13-letter words containing v, y, a, t
- irretrievably — not capable of being retrieved; irrecoverable; irreparable.
- laevorotatory — Alternative spelling of levorotatory.
- lavatory bowl — the part inside a lavatory containing water and fitted with a water-flushing device and connected to a drain
- lavatory seat — the part on a toilet or lavatory which can be moved up or down and which is used for sitting on
- legislatively — By legislation, by the method of enacting laws.
- livery stable — a stable where horses and vehicles are cared for or rented out for pay.
- merchant navy — commercial ships
- moral victory — greater honour despite losing
- myeloablative — Of, pertaining to, or causing myeloablation.
- nativity play — A nativity play is a play about the birth of Jesus, usually one performed by children at Christmas time.
- navy register — (in the US) an annual publication giving genealogical information about the commissioned and warrant officers in the US Navy.
- non-viability — not capable of living, growing, and developing, as an embryo, seed, or plant.
- nonadditivity — the state of being nonadditive or not involving addition
- noncreativity — a lack of creativity
- novelty value — value through being new and previously unknown
- novocentenary — a nine-hundredth anniversary
- objurgatively — In an objurgative or reproving manner.
- observability — capable of being or liable to be observed; noticeable; visible; discernible: an observable change in attitude.
- originatively — in an originative manner
- over-analytic — pertaining to or proceeding by analysis (opposed to synthetic).
- overstability — the state of being excessively stable
- ovoviviparity — producing eggs that are hatched within the body, so that the young are born alive but without placental attachment, as certain reptiles or fishes.
- penetratively — in a penetrative manner
- postvasectomy — of or occurring in the period after a vasectomy
- prerogatively — by way of privilege or prerogative
- private study — the act or process of studying outwith classes
- provinciality — provincial character.
- provocatively — tending or serving to provoke; inciting, stimulating, irritating, or vexing.
- qualitatively — pertaining to or concerned with quality or qualities.
- radioactivity — the phenomenon, exhibited by and being a property of certain elements, of spontaneously emitting radiation resulting from changes in the nuclei of atoms of the element.
- re-entry visa — a visa that allows someone to enter a country again several times
- rebarbatively — in a rebarbative manner
- receivability — the fact or condition of being receivable
- recovery team — a team engaged in locating and retrieving bodies, cargo, etc, esp following a crash, explosion or natural disaster
- restless cavy — a wild guinea pig.
- restoratively — in a restorative manner
- retroactively — operative with respect to past occurrences, as a statute; retrospective: a retroactive law.
- reverberatory — characterized or produced by reverberation.
- reverentially — of the nature of or characterized by reverence; reverent: reverential awe.
- revolutionary — of, pertaining to, characterized by, or of the nature of a revolution, or a sudden, complete, or marked change: a revolutionary junta.
- river estuary — a river mouth
- safety device — A safety device is a piece of equipment such as a fire extinguisher, safety belt, or burglar alarm that reduces loss or damage from a fire, accident, or break-in.
- seaton valley — a region in NE England, in SE Northumberland: consists of a group of former coal-mining villages
- solitary wave — a localized disturbance that propagates like a wave but resembles a particle in that it does not disperse, even if it collides with other such waves.
- speculatively — pertaining to, of the nature of, or characterized by speculation, contemplation, conjecture, or abstract reasoning: a speculative approach.
- substantively — a noun.
- substantivity — the quality or state of being substantive
- superactivity — extreme activity; hyperactivity
- superlatively — of the highest kind, quality, or order; surpassing all else or others; supreme; extreme: superlative wisdom.
- survivability — able to be survived: Would an atomic war be survivable?