13-letter words containing ve
- diversifiable — to make diverse, as in form or character; give variety or diversity to; variegate.
- diversionists — Plural form of diversionist.
- divertibility — the capability of being diverted
- diverticulate — of or relating to a diverticulum
- divertisement — (archaic) diversion; amusement; recreation.
- documentative — Of or pertaining to documents or documentation.
- dolman sleeve — a sleeve tapered from a very large armhole to fit closely at the wrist, used on women's garments.
- downconverter — A device that converts a signal to a lower frequency, especially in television reception.
- downers grove — a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- draft version — a preliminary version
- drive a wedge — If someone drives a wedge between two people who are close, they cause ill feelings between them in order to weaken their relationship.
- drive-through — the act of driving through a specified locality or place, especially driving into a place of business, completing a transaction from one's car, and driving out: a quick drive-through of Beverly Hills; The bank has outside tellers' windows to accept deposits by drive-through.
- driver's seat — the seat from which a vehicle is operated.
- dronkverdriet — drunk and maudlin
- early-evening — taking place or being presented in the early part of the evening
- easterly wave — a westward-moving, wavelike disturbance of low atmospheric pressure embedded in tropical easterly winds.
- eavesdroppers — Plural form of eavesdropper.
- eavesdropping — to listen secretly to a private conversation.
- economy drive — a campaign by the government or a firm to reduce expenditure and make savings
- effectiveness — adequate to accomplish a purpose; producing the intended or expected result: effective teaching methods; effective steps toward peace.
- effervescence — to give off bubbles of gas, as fermenting liquors.
- effervescency — (archaic) effervescence.
- electroactive — (of living tissue) exhibiting electrical activity or responsive to electrical stimuli
- electromotive — Producing or tending to produce an electric current.
- eleventh hour — If someone does something at the eleventh hour, they do it at the last possible moment.
- engine driver — sb who drives a train
- enteric fever — typhoid
- escort vessel — ship that accompanies another
- eve's pudding — a baked sponge pudding with a layer of apple at the bottom
- even-tempered — mild mannered
- evening class — An evening class is a course for adults that is taught in the evening rather than during the day.
- evening dress — formal clothing
- evening paper — a newspaper that comes out in the evening
- evening stock — a plant, Matthiola incana, of the genus Matthiola, of the Mediterranean region, cultivated for its brightly coloured flowers: Brassicaceae (crucifers)
- event horizon — the surface around a black hole enclosing the space from which electromagnetic radiation cannot escape due to gravitational attraction. For a non-rotating black hole, the radius is proportional to the mass of the black hole
- event theatre — spectacular and extravagantly-mounted theatrical productions collectively
- eventide home — a retirement home
- eventualities — Plural form of eventuality.
- ever and anon — now and then
- everlastingly — In an everlasting manner; so as to be everlasting.
- evocativeness — The state or condition of being evocative.
- excessiveness — The property of being excessive.
- exclusiveness — The state of being exclusive; exclusivity.
- excursiveness — The quality of being discursive.
- executive job — a job in which a person is responsible for the administration of a project, activity, or business
- executive pay — the money that an executive of an organization gets as wages or salary
- executive toy — a novelty item, such as a Newton's cradle, on the desk of a corporate executive
- exhaust valve — An exhaust valve is a valve that releases burned gases from a cylinder.
- expansiveness — The state of being expansive.
- expectorative — an expectorant medicine