13-letter words containing v, i, s, o, r
- investigatory — to examine, study, or inquire into systematically; search or examine into the particulars of; examine in detail.
- labour-saving — A labour-saving device or idea makes it possible for you to do something with less effort than usual.
- lateroversion — abnormal lateral displacement of a bodily organ or part, esp of the uterus
- leonine verse — a form of verse, based upon an earlier Latin form, with a rhyme scheme that requires the last word in a line to rhyme with the word just before a caesura or with a word near the middle of the line.
- livery colors — the principal tinctures of a coat of arms, usually one color and one metal, used for liveries, standards, etc.
- love-stricken — If you describe someone as love-stricken, you mean that they are so much in love that they are behaving in a strange and foolish way.
- marriage vows — promises made as part of wedding ceremony
- microvascular — Of or relating to the smallest blood vessels.
- misgovernance — to govern or manage badly.
- misgovernment — to govern or manage badly.
- misobservance — a failure to observe thoroughly or properly
- morbillivirus — a genus of viruses in the family Paramyxoviridae causing infectious diseases such as measles, distemper, or rinderpest
- movie actress — a female who acts in films or movies
- nectarivorous — feeding on nectar
- non-assertive — confidently aggressive or self-assured; positive: aggressive; dogmatic: He is too assertive as a salesman.
- non-corrosive — having the quality of corroding or eating away; erosive.
- non-intrusive — tending or apt to intrude; coming without invitation or welcome: intrusive memories of a lost love.
- non-sovereign — a monarch; a king, queen, or other supreme ruler.
- non-vesicular — of or relating to a vesicle or vesicles.
- nonabsorptive — Not absorptive.
- nonadsorptive — Not adsorptive.
- nonaggressive — Not aggressive.
- nondiscursive — passing aimlessly from one subject to another; digressive; rambling.
- nondispersive — not dispersive
- nondisruptive — causing, tending to cause, or caused by disruption; disrupting: the disruptive effect of their rioting.
- nonpermissive — habitually or characteristically accepting or tolerant of something, as social behavior or linguistic usage, that others might disapprove or forbid.
- nonresponsive — responding especially readily and sympathetically to appeals, efforts, influences, etc.: a responsive government.
- nonreversible — capable of reversing or of being reversed.
- nontransitive — Grammar. having the nature of a transitive verb.
- nonuniversity — distinct from university, not university-based
- normativeness — The quality or state of being normative.
- normotensives — Plural form of normotensive.
- norwalk virus — a norovirus.
- nowheresville — a remote or isolated town or village.
- observability — capable of being or liable to be observed; noticeable; visible; discernible: an observable change in attitude.
- observational — of, relating to, or founded on observation, especially founded on observation rather than experiment.
- observatories — Plural form of observatory.
- obstructively — In an obstructive manner.
- obtrusiveness — having or showing a disposition to obtrude, as by imposing oneself or one's opinions on others.
- open universe — a model of the universe in which the universe expands forever because there is not enough mass to counteract the expansion by means of gravitational attraction.
- operativeness — (uncountable) The state or quality of being operative.
- ovariectomies — Plural form of ovariectomy.
- over-cautious — excessively or unnecessarily cautious: Sometimes it doesn't pay to be overcautious in business.
- over-designed — having too many design features; fussy
- over-effusive — unduly demonstrative; lacking reserve: effusive greetings; an effusive person.
- over-estimate — to estimate at too high a value, amount, rate, or the like: Don't overestimate the car's trade-in value.
- over-exercise — bodily or mental exertion, especially for the sake of training or improvement of health: Walking is good exercise.
- over-promised — a declaration that something will or will not be done, given, etc., by one: unkept political promises.
- over-shipment — an act or instance of shipping freight or cargo.
- over-standing — overreach (def 13).