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13-letter words containing r, e, a, g, v

  • glove factory — a factory where gloves are made
  • glove leather — a soft, smooth, pliable, stretchable leather.
  • go over-board — over the side of a ship or boat, especially into or in the water: to fall overboard.
  • good behavior — satisfactory, proper, or polite conduct.
  • governability — to rule over by right of authority: to govern a nation.
  • gram-negative — (of bacteria) not retaining the violet dye when stained by Gram's method.
  • gram-positive — (of bacteria) retaining the violet dye when stained by Gram's method.
  • gram-variable — of or relating to bacteria that stain irregularly with Gram's stain, being neither Gram-positive nor Gram-negative.
  • grape harvest — gathering of ripe grapes from the vine
  • grape variety — type of grape
  • graphic novel — a novel in the form of comic strips.
  • grave clothes — the wrappings in which a dead body is interred
  • 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
  • graving piece — a piece of wood let into a wooden hull to replace decayed wood.
  • gravity hinge — a hinge closing automatically by means of gravity.
  • gravity meter — gravimeter (def 2).
  • gravity scale — a scale giving the relative density of fluids
  • greek revival — a style of architecture, furnishings, and decoration prevalent in the U.S. and in parts of Europe in the first half of the 19th century, characterized by a more or less close imitation of ancient Greek designs and ornamented motifs.
  • grimes graves — an area of Neolithic flint mines in Suffolk, England, comprising more than 300 mine shafts and galleries.
  • hypervigilant — keenly watchful to detect danger; wary: a vigilant sentry.
  • integer vitae — blameless in life; innocent.
  • internegative — a color negative of a color transparency, made for purposes of duplication.
  • interrogative — of, relating to, or conveying a question.
  • investigators — Plural form of investigator.
  • investigatory — to examine, study, or inquire into systematically; search or examine into the particulars of; examine in detail.
  • involute gear — a gear tooth form that is generated by involute geometry
  • it governance — information technology governance
  • kangaroo vine — an Australian vine, Cissus antarctica, of the grape family, having shiny, leathery leaves.
  • landgraviates — Plural form of landgraviate.
  • legal adviser — a lawyer who gives advice
  • legal reserve — the amount of cash assets that a bank, insurance company, etc., is required by law to set aside as reserves.
  • liver sausage — liverwurst.
  • love triangle — relationship between three people
  • mangrove jack — a predatory food and game fish, Lutjanus argentimaculatus, of Australian rivers and tidal creeks dominated by mangroves
  • marcus garvey — Marcus (Moziah) [moh-zahy-uh] /moʊˈzaɪ ə/ (Show IPA), 1887–1940, Jamaican black-rights activist in the U.S. (1916–27): advocated emigration of black Americans to Africa.
  • marriage vows — promises made as part of wedding ceremony
  • megaherbivore — a large herbivore, such as an elephant, weighing more than 1000kg
  • misgovernance — to govern or manage badly.
  • moravian gate — a mountain pass between the Sudeten Mountains and the Tatra range of the Carpathians, leading from S Poland into N Moravia in the NE Czech Republic.
  • navy register — (in the US) an annual publication giving genealogical information about the commissioned and warrant officers in the US Navy.
  • nerve-racking — extremely irritating, annoying, or trying: a nerve-racking day; a nerve-racking noise.
  • nervewracking — Alternative form of nerve-wracking.
  • never-failing — that does not fail ever; unfailing
  • nigger heaven — peanut gallery (def 1).
  • nonaggressive — Not aggressive.
  • nonfigurative — of the nature of or involving a figure of speech, especially a metaphor; metaphorical and not literal: The word “head” has several figurative senses, as in “She's the head of the company.”. Synonyms: metaphorical, not literal, symbolic.
  • nonvegetarian — a person who is not vegetarian
  • objurgatively — In an objurgative or reproving manner.
  • olduvai gorge — a gorge in Tanzania in which is located a site containing Australopithecine and human skeletal and cultural remains.
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