13-letter words containing v, a
- ashlar veneer — a thin dressed stone with straight edges, used to face a wall
- assentiveness — the tendency to concur or comply
- assertiveness — confidently aggressive or self-assured; positive: aggressive; dogmatic: He is too assertive as a salesman.
- associatively — in an associative or connective manner
- associativity — the quality of being associative
- assortatively — In an assortative way.
- assortativity — (mathematics) The extent to which nodes of a graph link to others of the same degree.
- at every turn — If you say that something happens at every turn, you are emphasizing that it happens frequently or all the time, usually so that it prevents you from achieving what you want.
- at face value — If you take something at face value, you accept it and believe it without thinking about it very much, even though it might be untrue.
- atavistically — In an atavistic manner.
- atomic volume — the atomic weight (relative atomic mass) of an element divided by its density
- attentiveness — characterized by or giving attention; observant: an attentive audience.
- attributively — pertaining to or having the character of attribution or an attribute.
- aubervilliers — an industrial suburb of Paris, on the Seine. Pop: 63 136 (1999)
- authoritative — Someone or something that is authoritative gives an impression of power and importance and is likely to be obeyed.
- availableness — Competent power; validity; efficacy; as, the availableness of a title.
- avant-gardism — the attitudes, techniques, etc., of the cultural avant-garde.
- average speed — a scalar measure of the rate of movement of a body expressed as the distance travelled divided by the time taken
- averruncation — the act of averting or turning away
- aviation fuel — fuel used to power airplanes
- avila camacho — Manuel [mah-nwel] /mɑˈnwɛl/ (Show IPA), 1897–1955, president of Mexico 1940–46.
- avocationally — in one's leisure time
- ayurvedically — As a practitioner of Ayurveda; in an Ayurvedic way.
- baal shem tov — original name Israel ben Eliezer ?1700–60, Jewish religious leader, teacher, and healer in Poland: founder of modern Hasidism
- baal-shem-tov — (Israel ben Eliezer"Besht") c1700–60, Ukrainian teacher and religious leader: founder of the Hasidic movement of Judaism.
- back walkover — Racing. a walking or trotting over the course by a contestant who is the only starter.
- balsam capivi — copaiba.
- basso rilievo — bas-relief
- basso-relievo — bas-relief
- bathtub curve — Common term for the curve (resembling an end-to-end section of one of those claw-footed antique bathtubs) that describes the expected failure rate of electronics with time: initially high, dropping to near 0 for most of the system's lifetime, then rising again as it "tires out". See also burn-in period, infant mortality.
- bcg (vaccine) — a vaccine prepared from an attenuated strain of the tubercle bacillus, used for immunization against tuberculosis
- beehive state — Utah (used as a nickname).
- behavioristic — the theory or doctrine that human or animal psychology can be accurately studied only through the examination and analysis of objectively observable and quantifiable behavioral events, in contrast with subjective mental states.
- behaviourally — from a behavioural point of view
- believability — to have confidence in the truth, the existence, or the reliability of something, although without absolute proof that one is right in doing so: Only if one believes in something can one act purposefully.
- beverage room — a room in a tavern, hotel, etc, in which alcoholic drinks are served
- bhagavad gita — a portion of the Mahabharata, having the form of a dialogue between the hero Arjuna and his charioteer, the avatar Krishna, in which a doctrine combining Brahmanical and other elements is evolved.
- bhagavad-gita — a sacred Hindu text composed about 200 bc and incorporated into the Mahabharata, a Sanskrit epic
- biobehavioral — of or relating to the application of biological methods and ideas to the study of behavior in an attempt to understand emotions and reactions in terms of brain and physiological function.
- bioequivalent — the condition in which different formulations of the same drug or chemical are equally absorbed when taken into the body.
- black vulture — the Eurasian vulture, Aegypius monachus, of the family Accipitridae
- black-a-vised — having a dark complexion.
- bodvar bjarki — the greatest of Rolf Kraki's heroes, often fighting in the likeness of a bear: probably identical with Beowulf.
- bois de vache — dried buffalo dung, used as fuel by Canadian and U.S. fur trappers in the 18th and 19th centuries.
- bona vacantia — unclaimed goods
- boniface viii — original name Benedict Caetano. ?1234–1303, pope (1294–1303)
- bougainvillea — Bougainvillea is a climbing plant that has thin, red or purple flowers and grows mainly in hot countries.
- brahma vihara — vihara (def 3).
- brahma-vihara — (initial capital letter). Also called Brahma Vihara. one of the four states of mind, namely love, compassion, sympathetic gladness, and equanimity, to be developed by every Buddhist.
- break service — to win a game in which an opponent is serving