13-letter words containing v, y, a
- heavy element — any element heavier than helium
- heavy lifting — hard work: A team of researchers did the heavy lifting for the author.
- heavy petting — Informal. intense petting that involves mutual stimulation of the genitals but not sexual intercourse.
- heavy-bearded — having a thick or dark beard.
- heavy-hearted — sorrowful; melancholy; dejected.
- hot and heavy — having or giving off heat; having a high temperature: a hot fire; hot coffee.
- hyperactivate — (biology) To cause or undergo hyperactivation.
- hyperactively — In a hyperactive manner.
- hyperactivity — the condition of being hyperactive.
- hyperreactive — Showing a much greater than normal response to a stimulus.
- hypervascular — pertaining to, composed of, or provided with vessels or ducts that convey fluids, as blood, lymph, or sap.
- hypervigilant — keenly watchful to detect danger; wary: a vigilant sentry.
- hypoventilate — (intransitive) To undergo hypoventilation.
- imaginatively — characterized by or bearing evidence of imagination: an imaginative tale.
- implicatively — In an implicative way.
- improvability — to bring into a more desirable or excellent condition: He took vitamins to improve his health.
- improvisatory — of, relating to, or characteristic of an improvisation or improvisator.
- inadvertently — unintentional: an inadvertent insult.
- inattentively — not attentive; negligent.
- incentive pay — additional pay, a higher wage, or a bonus paid to promote the productivity of an employee.
- inconceivably — not conceivable; unimaginable; unthinkable.
- individuality — the particular character, or aggregate of qualities, that distinguishes one person or thing from others; sole and personal nature: a person of marked individuality.
- inevitability — unable to be avoided, evaded, or escaped; certain; necessary: an inevitable conclusion.
- informatively — giving information; instructive: an informative book.
- interactively — acting one upon or with the other.
- interactivity — The quality of being interactive.
- intracavitary — situated within, or inserted through, a body cavity
- intravenously — through or within a vein. Abbreviation: IV.
- invariability — not variable; not changing or capable of being changed; static or constant.
- investigatory — to examine, study, or inquire into systematically; search or examine into the particulars of; examine in detail.
- inviolability — prohibiting violation; secure from destruction, violence, infringement, or desecration: an inviolable sanctuary; an inviolable promise.
- involuntarily — not voluntary; independent of one's will; not by one's own choice: an involuntary listener; involuntary servitude.
- irrecoverably — incapable of being recovered or regained: an irrecoverable debt.
- irretrievably — not capable of being retrieved; irrecoverable; irreparable.
- jail delivery — a liberation of persons from prison, especially by force.
- 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.
- levy en masse — the conscription of the civilian population in large numbers in the face of impending invasion
- livery stable — a stable where horses and vehicles are cared for or rented out for pay.
- madame bovary — a novel (1857) by Gustave Flaubert.
- maiden voyage — the first voyage of a ship after its acceptance by the owners from the builders.
- marcus garvey — Marcus (Moziah) [moh-zahy-uh] /moʊˈzaɪ ə/ (Show IPA), 1887–1940, Jamaican black-rights activist in the U.S. (1916–27): advocated emigration of black Americans to Africa.
- melvin conway — (person) An early proto-hacker who wrote an assembler for the Burroughs 220 called SAVE and (probably) formulated Conway's Law.
- merchant navy — commercial ships
- miliary fever — an acute infectious fever characterized by profuse sweating and the formation on the skin of minute fluid-filled vesicles
- moral victory — greater honour despite losing
- moreno valley — city in S Calif.: pop. 142,000
- myeloablative — Of, pertaining to, or causing myeloablation.