13-letter words containing v, a, l, e, r
- german silver — any of various alloys of copper, zinc, and nickel, usually white and used for utensils, drawing instruments, etc.; nickel silver.
- glove factory — a factory where gloves are made
- glove leather — a soft, smooth, pliable, stretchable leather.
- governability — to rule over by right of authority: to govern a nation.
- gram-variable — of or relating to bacteria that stain irregularly with Gram's stain, being neither Gram-positive nor Gram-negative.
- graphic novel — a novel in the form of comic strips.
- grave clothes — the wrappings in which a dead body is interred
- gravel-voiced — speaking in a rough and rasping tone
- 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.
- 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
- hyperactively — In a hyperactive manner.
- hypervascular — pertaining to, composed of, or provided with vessels or ducts that convey fluids, as blood, lymph, or sap.
- hypervigilant — keenly watchful to detect danger; wary: a vigilant sentry.
- imperceivable — That cannot be perceived; imperceptible.
- inadvertently — unintentional: an inadvertent insult.
- inconversable — (obsolete) uncommunicative; reserved.
- informal vote — an invalid vote or ballot
- informatively — giving information; instructive: an informative book.
- interactively — acting one upon or with the other.
- interclavicle — a median membrane bone developed between the collarbones, or in front of the breastbone, in many vertebrates.
- interpolative — to introduce (something additional or extraneous) between other things or parts; interject; interpose; intercalate.
- intervalvular — Between valves.
- intravenously — through or within a vein. Abbreviation: IV.
- inventoriable — a complete listing of merchandise or stock on hand, work in progress, raw materials, finished goods on hand, etc., made each year by a business concern.
- involute gear — a gear tooth form that is generated by involute geometry
- irrecoverable — incapable of being recovered or regained: an irrecoverable debt.
- irrecoverably — incapable of being recovered or regained: an irrecoverable debt.
- irrelevancies — irrelevance.
- irrepleviable — not replevisable; not capable of being replevied.
- irretrievable — not capable of being retrieved; irrecoverable; irreparable.
- irretrievably — not capable of being retrieved; irrecoverable; irreparable.
- jack crevalle — any of various portable devices for raising or lifting heavy objects short heights, using various mechanical, pneumatic, or hydraulic methods.
- jail delivery — a liberation of persons from prison, especially by force.
- java servelet — Java servlet
- javelle water — sodium hypochlorite, NaOCl, dissolved in water, used as a bleach, antiseptic, etc.
- labor of love — work done for the sake of one's own enjoyment or of benefit to others rather than for material rewards: He coached amateur baseball teams as a labor of love.
- ladino clover — a giant variety of white clover, Trifolium repens lodigense, used for pasture and hay.
- laevorotation — a rotation to the left
- laevorotatory — Alternative spelling of levorotatory.
- lake victoria — the ancient Roman goddess of victory, identified with the Greek goddess Nike.
- landgraviates — Plural form of landgraviate.
- lateroversion — abnormal lateral displacement of a bodily organ or part, esp of the uterus
- lavatory seat — the part on a toilet or lavatory which can be moved up or down and which is used for sitting on
- lavender-blue — coloured between blue and pale or light bluish-purple to a very pale violet colour
- 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.
- lemon verbena — a plant, Aloysia triphylla, having long, slender leaves with a lemonlike fragrance.
- 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.
- levant storax — a solid resin with a vanillalike odor, obtained from a small tree, Styrax officinalis: formerly used in medicine and perfumery.