13-letter words containing v, a, n, d, r
- ever and anon — now and then
- evidentiarily — In an evidentiary way.
- ferdinand vii — 1784–1833, king of Spain 1808, 1814–33.
- ferrovanadium — a ferroalloy containing up to 55 percent vanadium.
- h and d curve — characteristic curve.
- harvest index — a measurement of crop yield: the weight of a harvested product as a percentage of the total plant weight of a crop.
- heaven forbid — You say 'Heaven forbid!' to emphasize that you very much hope that something will not happen.
- inadvertently — unintentional: an inadvertent insult.
- invalid chair — a chair specially designed for an invalid to sit in
- ladino clover — a giant variety of white clover, Trifolium repens lodigense, used for pasture and hay.
- landgraviates — Plural form of landgraviate.
- lavender-blue — coloured between blue and pale or light bluish-purple to a very pale violet colour
- 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.
- market-driven — controlled and guided by commercial considerations
- mid-victorian — of, relating to, or characteristic of the middle portion (about 1850 to 1890) of the reign of Queen Victoria (reigned 1837–1901) in England: mid-Victorian writers.
- milford haven — a bay in SW Wales.
- misadventured — (obsolete) unfortunate.
- misadventurer — a person who experiences misadventure or misfortune
- misadventures — Plural form of misadventure.
- misadvertence — inadvertence
- never say die — to cease to live; undergo the complete and permanent cessation of all vital functions; become dead.
- nonadsorptive — Not adsorptive.
- nonderivative — Not derivative.
- north andover — a city in NE Massachusetts.
- old man river — a name for the Mississippi River
- old provencal — the Provençal language as found in documents from the 11th to the 16th centuries. Abbreviation: OPr.
- on every hand — on all sides; in all directions
- ordinary wave — Radio. (of the two waves into which a radio wave is divided in the ionosphere under the influence of the earth's magnetic field) the wave with characteristics more nearly resembling those that the undivided wave would have exhibited in the absence of the magnetic field.
- outmaneuvered — Simple past tense and past participle of outmaneuver.
- outmanoeuvred — Simple past tense and past participle of outmanoeuvre.
- over and over — above in place or position: the roof over one's head.
- over-abundant — an excessive amount or abundance; surfeit: an overabundance of sugar in the diet.
- over-standing — overreach (def 13).
- overabundance — an excessive amount or abundance; surfeit: an overabundance of sugar in the diet.
- overdemanding — excessively demanding
- overdiagnosed — Simple past tense and past participle of overdiagnose.
- overdiagnosis — excessive diagnosis of a disease
- overdominance — excessive dominance
- overeducation — the act or process of imparting or acquiring general knowledge, developing the powers of reasoning and judgment, and generally of preparing oneself or others intellectually for mature life.
- overenamoured — excessively fond
- overhand knot — a simple knot of various uses that slips easily.
- overland mail — a government mail service, started in 1848, for sending mail from the Mississippi to the Far West.
- overland park — a town in E Kansas, near Kansas City.
- overpedalling — the overuse of the piano's pedals
- paper advance — the feeding of paper through a printer
- private brand — a product marketed under a private label.
- racing driver — someone who drives a racing car in motor car races
- rally driving — the sport of taking part in motor rallies
- 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.