13-letter words containing s, r, i, v
- movie actress — a female who acts in films or movies
- multigravidas — Plural form of multigravida.
- naive realism — the theory that the world is perceived exactly as it is.
- navy register — (in the US) an annual publication giving genealogical information about the commissioned and warrant officers in the US Navy.
- nectarivorous — feeding on nectar
- nerve impulse — a progressive wave of electric and chemical activity along a nerve fiber that stimulates or inhibits the action of a muscle, gland, or other nerve cell.
- never say die — to cease to live; undergo the complete and permanent cessation of all vital functions; become dead.
- nickel silver — German silver.
- non-assertive — confidently aggressive or self-assured; positive: aggressive; dogmatic: He is too assertive as a salesman.
- non-corrosive — having the quality of corroding or eating away; erosive.
- non-intrusive — tending or apt to intrude; coming without invitation or welcome: intrusive memories of a lost love.
- non-sovereign — a monarch; a king, queen, or other supreme ruler.
- non-vesicular — of or relating to a vesicle or vesicles.
- nonabsorptive — Not absorptive.
- nonadsorptive — Not adsorptive.
- nonaggressive — Not aggressive.
- 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.
- nonpermissive — habitually or characteristically accepting or tolerant of something, as social behavior or linguistic usage, that others might disapprove or forbid.
- nonresponsive — responding especially readily and sympathetically to appeals, efforts, influences, etc.: a responsive government.
- nonreversible — capable of reversing or of being reversed.
- nontransitive — Grammar. having the nature of a transitive verb.
- nonuniversity — distinct from university, not university-based
- normativeness — The quality or state of being normative.
- normotensives — Plural form of normotensive.
- norwalk virus — a norovirus.
- nowheresville — a remote or isolated town or village.
- observability — capable of being or liable to be observed; noticeable; visible; discernible: an observable change in attitude.
- observational — of, relating to, or founded on observation, especially founded on observation rather than experiment.
- observatories — Plural form of observatory.
- obstructively — In an obstructive manner.
- obtrusiveness — having or showing a disposition to obtrude, as by imposing oneself or one's opinions on others.
- open universe — a model of the universe in which the universe expands forever because there is not enough mass to counteract the expansion by means of gravitational attraction.
- operativeness — (uncountable) The state or quality of being operative.
- ovariectomies — Plural form of ovariectomy.
- over-cautious — excessively or unnecessarily cautious: Sometimes it doesn't pay to be overcautious in business.
- over-designed — having too many design features; fussy
- over-effusive — unduly demonstrative; lacking reserve: effusive greetings; an effusive person.
- over-estimate — to estimate at too high a value, amount, rate, or the like: Don't overestimate the car's trade-in value.
- over-exercise — bodily or mental exertion, especially for the sake of training or improvement of health: Walking is good exercise.
- over-promised — a declaration that something will or will not be done, given, etc., by one: unkept political promises.
- over-shipment — an act or instance of shipping freight or cargo.
- over-standing — overreach (def 13).
- over-trusting — reliance on the integrity, strength, ability, surety, etc., of a person or thing; confidence.
- overachievers — Plural form of overachiever.
- overambitious — having ambition; eagerly desirous of achieving or obtaining success, power, wealth, a specific goal, etc.: ambitious students.
- overappraisal — An appraisal that overvalues something.
- overassertion — assertion of something to an excessive or unnecessary degree
- overassertive — excessively assertive, esp in an unpleasant way