13-letter words containing ave
- 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.
- papaveraceous — belonging to the Papaveraceae, the poppy family of plants.
- passage grave — a megalithic tomb of the Neolithic and Copper or early Bronze ages found in the British Isles and Europe, consisting of a roofed burial chamber and narrow entrance passage covered by a round mound and containing human remains and funerary offerings.
- pavement café — part of a café which is outdoors or on the pavement or sidewalk
- peanut heaven — peanut gallery (def 1).
- plano-concave — pertaining to or noting a lens that is plane on one side and concave on the other.
- quarterstaves — Plural form of quarterstaff.
- rayleigh wave — a wave along the surface of a solid, elastic body, especially along the surface of the earth.
- ride the wave — to enjoy a period of success and good fortune
- risk aversion — a strong disinclination to take risks
- scavenge pump — an oil pump used in some internal-combustion engines to return oil from the crankcase to the oil tank
- school leaver — School leavers are young people who have just left school, because they have completed their time there.
- seismic waves — a wave of energy that is generated by an earthquake or other earth vibration and that travels within the earth or along its surface.
- self-depraved — corrupt, wicked, or perverted.
- shaver outlet — a point in a wall, esp in a bathroom, where you can connect an electric razor to the power supply
- slave trading — trafficking in people
- slave traffic — the traffic of slaves
- smooth-shaven — having the beard and mustache shaved off; clean-shaven.
- 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.
- standing wave — a wave in a medium in which each point on the axis of the wave has an associated constant amplitude ranging from zero at the nodes to a maximum at the antinodes.
- taffeta weave — plain weave.
- take leave of — to say goodbye to
- tea-of-heaven — a shrub, Hydrangea macrophylla serrata, of the saxifrage family, native to Japan and Korea, having hairy, ovate leaves and flat or slightly arched clusters of blue or white flowers.
- thank heavens — used as an exclamation of gratitude and relief
- toll traverse — a payment made for the right to cross privately owned property.
- travel agency — a business that accommodates travelers, as by securing tickets, arranging for reservations, and giving information.
- traveling bag — a small bag, as a valise or suitcase, usually made of leather, having an oblong shape, and used chiefly to hold clothes.
- traverse city — a city in NW Michigan.
- traverse jury — petty jury.
- unscavengered — lacking the qualities of having been scavenged
- untraversable — to pass or move over, along, or through.
- wave equation — Mathematics, Physics. any differential equation that describes the propagation of waves or other disturbances in a medium.
- wave function — a solution of a wave equation.
- well-traveled — having traveled, especially to distant places; experienced in travel.
- what have you — the true nature or identity of something, or the sum of its characteristics: a lecture on the whats and hows of crop rotation.
- white slavery — the condition of or traffic in white slaves.
- wilhelmshaven — a seaport in NW Germany, NW of Bremen, on the North Sea.
- yelizavetgrad — a former name of Kirovograd.