13-letter words containing o, v, i, c
- controverting — to argue against; dispute; deny; oppose.
- controvertist — a controversialist
- convalidation — In Roman Catholic canon law, the making of a putative marriage valid following the removal of some impediment.
- conventionary — (of a form of tenure) fixed by convention as opposed to custom
- conventioneer — Conventioneers are people who are attending a convention.
- conventionist — a conventioneer
- conversations — Plural form of conversation.
- conversazione — a social gathering for discussion of the arts, literature, etc
- convertiplane — an aircraft that can land and take off vertically by temporarily directing its propulsive thrust downwards
- convocational — Of or pertaining to a convocation.
- convulsionary — of or affected with convulsion.
- convulsionist — a person who believes that major geological changes were caused by intense convulsions
- cooperatively — working or acting together willingly for a common purpose or benefit.
- cooperativity — an interaction between structural units within a molecule or between molecules in an assemblage that enables the system to respond more sharply to an external change than would isolated units
- copy negative — master (def 21).
- coronary vein — any of several veins that receive blood from the heart wall and empty into the coronary sinus.
- coronaviruses — Plural form of coronavirus.
- corporativism — corporatism
- correlatively — so related that each implies or complements the other.
- corresponsive — corresponding
- corroborative — Corroborative evidence or information supports an idea, account, or argument.
- corrosiveness — having the quality of corroding or eating away; erosive.
- cote d'ivoire — a republic in West Africa, on the Gulf of Guinea: Portuguese trading for ivory and slaves began in the 16th century; made a French protectorate in 1842 and became independent in 1960; major producer of coffee and cocoa. Official language: French. Religion: Muslim majority, with animist, atheist, and Roman Catholic minorities. Currency: franc. Capital: Yamoussoukro (administrative); Abidjan (legislative). Pop: 22 400 835 (2013 est). Area: 319 820 sq km (123 483 sq miles)
- counteractive — to act in opposition to; frustrate by contrary action.
- countermoving — Present participle of countermove.
- countervailed — Simple past tense and past participle of countervail.
- cove lighting — indirect lighting directed upward from an interior cornice or the like toward a cove at the edge of the ceiling.
- cover bidding — the act of tendering an artificially high price for a contract, on the assumption that the tender will not be accepted
- cover version — A cover version of a song is a version of it recorded by a singer or band who did not originally perform the song.
- covering fire — firing intended to protect an individual or formation making a movement by forcing the enemy to take cover
- coversed sine — obsolete function in trigonometry
- covert action — a secret action undertaken to influence the course of political events, as a government intelligence operation.
- crossing over — the interchange of sections between pairing homologous chromosomes during the diplotene stage of meiosis. It results in the rearrangement of genes and produces variation in the inherited characteristics of the offspring
- cushion cover — a fabric cover, often with a decorative design, designed to protect a cushion
- deconvolution — A process of resolving something into its constituent elements or removing complication in order to clarify it.
- discovery bay — an inlet of the Indian Ocean in SE Australia
- discovery day — Columbus Day.
- divarications — Plural form of divarication.
- divine comedy — a narrative epic poem (14th century) by Dante.
- divine office — office (def 12c).
- 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.
- domical vault — cloistered vault.
- driving force — impetus
- 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.
- equivocalness — The state of being equivocal; ambiguity.
- equivocations — Plural form of equivocation.
- evening stock — a plant, Matthiola incana, of the genus Matthiola, of the Mediterranean region, cultivated for its brightly coloured flowers: Brassicaceae (crucifers)