13-letter words containing o, v, i, d
- 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.
- divarications — Plural form of divarication.
- 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
- division ring — a ring in which the set of nonzero elements is a group with the operation of multiplication.
- division sign — the symbol (÷) or (/) placed between two expressions and denoting division of the first by the second.
- 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.
- double vision — diplopia.
- 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.
- eavesdropping — to listen secretly to a private conversation.
- economy drive — a campaign by the government or a firm to reduce expenditure and make savings
- eventide home — a retirement home
- exploded view — a drawing or photograph of a complicated mechanism that shows the individual parts separately, usually indicating their relative positions
- fast dissolve — a transition that fades out one scene and replaces it with another, merging the two scenes imperceptibly
- ferrovanadium — a ferroalloy containing up to 55 percent vanadium.
- field of view — field (def 13).
- 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.
- food additive — additive (def 4).
- 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
- hand in glove — the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
- hand-in-glove — the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
- 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
- homing device — a mechanism incorporated into a guided missile, airplane, etc., that aims it toward its objective.
- hybrid vigour — the increased size, strength, etc, of a hybrid as compared to either of its parents
- ill-conceived — badly conceived or planned: an ill-conceived project.
- improvidently — In an improvident manner.
- in advance of — prior to
- indissolvable — Not dissolvable; incapable of being dissolved or separated.
- individuation — the act of individuating.
- 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
- invidiousness — (rare) Malevolent provocation of dislike or resentment; the state or quality of being invidious.
- joie de vivre — a delight in being alive; keen, carefree enjoyment of living.
- ladino clover — a giant variety of white clover, Trifolium repens lodigense, used for pasture and hay.
- levelling rod — a graduated rod that is used to determine differences in elevation
- long division — division, usually by a number of two or more digits, in which each step of the process is written down.
- maiden voyage — the first voyage of a ship after its acceptance by the owners from the builders.