13-letter words containing o, v, e
- deteriorative — tending to deteriorate
- developmental — Developmental means relating to the development of someone or something.
- devil worship — the worship of Satan or of a demon
- devirgination — The loss of a girl or woman's virginity.
- devolutionary — the act or fact of devolving; passage onward from stage to stage.
- devotionalist — a devotee
- digital video — video output based on digital rather than analogue signals
- discovery bay — an inlet of the Indian Ocean in SE Australia
- discovery day — Columbus Day.
- disinvigorate — to deprive of vigour
- dispositively — in a dispositive manner
- dissolve into — If you dissolve into or dissolve in tears or laughter, you begin to cry or laugh, because you cannot control yourself.
- diversionists — Plural form of diversionist.
- divine comedy — a narrative epic poem (14th century) by Dante.
- divine mother — the creative, dynamic aspect of the Godhead, the consort or Shakti of Brahma, Vishnu, or Shiva, variously known as Devi, Durga, Kālī, Shakti, etc.
- divine office — office (def 12c).
- division bell — a bell rung in a parliament to signal a division
- divorce court — a court having jurisdiction over termination of marital relations, as actions for divorce or annulment.
- documentative — Of or pertaining to documents or documentation.
- dolman sleeve — a sleeve tapered from a very large armhole to fit closely at the wrist, used on women's garments.
- double vision — diplopia.
- downconverter — A device that converts a signal to a lower frequency, especially in television reception.
- downers grove — a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- draft version — a preliminary version
- drive-through — the act of driving through a specified locality or place, especially driving into a place of business, completing a transaction from one's car, and driving out: a quick drive-through of Beverly Hills; The bank has outside tellers' windows to accept deposits by drive-through.
- driving force — impetus
- dronkverdriet — drunk and maudlin
- drummondville — a city in S Quebec, in E Canada.
- eavesdroppers — Plural form of eavesdropper.
- eavesdropping — to listen secretly to a private conversation.
- ebola (virus) — an RNA virus (family Filoviridae) that causes fever, internal bleeding, and, often, death
- economy drive — a campaign by the government or a firm to reduce expenditure and make savings
- electroactive — (of living tissue) exhibiting electrical activity or responsive to electrical stimuli
- electromotive — Producing or tending to produce an electric current.
- electron volt — a unit of energy equal to that attained by an electron falling unimpeded through a potential difference of one volt; 1.602 × 10-19 joule
- electrovalent — (of bonding) resulting from electrostatic attraction between positive and negative ions; ionic.
- elevator shoe — a shoe designed to increase the wearer's height
- 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.
- escort vessel — ship that accompanies another
- 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.