13-letter words containing v, y, a
- nativity play — A nativity play is a play about the birth of Jesus, usually one performed by children at Christmas time.
- naval academy — a collegiate institution for training naval officers.
- navy register — (in the US) an annual publication giving genealogical information about the commissioned and warrant officers in the US Navy.
- never say die — to cease to live; undergo the complete and permanent cessation of all vital functions; become dead.
- 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
- noninvasively — In a noninvasive manner.
- novaya zemlya — two large islands in the Arctic Ocean, N of and belonging to the Russian Federation. 35,000 sq. mi. (90,650 sq. km).
- 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.
- on every hand — on all sides; in all directions
- ordinary wave — Radio. (of the two waves into which a radio wave is divided in the ionosphere under the influence of the earth's magnetic field) the wave with characteristics more nearly resembling those that the undivided wave would have exhibited in the absence of the magnetic field.
- originatively — in an originative manner
- over-analytic — pertaining to or proceeding by analysis (opposed to synthetic).
- overanalyzing — Present participle of overanalyze.
- overbearingly — domineering; dictatorial; haughtily or rudely arrogant.
- overlay glass — case glass.
- overstability — the state of being excessively stable
- overzealously — too zealous: overzealous for reform.
- 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.
- paramyxovirus — any of various RNA-containing viruses that are similar to but larger than the myxoviruses, including the viruses that cause mumps, measles, parainfluenza, and Newcastle disease.
- penetratively — in a penetrative manner
- pennsylvanian — of or relating to the state of Pennsylvania.
- polyoma virus — a small DNA-containing virus, of the papovavirus group, that can produce a variety of tumors in mice, hamsters, rabbits, and rats.
- 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
- privy chamber — a private apartment in a royal residence.
- provinciality — provincial character.
- provisionally — providing or serving for the time being only; existing only until permanently or properly replaced; temporary: a provisional government.
- 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.
- rally driving — the sport of taking part in motor rallies
- rayleigh wave — a wave along the surface of a solid, elastic body, especially along the surface of the earth.
- 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
- red-eye gravy — a gravy made from the pan juices of fried country ham, thickened with flour and sometimes containing coffee for color and flavor.
- 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