13-letter words containing o, s, i, v
- investigation — the act or process of investigating or the condition of being investigated.
- investigators — Plural form of investigator.
- investigatory — to examine, study, or inquire into systematically; search or examine into the particulars of; examine in detail.
- invidiousness — (rare) Malevolent provocation of dislike or resentment; the state or quality of being invidious.
- inviolateness — The state of being inviolate.
- invitationals — Plural form of invitational.
- labour-saving — A labour-saving device or idea makes it possible for you to do something with less effort than usual.
- lateroversion — abnormal lateral displacement of a bodily organ or part, esp of the uterus
- leonine verse — a form of verse, based upon an earlier Latin form, with a rhyme scheme that requires the last word in a line to rhyme with the word just before a caesura or with a word near the middle of the line.
- livery colors — the principal tinctures of a coat of arms, usually one color and one metal, used for liveries, standards, etc.
- living fossil — an organism that is a living example of an otherwise extinct group and that has remained virtually unchanged in structure and function over a long period of time, as the coelacanth and the horseshoe crab.
- living stones — any of various succulent plants of the genus Lithops, native to Africa, having solitary yellow or white flowers and thick leaves that resemble stones.
- long division — division, usually by a number of two or more digits, in which each step of the process is written down.
- love-stricken — If you describe someone as love-stricken, you mean that they are so much in love that they are behaving in a strange and foolish way.
- low explosive — a relatively slow-burning explosive, usually set off by heat or friction, used for propelling charges in guns or for ordinary blasting.
- marriage vows — promises made as part of wedding ceremony
- microvascular — Of or relating to the smallest blood vessels.
- mischievously — maliciously or playfully annoying.
- misconceiving — Present participle of misconceive.
- misevaluation — an act or instance of evaluating or appraising.
- misgovernance — to govern or manage badly.
- misgovernment — to govern or manage badly.
- misobservance — a failure to observe thoroughly or properly
- mission viejo — a city in SW California.
- modus vivendi — manner of living; way of life; lifestyle.
- morbillivirus — a genus of viruses in the family Paramyxoviridae causing infectious diseases such as measles, distemper, or rinderpest
- mosaic vision — a type of vision hypothesized for the insect compound eye, in which the image is formed by hundreds of separate ommatidia.
- movie actress — a female who acts in films or movies
- nectarivorous — feeding on nectar
- neopositivism — A resurgent positivism, or an updated version of it.
- nicholasville — a town in central Kentucky.
- nicoise olive — a small variety of olive with a rich, nutty flavor.
- non-assertive — confidently aggressive or self-assured; positive: aggressive; dogmatic: He is too assertive as a salesman.
- non-causative — acting as a cause; producing (often followed by of): a causative agency; an event causative of war.
- non-corrosive — having the quality of corroding or eating away; erosive.
- non-defensive — serving to defend; protective: defensive armament.
- non-exclusive — not admitting of something else; incompatible: mutually exclusive plans of action.
- non-intrusive — tending or apt to intrude; coming without invitation or welcome: intrusive memories of a lost love.
- non-offensive — causing resentful displeasure; highly irritating, angering, or annoying: offensive television commercials.
- non-sovereign — a monarch; a king, queen, or other supreme ruler.
- non-vesicular — of or relating to a vesicle or vesicles.
- nonabsorptive — Not absorptive.
- nonadsorptive — Not adsorptive.
- nonaggressive — Not aggressive.
- nonchauvinist — a person who is not a chauvinist
- nondiscursive — passing aimlessly from one subject to another; digressive; rambling.
- nondispersive — not dispersive
- nondisruptive — causing, tending to cause, or caused by disruption; disrupting: the disruptive effect of their rioting.
- nondivisional — Not divisional.
- nonexhaustive — exhausting a subject, topic, etc.; comprehensive; thorough: He published an exhaustive study of Greek vases.