13-letter words containing s, e, v, r, d
- eavesdropping — to listen secretly to a private conversation.
- evening dress — formal clothing
- field service — military service performed in the field
- 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.
- friendsgiving — a gathering of friends to celebrate Thanksgiving with a feast, falling near or on Thanksgiving Day, in contrast to the traditional celebrations that typically involve family.
- goods service — a transport service in which goods are sent by train from one location to another
- half-silvered — (of a mirror) having an incomplete reflective coating, so that half the incident light is reflected and half transmitted: used in optical instruments and two-way mirrors
- harvest index — a measurement of crop yield: the weight of a harvested product as a percentage of the total plant weight of a crop.
- hors d'oeuvre — a small bit of appetizing food, as spicy meat, fish, cheese, or a preparation of chopped or creamed foods, often served on crackers or small pieces of toast, for eating at cocktail parties or other gatherings where drinks are served with no other food.
- hors doeuvres — Hors d'oeuvres are small amounts of food served before the main course of a meal.
- 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
- landgraviates — Plural form of landgraviate.
- legal adviser — a lawyer who gives advice
- midsummer eve — the evening preceding Midsummer Day: formerly believed to be a time when witches and other supernatural beings caused widespread mischief.
- 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
- never say die — to cease to live; undergo the complete and permanent cessation of all vital functions; become dead.
- nonadsorptive — Not adsorptive.
- nondiscursive — passing aimlessly from one subject to another; digressive; rambling.
- nondispersive — not dispersive
- nondisruptive — causing, tending to cause, or caused by disruption; disrupting: the disruptive effect of their rioting.
- over the odds — more than is expected, necessary, etc
- over-designed — having too many design features; fussy
- over-promised — a declaration that something will or will not be done, given, etc., by one: unkept political promises.
- over-standing — overreach (def 13).
- overcredulous — willing to believe or trust too readily, especially without proper or adequate evidence; gullible.
- overdiagnosed — Simple past tense and past participle of overdiagnose.
- overdiagnosis — excessive diagnosis of a disease
- overdiversity — excessive diversity
- overdramatise — Alternative spelling of overdramatize.
- overestimated — Simple past tense and past participle of overestimate.
- overhead-shot — over one's head; aloft; up in the air or sky, especially near the zenith: There was a cloud overhead.
- overimpressed — very impressed
- overnourished — to sustain with food or nutriment; supply with what is necessary for life, health, and growth.
- overprocessed — a systematic series of actions directed to some end: to devise a process for homogenizing milk.
- oversaturated — to cause (a substance) to unite with the greatest possible amount of another substance, through solution, chemical combination, or the like.
- overstretched — to stretch excessively.
- private study — the act or process of studying outwith classes
- radius vector — Mathematics. the length of the line segment joining a fixed point or origin to a given point.
- record sleeve — the outer covering of a phonograph record
- reductiveness — of or relating to reduction; serving to reduce or abridge: an urgent need for reductive measures.
- rendezvousing — an agreement between two or more persons to meet at a certain time and place.
- reserve-grade — denoting a sporting team of the second rank in a club
- reserved list — a list of retired naval, army, or air-force officers available for recall to active service in an emergency
- reserved word — a word in a programming language or computer system that has a fixed meaning and therefore cannot be redefined by a programmer