13-letter words containing a, d, v, e, r
- deteriorative — tending to deteriorate
- determinative — able to or serving to settle or determine; deciding
- devirgination — The loss of a girl or woman's virginity.
- devolutionary — the act or fact of devolving; passage onward from stage to stage.
- diaz de bivar — Rodrigo [raw-th ree-gaw] /rɔˈðri gɔ/ (Show IPA), or Ruy [rwee] /rwi/ (Show IPA), Cid, The.
- díaz de vivar — Rodrigo (rɔˈðriɣo). the original name of El Cid
- digitinervate — (of a leaf) having veins that radiate from the petiole like the fingers of a hand.
- discovery bay — an inlet of the Indian Ocean in SE Australia
- discovery day — Columbus Day.
- disinvigorate — to deprive of vigour
- dispurveyance — the lack of provisions
- diversifiable — to make diverse, as in form or character; give variety or diversity to; variegate.
- diverticulate — of or relating to a diverticulum
- 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.
- driver's seat — the seat from which a vehicle is operated.
- driving range — a tract of land for practicing long golf shots, especially drives, with clubs and balls available for rent from the management.
- eavesdroppers — Plural form of eavesdropper.
- eavesdropping — to listen secretly to a private conversation.
- endeavourment — the act of endeavouring
- ever and anon — now and then
- evidentiarily — In an evidentiary way.
- expert advice — advice given by someone who has studied a subject thoroughly or who is very skilled at a particular job
- ferdinand vii — 1784–1833, king of Spain 1808, 1814–33.
- ferrovanadium — a ferroalloy containing up to 55 percent vanadium.
- full-flavored — Full-flavored food or wine has a pleasant fairly strong taste.
- go over-board — over the side of a ship or boat, especially into or in the water: to fall overboard.
- good behavior — satisfactory, proper, or polite conduct.
- gravel-voiced — speaking in a rough and rasping tone
- h and d curve — characteristic curve.
- half-silvered — (of a mirror) having an incomplete reflective coating, so that half the incident light is reflected and half transmitted: used in optical instruments and two-way mirrors
- harvest index — a measurement of crop yield: the weight of a harvested product as a percentage of the total plant weight of a crop.
- have a record — to be a known criminal; have a previous conviction or convictions
- heaven forbid — You say 'Heaven forbid!' to emphasize that you very much hope that something will not happen.
- heavy-bearded — having a thick or dark beard.
- heavy-hearted — sorrowful; melancholy; dejected.
- impredicative — (of a definition) given in terms that require quantification over a range that includes that which is to be defined, as having all the properties of a great general where one of the properties as ascribed must be that property itself
- inadvertently — unintentional: an inadvertent insult.
- jail delivery — a liberation of persons from prison, especially by force.
- ladino clover — a giant variety of white clover, Trifolium repens lodigense, used for pasture and hay.
- landgraviates — Plural form of landgraviate.
- lavender-blue — coloured between blue and pale or light bluish-purple to a very pale violet colour
- legal adviser — a lawyer who gives advice
- levant dollar — a silver coin, either a Maria Theresa thaler or an imitation of one, formerly used for trade with Abyssinia, Eritrea, Aden, etc. Imitations bear the date 1780 regardless of the year of minting.
- lord advocate — (in Scotland) the chief law officer of the Crown who acts as public prosecutor and is in charge of the administration of criminal justice
- madame bovary — a novel (1857) by Gustave Flaubert.
- market-driven — controlled and guided by commercial considerations
- milford haven — a bay in SW Wales.
- misadventured — (obsolete) unfortunate.
- misadventurer — a person who experiences misadventure or misfortune