13-letter words containing v, i, d, e
- cover bidding — the act of tendering an artificially high price for a contract, on the assumption that the tender will not be accepted
- coversed sine — obsolete function in trigonometry
- dame's violet — a Eurasian hairy perennial plant, Hesperis matronalis, cultivated in gardens for its mauve or white fragrant flowers: family Brassicaceae (crucifers)
- darling river — a river in SE Australia, rising in the Eastern Highlands and flowing southwest to the Murray River. Length: 2740 km (1702 miles)
- dasht-e-kavir — large salt-desert plateau in NC Iran: c. 18,000 sq mi (46,620 sq km)
- dataveillance — the surveillance of a person's activities by studying the data trail created by actions such as credit card purchases, mobile phone calls, and internet use
- de-motivation — the act or an instance of motivating, or providing with a reason to act in a certain way: I don't understand what her motivation was for quitting her job. Synonyms: motive, inspiration, inducement, cause, impetus.
- deceptiveness — apt or tending to deceive: The enemy's peaceful overtures may be deceptive.
- declaratively — serving to declare, make known, or explain: a declarative statement.
- deconvolution — A process of resolving something into its constituent elements or removing complication in order to clarify it.
- defectiveness — having a defect or flaw; faulty; imperfect: a defective machine.
- defensiveness — serving to defend; protective: defensive armament.
- delivery note — a document that accompanies a delivery of goods
- delivery room — In a hospital, the delivery room is the room where women give birth to their babies.
- demand driven — A demand driven architecture/language performs computations when the result is required by some other computation. E.g. Imperial College's ALICE running HOPE. See also data flow, lazy evaluation, reduction.
- demi-culverin — a culverin having a bore of about 4½ inches (11 cm) and firing a shot of about 10 pounds (5 kg).
- demonstrative — Someone who is demonstrative shows affection freely and openly.
- deprivatizing — Present participle of deprivatize.
- derivationist — a person who believes that it is possible to derive knowledge of what is good for humans from a metaphysical study of humans themselves
- derived curve — a curve whose equation is the derivative of the equation of a given curve.
- descriptively — having the quality of describing; characterized by description: a descriptive passage in an essay.
- descriptivism — the theory that moral utterances have a truth value
- descriptivist — a writer, teacher, or supporter of descriptive grammar or descriptive linguistics.
- descriptivity — The quality or state of being descriptive.
- deservingness — qualified for or having a claim to reward, assistance, etc., because of one's actions, qualities, or situation: the deserving poor; a deserving applicant.
- destructively — tending to destroy; causing destruction or much damage (often followed by of or to): a very destructive windstorm.
- destructivism — the theory that a part of a whole may be considered a principle part if the destruction of that part would lead to the destruction of the whole
- destructivist — a person who holds to the theory of destructivism
- detectivelike — Resembling a detective or some aspect of one.
- deteriorative — tending to deteriorate
- determinative — able to or serving to settle or determine; deciding
- devastatingly — tending or threatening to devastate: a devastating fire.
- device driver — (operating system) Software to control a hardware component or peripheral device of a computer such as a magnetic disk, magnetic tape or printer. A device driver is responsible for accessing the hardware registers of the device and often includes an interrupt handler to service interrupts generated by the device. Device drivers often form part of the lowest level of the operating system kernel, with which they are linked when the kernel is built. Some more recent systems have loadable device drivers which can be installed from files after the operating system is running.
- devil worship — the worship of Satan or of a demon
- devirgination — The loss of a girl or woman's virginity.
- devolutionary — the act or fact of devolving; passage onward from stage to stage.
- devotionalist — a devotee
- diaz de bivar — Rodrigo [raw-th ree-gaw] /rɔˈðri gɔ/ (Show IPA), or Ruy [rwee] /rwi/ (Show IPA), Cid, The.
- díaz de vivar — Rodrigo (rɔˈðriɣo). the original name of El Cid
- diffusiveness — The state or quality of being diffusive.
- digital video — video output based on digital rather than analogue signals
- digitinervate — (of a leaf) having veins that radiate from the petiole like the fingers of a hand.
- disadvantaged — lacking the normal or usual necessities and comforts of life, as proper housing, educational opportunities, job security, adequate medical care, etc.: The government extends help to disadvantaged minorities.
- disadvantages — Plural form of disadvantage.
- discovery bay — an inlet of the Indian Ocean in SE Australia
- discovery day — Columbus Day.
- disincentives — Plural form of disincentive.
- disinvestment — the withdrawal of invested funds or the cancellation of financial aid, subsidies, or investment plans, as in a property, neighborhood, or foreign country.
- disinvigorate — to deprive of vigour
- disjunctively — In a disjunctive manner.