13-letter words containing r, t, e, v, d
- diving petrel — any of several small seabirds of the family Pelecanoididae, of Southern Hemisphere seas, having compact bodies, tubelike processes near the nostrils, and usually drab plumage.
- divinyl ether — vinyl ether.
- divorce court — a court having jurisdiction over termination of marital relations, as actions for divorce or annulment.
- downconverter — A device that converts a signal to a lower frequency, especially in television reception.
- 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.
- driver's seat — the seat from which a vehicle is operated.
- dronkverdriet — drunk and maudlin
- endeavourment — the act of endeavouring
- even-tempered — mild mannered
- evidentiarily — In an evidentiary way.
- expert advice — advice given by someone who has studied a subject thoroughly or who is very skilled at a particular job
- harvest index — a measurement of crop yield: the weight of a harvested product as a percentage of the total plant weight of a crop.
- heavy-hearted — sorrowful; melancholy; dejected.
- impredicative — (of a definition) given in terms that require quantification over a range that includes that which is to be defined, as having all the properties of a great general where one of the properties as ascribed must be that property itself
- improvidently — In an improvident manner.
- inadvertently — unintentional: an inadvertent insult.
- 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
- l-d converter — a vessel in which steel is made from pig iron by blowing oxygen into the molten metal through a water-cooled tube
- landgraviates — Plural form of landgraviate.
- levant dollar — a silver coin, either a Maria Theresa thaler or an imitation of one, formerly used for trade with Abyssinia, Eritrea, Aden, etc. Imitations bear the date 1780 regardless of the year of minting.
- lord advocate — (in Scotland) the chief law officer of the Crown who acts as public prosecutor and is in charge of the administration of criminal justice
- market-driven — controlled and guided by commercial considerations
- misadventured — (obsolete) unfortunate.
- misadventurer — a person who experiences misadventure or misfortune
- misadventures — Plural form of misadventure.
- misadvertence — inadvertence
- mohave desert — a desert in S California: part of the Great Basin. About 15,000 sq. mi. (38,850 sq. km).
- mojave desert — a desert in S California: part of the Great Basin. About 15,000 sq. mi. (38,850 sq. km).
- most reverend — title of high-ranking church minister
- much-traveled — A much-traveled person has traveled a lot in foreign countries.
- non-divergent — diverging; differing; deviating.
- nonadsorptive — Not adsorptive.
- nonderivative — Not derivative.
- nondisruptive — causing, tending to cause, or caused by disruption; disrupting: the disruptive effect of their rioting.
- nonproductive — not productive; unproductive.
- north andover — a city in NE Massachusetts.
- old favourite — If you refer to something as an old favourite, you mean that it has been in existence for a long time and everyone knows it or likes it.
- optical drive — optical disk drive
- outmaneuvered — Simple past tense and past participle of outmaneuver.
- outmanoeuvred — Simple past tense and past participle of outmanoeuvre.
- over the odds — more than is expected, necessary, etc
- over-abundant — an excessive amount or abundance; surfeit: an overabundance of sugar in the diet.
- over-detailed — having many details: a detailed problem.
- over-educated — to develop the faculties and powers of (a person) by teaching, instruction, or schooling. Synonyms: instruct, school, drill, indoctrinate.
- over-identify — to recognize or establish as being a particular person or thing; verify the identity of: to identify handwriting; to identify the bearer of a check.
- over-standing — overreach (def 13).
- over-the-road — of, for, or pertaining to transportation on public highways: over-the-road trucks.
- overallocated — Allocated in excess.