13-letter words containing n, u, v
- counteractive — to act in opposition to; frustrate by contrary action.
- countermoving — Present participle of countermove.
- countervailed — Simple past tense and past participle of countervail.
- country fever — malaria.
- cover-mounted — Cover-mounted items such as cassettes, videos and CDs are attached to the front of a magazine as free gifts.
- coveteousness — Alternative spelling of covetousness.
- cup and cover — a turning used in Elizabethan and Jacobean furniture and resembling a goblet with a domed cover.
- curve fitting — the determination of a curve that fits a specified set of points: The method of least squares is commonly used for curve fitting.
- curvilinearly — In a curvilinear way.
- cushion cover — a fabric cover, often with a decorative design, designed to protect a cushion
- cut-and-cover — designating a method of constructing a tunnel by excavating a cutting to the required depth and then backfilling the excavation over the tunnel roof
- deconvolution — A process of resolving something into its constituent elements or removing complication in order to clarify it.
- demi-culverin — a culverin having a bore of about 4½ inches (11 cm) and firing a shot of about 10 pounds (5 kg).
- devolutionary — the act or fact of devolving; passage onward from stage to stage.
- diffusiveness — The state or quality of being diffusive.
- disjunctively — In a disjunctive manner.
- dispurveyance — the lack of provisions
- documentative — Of or pertaining to documents or documentation.
- double vision — diplopia.
- drummondville — a city in S Quebec, in E Canada.
- drunk driving — the operating of a motor vehicle while drunk.
- 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.
- equivalencing — Present participle of equivalence.
- equivocalness — The state of being equivocal; ambiguity.
- equivocations — Plural form of equivocation.
- eve's pudding — a baked sponge pudding with a layer of apple at the bottom
- eventualities — Plural form of eventuality.
- exclusiveness — The state of being exclusive; exclusivity.
- excursiveness — The quality of being discursive.
- ferrovanadium — a ferroalloy containing up to 55 percent vanadium.
- flavopurpurin — a yellow, crystalline anthraquinone dye, C 14 H 8 O 5 , isomeric with purpurin.
- frequentative — noting or pertaining to a verb aspect expressing repetition of an action.
- frivolousness — characterized by lack of seriousness or sense: frivolous conduct.
- fuerteventura — a Spanish island off the NW coast of Africa, one of the Canary Islands. 641 sq. mi. (1660 sq. km).
- furniture van — a van designed to move the furniture of a house, office, etc, to another place
- graminivorous — feeding or subsisting on grass: a graminivorous bird.
- h and d curve — characteristic curve.
- hairpin curve — A hairpin curve or a hairpin is a very sharp bend in a road, where the road turns back in the opposite direction.
- hallucinative — a sensory experience of something that does not exist outside the mind, caused by various physical and mental disorders, or by reaction to certain toxic substances, and usually manifested as visual or auditory images.
- have a bun on — have a bun on, Slang. to be intoxicated: Everyone at the party seemed to have a bun on.
- hypervirulent — actively poisonous; intensely noxious: a virulent insect bite.
- impulsiveness — actuated or swayed by emotional or involuntary impulses: an impulsive child.
- inclusiveness — including or encompassing the stated limit or extremes in consideration or account (usually used postpositively): from 6 to 37 inclusive.
- inconsecutive — not consecutive.
- incultivation — (obsolete) Want of cultivation.
- individualise — (British spelling) alternative spelling of individualize.
- individualism — a social theory advocating the liberty, rights, or independent action of the individual.
- individualist — a person who shows great independence or individuality in thought or action.