13-letter words containing o, v, e, r, a, n
- prove a point — If you prove a point, you show other people that you know something or can do something, although your action may have no other purpose.
- provincialise — to make provincial in character.
- provincialize — to make provincial in character.
- pulverization — to reduce to dust or powder, as by pounding or grinding.
- ratiocinative — the process of logical reasoning.
- re-activation — to render active again; revive.
- re-evaluation — an act or instance of evaluating or appraising.
- recording van — a van containing sound and image recording equipment, used as a mobile recording studio
- recultivation — the act or art of cultivating.
- reinnervation — the restoration of a nerve supply by surgery or by regeneration
- reinvigorated — to give vigor to; fill with life and energy; energize.
- reinvigorator — something that gives new life and energy (to something)
- remonstrative — to say or plead in protest, objection, or disapproval.
- revaccination — the act or practice of vaccinating; inoculation with vaccine.
- revelationist — a person who believes in divine revelation.
- revendication — the process or act of revendicating
- reverberation — a reechoed sound.
- revindication — the act of vindicating.
- revolutionary — of, pertaining to, characterized by, or of the nature of a revolution, or a sudden, complete, or marked change: a revolutionary junta.
- 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.
- risk aversion — a strong disinclination to take risks
- rivalrousness — characterized by rivalry; competitive: the rivalrous aspect of their friendship.
- rocking valve — (on a steam engine) a valve mechanism oscillating through an arc to open and close.
- romantic love — love characterized by romance and involving sexual attraction
- rose d'anvers — a gem having a rose cut of 12 or fewer facets.
- rosenkavalier — an opera (1911) by Richard Strauss.
- russian olive — oleaster.
- shaving horse — a trestle for supporting and steadying a piece of work being shaved.
- shrove monday — the Monday before Ash Wednesday.
- shrove sunday — the Sunday before Ash Wednesday; Quinquagesima.
- silver salmon — coho salmon.
- slieve donard — a mountain in SE Northern Ireland, in the Mourne Mountains: highest peak in Northern Ireland. Height: 853 m (2798 ft)
- stain remover — a substance designed for removing stains or dirty marks, as from clothes, carpets, etc
- standover man — a person who extorts money by intimidation
- subordinative — placed in or belonging to a lower order or rank.
- to break even — When a company or a person running a business breaks even, they make neither a profit nor a loss.
- touch a nerve — to mention or bring to mind a sensitive issue or subject
- ultra-violent — acting with or characterized by uncontrolled, strong, rough force: a violent earthquake.
- ultraviolence — acts of extreme violence, esp those shown on television or film
- unadventurous — inclined or willing to engage in adventures; enjoying adventures.
- unconversable — inappropriate for conversation
- uncooperative — working or acting together willingly for a common purpose or benefit.
- uninformative — not educational
- unprovocative — tending or serving to provoke; inciting, stimulating, irritating, or vexing.
- unrecoverable — able to recover or be recovered: a patient now believed to be recoverable; recoverable losses on his investments.
- unrecoverably — in an unrecoverable or irrecoverable manner
- upland plover — a large, field-inhabiting sandpiper, Bartramia longicauda, of eastern North America, resembling a plover: now protected and increasing in numbers.
- valedictorian — a student, usually the one ranking highest academically in a school graduating class, who delivers the valedictory at the commencement exercises.
- vandyke brown — a medium brown color.
- vapor tension — vapor pressure.