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13-letter words containing v, i, r

  • assertiveness — confidently aggressive or self-assured; positive: aggressive; dogmatic: He is too assertive as a salesman.
  • assortatively — In an assortative way.
  • assortativity — (mathematics) The extent to which nodes of a graph link to others of the same degree.
  • 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.
  • avant-gardism — the attitudes, techniques, etc., of the cultural avant-garde.
  • averruncation — the act of averting or turning away
  • ayurvedically — As a practitioner of Ayurveda; in an Ayurvedic way.
  • basso rilievo — bas-relief
  • basso-relievo — bas-relief
  • beehive round — an artillery shell that ejects thousands of naillike metal projectiles on exploding.
  • 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
  • beverly hills — a town in SW California, near Los Angeles: famous as the home of film stars. Pop: 34 941 (2003 est)
  • bighorn-river — a river flowing from central Wyoming to the Yellowstone River in S Montana. 336 miles (540 km) long.
  • 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.
  • bioconversion — the use of biological processes or materials to change organic substances into a new form, such as the conversion of waste into methane by fermentation
  • blue verditer — either of two pigments, consisting usually of carbonate of copper prepared by grinding either azurite (blue verditer) or malachite (green verditer)
  • bodvar bjarki — the greatest of Rolf Kraki's heroes, often fighting in the likeness of a bear: probably identical with Beowulf.
  • boris godunov — Boris Fedorovich [bawr-is fi-dawr-uh-vich,, bohr-,, bor-;; Russian buh-ryees fyaw-duh-ruh-vyich] /ˈbɔr ɪs fɪˈdɔr ə vɪtʃ,, ˈboʊr-,, ˈbɒr-;; Russian bʌˈryis ˈfyɔ də rə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1552–1605, regent of Russia 1584–98 and czar 1598–1605.
  • 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
  • brest litovsk — former name (until 1921) of Brest.
  • brevirostrate — having a short beak or bill
  • bud variation — any variation in a bud due to changes in either its genetic composition or environment or both such that the resulting flower, fruit, or shoot differs from others of the same plant or species.
  • cantilevering — Present participle of cantilever.
  • cape province — a former province of S South Africa; replaced in 1994 by the new provinces of Northern Cape, Western Cape, Eastern Cape and part of North-West. Capital: Cape Town
  • cape-province — a cape in S Africa, in the SW Republic of South Africa.
  • caprivi strip — narrow strip of land, c. 50 mi (80 km) wide, of NE Namibia, extending eastward to the Zambezi River: c. 300 mi (483 km) long
  • caravansaries — Plural form of caravansary.
  • caravanserais — Plural form of caravanserai.
  • cardioversion — restoring the rhythm of the heart to normal by applying direct-current electrical shock.
  • carnivalesque — characteristic of, suitable for, or like a carnival
  • carnivorously — In a carnivorous manner.
  • carol service — a service, held in a church around Christmas, at which Christmas carols are sung
  • carve a niche — If you carve a niche for yourself, you organize your work to create a secure position.
  • carving knife — A carving knife is a long sharp knife that is used to cut cooked meat.
  • caustic curve — a curve formed by the intersection of a caustic surface with a plane
  • cavalry twill — a strong woollen twill fabric used for trousers, etc
  • cavernicolous — inhabiting caves or cavelike places
  • cervicography — a method of cervical screening in which the neck of the uterus is photographed to facilitate the early detection of cancer
  • chicken liver — the liver of chicken, considered as food
  • child version — (system management)   In change management, a configuration item derived by altering another item (its parent version).
  • chopped liver — cooked liver chopped with onions and hard-boiled eggs and seasoned.
  • christmas eve — Christmas Eve is the 24th of December, the day before Christmas Day.
  • church slavic — a liturgical language used in Eastern Orthodox churches in Slavic countries since the 11th or 12th century, representing a development of Old Church Slavonic through contact with the national Slavic languages.
  • cider vinegar — a type of vinegar produced by the acetification of cider
  • cinema verite — films characterized by subjects, actions, etc, that have the appearance of real life
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