness — Alternative spelling of favourableness.
- ferrovanadium — a ferroalloy containing up to 55 percent vanadium.
- flavoproteins — Plural form of flavoprotein.
- flavopurpurin — a yellow, crystalline anthraquinone dye, C 14 H 8 O 5 , isomeric with purpurin.
- floating vote — those voters collectively who are not permanently attached to any political party.
- foramen ovale — the small, oval opening in the wall that separates the atria of the heart in a normal fetus: it allows blood to bypass the nonfunctioning fetal lungs until the time of birth when it gradually closes up
- fosamprenavir — (pharmaceutical drug) An anti-retroviral prodrug of the protease inhibitor amprenavir. It is used to treat HIV infected patients.
- galvanisation — Alternative form of galvanization.
- galvanization — to stimulate by or as if by a galvanic current.
- galvanometers — Plural form of galvanometer.
- galvanometric — Of or pertaining to galvanometry.
- galvanoplasty — electrotypy.
- galveston bay — an inlet of the Gulf of Mexico.
- gas reversion — Gas reversion is a process which combines thermal cracking or reforming of naphtha with thermal polymerization or alkylation of hydrocarbon gases, which is carried out in the same reaction place.
- geonavigation — navigation by means of observations of terrestrial features.
- get a move on — to pass from one place or position to another.
- golden valley — a town in SE Minnesota.
- governability — to rule over by right of authority: to govern a nation.
- graminivorous — feeding or subsisting on grass: a graminivorous bird.
- graphic novel — a novel in the form of comic strips.
- grave-robbing — a person who steals valuables from graves and tombs: Graverobbers had emptied the Mayan tomb before archaeologists could examine its contents.
- gravitational — Physics. the force of attraction between any two masses. Compare law of gravitation. an act or process caused by this force.
- hand in glove — the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
- hand-in-glove — the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
- have a bun on — have a bun on, Slang. to be intoxicated: Everyone at the party seemed to have a bun on.
- have a mad on — to be angry
- have occasion — If you have occasion to do something, it is necessary for you to do it.
- heaven forbid — You say 'Heaven forbid!' to emphasize that you very much hope that something will not happen.