13-letter words containing v, e, g, a
- eavesdropping — to listen secretly to a private conversation.
- energy saving — the fact of saving energy, or amount of energy saved
- equivalencing — Present participle of equivalence.
- evangelically — In an evangelical manner, concerning evangelism.
- evangelistary — a book containing passages from the gospels to be used as part of the liturgy
- evening class — An evening class is a course for adults that is taught in the evening rather than during the day.
- evening paper — a newspaper that comes out in the evening
- everlastingly — In an everlasting manner; so as to be everlasting.
- extravagances — Plural form of extravagance.
- extravagantes — decretals circulating outside some recognized collection of canon law. Those of John XXII and the so-called Extravagantes communes form part of the Corpus Juris Canonici
- extravagantly — With lavish expenditure or behaviour.
- extravaganzas — Plural form of extravaganza.
- extravasating — Present participle of extravasate.
- favrile glass — a type of iridescent glass developed by L.C. Tiffany
- festivalgoers — Plural form of festivalgoer.
- fingal's cave — a cave on the island of Staffa, in the Hebrides, Scotland. 227 feet (69 meters) long; 42 feet (13 meters) wide.
- fleming valve — (formerly) a diode.
- floating vote — those voters collectively who are not permanently attached to any political party.
- flow cleavage — cleavage resulting from the parallel alignment of the mineral constituents of a rock when in a plastic condition.
- galvanic cell — cell1 (def 7a).
- galvanic pile — voltaic pile.
- galvanometers — Plural form of galvanometer.
- galvanometric — Of or pertaining to galvanometry.
- galveston bay — an inlet of the Gulf of Mexico.
- gas reversion — Gas reversion is a process which combines thermal cracking or reforming of naphtha with thermal polymerization or alkylation of hydrocarbon gases, which is carried out in the same reaction place.
- geonavigation — navigation by means of observations of terrestrial features.
- german silver — any of various alloys of copper, zinc, and nickel, usually white and used for utensils, drawing instruments, etc.; nickel silver.
- gesticulative — to make or use gestures, especially in an animated or excited manner with or instead of speech.
- get a move on — to pass from one place or position to another.
- give a leg up — to help to mount
- give and take — the quality or state of being resilient; springiness.
- give it heaps — to try very hard
- give pause to — to cause to hesitate
- give sb heart — If something gives you heart, it makes you feel more confident or happy about something.
- give-and-take — the practice of dealing by compromise or mutual concession; cooperation.
- glove factory — a factory where gloves are made
- glove leather — a soft, smooth, pliable, stretchable leather.
- go over-board — over the side of a ship or boat, especially into or in the water: to fall overboard.
- golden valley — a town in SE Minnesota.
- good behavior — satisfactory, proper, or polite conduct.
- governability — to rule over by right of authority: to govern a nation.
- gram-negative — (of bacteria) not retaining the violet dye when stained by Gram's method.
- gram-positive — (of bacteria) retaining the violet dye when stained by Gram's method.
- gram-variable — of or relating to bacteria that stain irregularly with Gram's stain, being neither Gram-positive nor Gram-negative.
- grape harvest — gathering of ripe grapes from the vine
- grape variety — type of grape
- graphic novel — a novel in the form of comic strips.
- grave clothes — the wrappings in which a dead body is interred
- 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