13-letter words containing o, v, i
- get over with — If you want to get something unpleasant over with, you want to do it or finish experiencing it quickly, since you cannot avoid it.
- give birth to — an act or instance of being born: the day of his birth.
- give mouth to — to express in speech; say
- give pause to — to cause to hesitate
- give priority — If you give priority to something or someone, you treat them as more important than anything or anyone else.
- give voice to — If you give voice to an opinion, a need, or a desire, you express it aloud.
- good behavior — satisfactory, proper, or polite conduct.
- goods service — a transport service in which goods are sent by train from one location to another
- governability — to rule over by right of authority: to govern a nation.
- gram-positive — (of bacteria) retaining the violet dye when stained by Gram's method.
- graminivorous — feeding or subsisting on grass: a graminivorous bird.
- graphic novel — a novel in the form of comic strips.
- grave-robbing — a person who steals valuables from graves and tombs: Graverobbers had emptied the Mayan tomb before archaeologists could examine its contents.
- gravel-voiced — speaking in a rough and rasping tone
- gravitational — Physics. the force of attraction between any two masses. Compare law of gravitation. an act or process caused by this force.
- gravity clock — a clock driven by its own weight as it descends a rack, cord, incline, etc.
- green vitriol — a bluish-green, crystalline, saline-tasting, water-soluble heptahydrated solid, FeSO 4 ⋅7H 2 O, used chiefly in the manufacture of other iron salts, in water purification, fertilizer, inks, pigments, tanning, photography, and in medicine in the treatment of anemia.
- group of five — France, Japan, UK, US, and Germany acting as a group to stabilize their currency exchange rates
- 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.
- have occasion — If you have occasion to do something, it is necessary for you to do it.
- heaven forbid — You say 'Heaven forbid!' to emphasize that you very much hope that something will not happen.
- hevelian halo — a faint white halo with an angular radius of 90° that is occasionally seen around the sun or the moon, thought to be caused by the reflection and refraction of sunlight by ice crystals.
- high-velocity — having an above average velocity
- home delivery — delivery to one's home
- home invasion — an act or instance of entering an occupied residence with the intent to commit a burglary or other crime.
- 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
- hypervelocity — extremely high velocity, as of projectiles, space vehicles, or accelerated nuclear particles.
- hyposensitive — low or diminished sensitivity to stimulation.
- hypoventilate — (intransitive) To undergo hypoventilation.
- ill-conceived — badly conceived or planned: an ill-conceived project.
- immovableness — The quality of being immovable.
- impoverishing — Present participle of impoverish.
- improgressive — (archaic) Not progressive.
- improvability — to bring into a more desirable or excellent condition: He took vitamins to improve his health.
- improvidently — In an improvident manner.
- improvisation — the art or act of improvising, or of composing, uttering, executing, or arranging anything without previous preparation: Musical improvisation involves imagination and creativity.
- improvisatore — An individual who recites impromptu verse, as from a song or poem.
- improvisatori — Plural form of improvisatore.
- improvisatory — of, relating to, or characteristic of an improvisation or improvisator.
- in advance of — prior to
- in sb's favor — If someone makes a judgment in your favor, they say that you are right about something.
- in the groove — a long, narrow cut or indentation in a surface, as the cut in a board to receive the tongue of another board (tongue-and-groove joint) a furrow, or a natural indentation on an organism.
- in-observance — lack of attention; inattention; heedlessness: drowsy inobservance.
- inconceivable — not conceivable; unimaginable; unthinkable.
- inconceivably — not conceivable; unimaginable; unthinkable.
- inconsecutive — not consecutive.
- inconvenience — the quality or state of being inconvenient.
- inconveniency — inconvenience.