13-letter words containing v, a, g, o
- overencourage — to encourage too much
- overflow flag — overflow bit
- overglamorize — to glamorize excessively
- overlay glass — case glass.
- overleveraged — (of a business organization) having an excessively high ratio of debt capital to equity capital
- overnight bag — a travel bag large enough to hold personal articles and clothing for an overnight trip.
- overpedalling — the overuse of the piano's pedals
- pacific grove — a city in W California, at S end of Monterey Bay.
- pham van dong — 1906–2000, Vietnamese political leader: prime minister of North Vietnam 1955–76 and of unified Vietnam 1976–86.
- photonegative — pertaining to a substance, as selenium, having a conductivity that decreases upon absorption of electromagnetic radiation.
- pigouvian tax — a tax levied to counter an economic negative externality, for example taxing producers of industrial pollution in order to encourage pollution control
- pivot grammar — a loose grammar said to govern two-word utterances by children
- plural voting — right to vote more than once
- point shaving — (especially in basketball) the illegal practice, by one or more bribed players, of deliberately limiting the number of points scored to conform to the desires of corrupt gamblers.
- point-shaving — (especially in basketball) the illegal practice, by one or more bribed players, of deliberately limiting the number of points scored to conform to the desires of corrupt gamblers.
- pole-vaulting — a field sport in which competitors attempt to clear a high bar with the aid of an extremely flexible long pole
- prerogatively — by way of privilege or prerogative
- provost guard — a detachment of soldiers assigned to police duties under the provost marshal.
- recording van — a van containing sound and image recording equipment, used as a mobile recording studio
- reinvigorated — to give vigor to; fill with life and energy; energize.
- reinvigorator — something that gives new life and energy (to something)
- ring-a-lievio — a game played usually between two teams in which the members of one team attempt to find, capture, and imprison the members of the other, who can be freed only by a teammate not yet captured.
- rocking valve — (on a steam engine) a valve mechanism oscillating through an arc to open and close.
- salvage costs — the costs involved in salvaging goods or property from fire, shipwreck, etc
- savings ratio — the ratio of personal savings to disposable income, esp using the difference between national figures for disposable income and consumer spending as a measure of savings
- savoy cabbage — a variety of cabbage having a compact head of crinkled, blistered leaves.
- scotch lovage — a similar and related plant, Ligusticum scoticum, of N Europe
- shaving horse — a trestle for supporting and steadying a piece of work being shaved.
- souphanouvong — Prince, 1909–1995, Laotian political leader: president 1975–86 (half brother of Prince Souvanna Phouma).
- tenovaginitis — the inflammation of the sheath around a tendon
- tergiversator — to change repeatedly one's attitude or opinions with respect to a cause, subject, etc.; equivocate.
- unapprovingly — in an unapproving manner
- vaccinologist — the science of vaccine development.
- vaginomycosis — a fungous infection of the vagina.
- vagodepressor — decreasing or mimicking the decrease of the activity of the vagus nerve.
- vantage point — a position or place that affords a wide or advantageous perspective; viewpoint: to survey a valley from the vantage point of a high hill.
- vasco da gama — Vasco da [vas-koh duh;; Portuguese vahsh-koo duh] /ˈvæs koʊ də;; Portuguese ˈvɑʃ kʊ də/ (Show IPA), c1460–1524, Portuguese navigator: discovered the sea route from Portugal around the continent of Africa to India.
- vegetable oil — any of a large group of oils that are esters of fatty acids and glycerol, obtained from the leaves, fruit, or seeds of plants.
- verbigeration — the condition or instances of repeating the same word or sentence against one's will as a symptom of a psychiatric disorder
- village idiot — someone who is well known in their community for their stupidity and ignorant behaviour
- villagization — the transfer of land to village control.
- virgo intacta — a girl or woman whose hymen has not been broken
- virologically — in a manner relating to virology
- volcanologist — the scientific study of volcanoes and volcanic phenomena.
- volsunga saga — an Icelandic saga of the late 13th century, concerning the family of the Volsungs, the theft of the cursed treasure of Andvari, the adventures of Sigurd, his wooing of Brynhild, his enchantment and marriage to Gudrun, and his eventual murder.
- vote-catching — relating to a means of securing votes
- vulgarization — to make vulgar or coarse; lower; debase: to vulgarize standards of behavior.
- wallcoverings — Plural form of wallcovering.
- wood shavings — shavings of wood, as found in a carpenter's workshop etc