13-letter words containing o, v, e, r, d
- drummondville — a city in S Quebec, in E Canada.
- eavesdroppers — Plural form of eavesdropper.
- eavesdropping — to listen secretly to a private conversation.
- economy drive — a campaign by the government or a firm to reduce expenditure and make savings
- endeavourment — the act of endeavouring
- ever and anon — now and then
- ferrovanadium — a ferroalloy containing up to 55 percent vanadium.
- field servoid — (jargon, abuse) /fee'ld ser'voyd/ A play on "android", a derogatory term for a representative of a field service organisation (see field circus), suggesting an unintelligent rule-driven approach to servicing computer hardware.
- full-flavored — Full-flavored food or wine has a pleasant fairly strong taste.
- go over-board — over the side of a ship or boat, especially into or in the water: to fall overboard.
- 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.
- good behavior — satisfactory, proper, or polite conduct.
- goods service — a transport service in which goods are sent by train from one location to another
- gravel-voiced — speaking in a rough and rasping tone
- have a record — to be a known criminal; have a previous conviction or convictions
- heaven forbid — You say 'Heaven forbid!' to emphasize that you very much hope that something will not happen.
- home delivery — delivery to one's home
- hors d'oeuvre — a small bit of appetizing food, as spicy meat, fish, cheese, or a preparation of chopped or creamed foods, often served on crackers or small pieces of toast, for eating at cocktail parties or other gatherings where drinks are served with no other food.
- hors doeuvres — Hors d'oeuvres are small amounts of food served before the main course of a meal.
- improvidently — In an improvident manner.
- introvertedly — In an introverted manner.
- inverted snob — a person who scorns the conventions or attitudes of his own class or social group by attempting to identify with people of a supposedly lower class
- joie de vivre — a delight in being alive; keen, carefree enjoyment of living.
- l-d converter — a vessel in which steel is made from pig iron by blowing oxygen into the molten metal through a water-cooled tube
- ladino clover — a giant variety of white clover, Trifolium repens lodigense, used for pasture and hay.
- levant dollar — a silver coin, either a Maria Theresa thaler or an imitation of one, formerly used for trade with Abyssinia, Eritrea, Aden, etc. Imitations bear the date 1780 regardless of the year of minting.
- levelling rod — a graduated rod that is used to determine differences in elevation
- lord advocate — (in Scotland) the chief law officer of the Crown who acts as public prosecutor and is in charge of the administration of criminal justice
- madame bovary — a novel (1857) by Gustave Flaubert.
- milford haven — a bay in SW Wales.
- mohave desert — a desert in S California: part of the Great Basin. About 15,000 sq. mi. (38,850 sq. km).
- mojave desert — a desert in S California: part of the Great Basin. About 15,000 sq. mi. (38,850 sq. km).
- most reverend — title of high-ranking church minister
- mourning dove — variety of pigeon
- non-divergent — diverging; differing; deviating.
- nonadsorptive — Not adsorptive.
- nonderivative — Not derivative.
- 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.
- nonproductive — not productive; unproductive.
- north andover — a city in NE Massachusetts.
- old favourite — If you refer to something as an old favourite, you mean that it has been in existence for a long time and everyone knows it or likes it.
- old man river — a name for the Mississippi River
- old provencal — the Provençal language as found in documents from the 11th to the 16th centuries. Abbreviation: OPr.
- olduvai gorge — a gorge in Tanzania in which is located a site containing Australopithecine and human skeletal and cultural remains.
- on every hand — on all sides; in all directions
- optical drive — optical disk drive
- orchard valve — an alfalfa valve of lesser diameter than the pipe it closes.
- ordinary wave — Radio. (of the two waves into which a radio wave is divided in the ionosphere under the influence of the earth's magnetic field) the wave with characteristics more nearly resembling those that the undivided wave would have exhibited in the absence of the magnetic field.