13-letter words containing v, a, r, e
- grave-robbing — a person who steals valuables from graves and tombs: Graverobbers had emptied the Mayan tomb before archaeologists could examine its contents.
- gravel-voiced — speaking in a rough and rasping tone
- graving piece — a piece of wood let into a wooden hull to replace decayed wood.
- gravity hinge — a hinge closing automatically by means of gravity.
- gravity meter — gravimeter (def 2).
- 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.
- grimes graves — an area of Neolithic flint mines in Suffolk, England, comprising more than 300 mine shafts and galleries.
- h and d curve — characteristic curve.
- hairpin curve — A hairpin curve or a hairpin is a very sharp bend in a road, where the road turns back in the opposite direction.
- 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.
- harvest mouse — an Old World field mouse, Micromys minutus, that builds a spherical nest among the stems of grains and other plants.
- harvester ant — any of several red or black ants, especially of the genus Pogonomyrmex, of the southwestern U.S., that feed on and store the seeds of grasses.
- have a heart! — be kind or merciful
- have a record — to be a known criminal; have a previous conviction or convictions
- have eyes for — to be interested in
- heaven forbid — You say 'Heaven forbid!' to emphasize that you very much hope that something will not happen.
- heavy cruiser — a naval cruiser having 8-inch (20.3-cm) guns as its main armament.
- heavy-bearded — having a thick or dark beard.
- heavy-hearted — sorrowful; melancholy; dejected.
- hertzian wave — an electromagnetic wave produced by oscillations in an electric circuit, as a radio or radar wave: first investigated by H. R. Hertz.
- hyperactivate — (biology) To cause or undergo hyperactivation.
- hyperactively — In a hyperactive manner.
- hyperactivity — the condition of being hyperactive.
- hyperreactive — Showing a much greater than normal response to a stimulus.
- 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.
- ice-cream van — a mobile shop that sells ice cream and confectionery
- imperceivable — That cannot be perceived; imperceptible.
- imperseverant — lacking the power to perceive
- impredicative — (of a definition) given in terms that require quantification over a range that includes that which is to be defined, as having all the properties of a great general where one of the properties as ascribed must be that property itself
- improvisatore — An individual who recites impromptu verse, as from a song or poem.
- in-observance — lack of attention; inattention; heedlessness: drowsy inobservance.
- inadvertently — unintentional: an inadvertent insult.
- incarcerative — to imprison; confine.
- inconversable — (obsolete) uncommunicative; reserved.
- incorporative — Tending to incorporate or include things.
- informal vote — an invalid vote or ballot
- informatively — giving information; instructive: an informative book.
- inobservation — lack of observation
- integer vitae — blameless in life; innocent.
- interactively — acting one upon or with the other.
- interactivity — The quality of being interactive.
- interclavicle — a median membrane bone developed between the collarbones, or in front of the breastbone, in many vertebrates.
- internegative — a color negative of a color transparency, made for purposes of duplication.
- interpolative — to introduce (something additional or extraneous) between other things or parts; interject; interpose; intercalate.
- interrogative — of, relating to, or conveying a question.
- intervalvular — Between valves.
- intravenously — through or within a vein. Abbreviation: IV.