13-letter words containing n, o, e, v
- electrovalent — (of bonding) resulting from electrostatic attraction between positive and negative ions; ionic.
- eleventh hour — If someone does something at the eleventh hour, they do it at the last possible moment.
- endeavourment — the act of endeavouring
- enteroviruses — Plural form of enterovirus.
- 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.
- ethchlorvynol — A sedative and hypnotic drug used to treat insomnia.
- evening stock — a plant, Matthiola incana, of the genus Matthiola, of the Mediterranean region, cultivated for its brightly coloured flowers: Brassicaceae (crucifers)
- event horizon — the surface around a black hole enclosing the space from which electromagnetic radiation cannot escape due to gravitational attraction. For a non-rotating black hole, the radius is proportional to the mass of the black hole
- eventide home — a retirement home
- ever and anon — now and then
- evocativeness — The state or condition of being evocative.
- explosiveness — The state of being explosive.
- extravasation — The exudation of blood, lymph or urine from a vessel into the tissues.
- extroversions — Plural form of extroversion.
- favorableness — Alternative spelling of favourableness.
- ferrovanadium — a ferroalloy containing up to 55 percent vanadium.
- flavoproteins — Plural form of flavoprotein.
- floating vote — those voters collectively who are not permanently attached to any political party.
- floorcovering — A covering for a floor.
- 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
- forgivingness — disposed to forgive; indicating forgiveness: a forgiving soul; a forgiving smile.
- forty-seventh — next after the forty-sixth; being the ordinal number for 47.
- fosamprenavir — (pharmaceutical drug) An anti-retroviral prodrug of the protease inhibitor amprenavir. It is used to treat HIV infected patients.
- frivolousness — characterized by lack of seriousness or sense: frivolous conduct.
- galvanometers — Plural form of galvanometer.
- galvanometric — Of or pertaining to galvanometry.
- 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 plover — either of two plovers of the genus Pluvialis, having the back marked with golden-yellow spots, P. apricaria, of Europe, or P. dominica, of America.
- golden valley — a town in SE Minnesota.
- governability — to rule over by right of authority: to govern a nation.
- governmentese — complicated or obscurantist language thought to be characteristic of government bureaucratic statements; officialese.
- 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.
- green vitriol — a bluish-green, crystalline, saline-tasting, water-soluble heptahydrated solid, FeSO 4 ⋅7H 2 O, used chiefly in the manufacture of other iron salts, in water purification, fertilizer, inks, pigments, tanning, photography, and in medicine in the treatment of anemia.
- 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.
- heavenly body — celestial object: star, planet, etc.
- hevelian halo — a faint white halo with an angular radius of 90° that is occasionally seen around the sun or the moon, thought to be caused by the reflection and refraction of sunlight by ice crystals.
- home invasion — an act or instance of entering an occupied residence with the intent to commit a burglary or other crime.
- homing device — a mechanism incorporated into a guided missile, airplane, etc., that aims it toward its objective.
- host an event — If a hotel or organization hosts an event, it provides the facilities for the event to take place.