13-letter words containing a, l, v
- associatively — in an associative or connective manner
- assortatively — In an assortative way.
- at face value — If you take something at face value, you accept it and believe it without thinking about it very much, even though it might be untrue.
- atavistically — In an atavistic manner.
- atomic volume — the atomic weight (relative atomic mass) of an element divided by its density
- attributively — pertaining to or having the character of attribution or an attribute.
- aubervilliers — an industrial suburb of Paris, on the Seine. Pop: 63 136 (1999)
- availableness — Competent power; validity; efficacy; as, the availableness of a title.
- aviation fuel — fuel used to power airplanes
- avila camacho — Manuel [mah-nwel] /mɑˈnwɛl/ (Show IPA), 1897–1955, president of Mexico 1940–46.
- avocationally — in one's leisure time
- ayurvedically — As a practitioner of Ayurveda; in an Ayurvedic way.
- baal shem tov — original name Israel ben Eliezer ?1700–60, Jewish religious leader, teacher, and healer in Poland: founder of modern Hasidism
- baal-shem-tov — (Israel ben Eliezer"Besht") c1700–60, Ukrainian teacher and religious leader: founder of the Hasidic movement of Judaism.
- back walkover — Racing. a walking or trotting over the course by a contestant who is the only starter.
- balsam capivi — copaiba.
- basso rilievo — bas-relief
- basso-relievo — bas-relief
- behaviourally — from a behavioural point of view
- believability — to have confidence in the truth, the existence, or the reliability of something, although without absolute proof that one is right in doing so: Only if one believes in something can one act purposefully.
- biobehavioral — of or relating to the application of biological methods and ideas to the study of behavior in an attempt to understand emotions and reactions in terms of brain and physiological function.
- bioequivalent — the condition in which different formulations of the same drug or chemical are equally absorbed when taken into the body.
- black vulture — the Eurasian vulture, Aegypius monachus, of the family Accipitridae
- black-a-vised — having a dark complexion.
- bougainvillea — Bougainvillea is a climbing plant that has thin, red or purple flowers and grows mainly in hot countries.
- buffalo grove — a city in NE Illinois.
- by-your-leave — a request for permission (esp in the phrase without so much as a by-your-leave)
- call-by-value — (CBV) An evaluation strategy where arguments are evaluated before the function or procedure is entered. Only the values of the arguments are passed and changes to the arguments within the called procedure have no effect on the actual arguments as seen by the caller. See applicative order reduction, call-by-value-result, strict evaluation, call-by-name, lazy evaluation.
- calvary cross — a Latin cross with a representation of three steps beneath it
- cantilevering — Present participle of cantilever.
- captivatingly — to attract and hold the attention or interest of, as by beauty or excellence; enchant: Her blue eyes and red hair captivated him.
- carnivalesque — characteristic of, suitable for, or like a carnival
- carnivorously — In a carnivorous manner.
- carol service — a service, held in a church around Christmas, at which Christmas carols are sung
- cassivelaunus — 1st century bc, British chieftain, king of the Catuvellauni tribe, who organized resistance to Caesar's invasion of Britain (54 bc)
- castro valley — a town in W California, near San Francisco Bay.
- catalog verse — verse made by compiling long lists of everyday objects, names, or events, united by a common theme and often didactic in tone.
- cavalry twill — a strong woollen twill fabric used for trousers, etc
- cavernicolous — inhabiting caves or cavelike places
- charles lever — Charles James ("Cornelius O'Dowd") 1806–72, Irish novelist and essayist.
- cheval screen — a fire screen, usually with a cloth panel, having supports at the ends and mounted on legs.
- chilean guava — a tropical shrub or small tree, Ugni molinae, of the myrtle family, having leathery, oval leaves, rose-pink flowers, and blue-black, edible fruit.
- church slavic — a liturgical language used in Eastern Orthodox churches in Slavic countries since the 11th or 12th century, representing a development of Old Church Slavonic through contact with the national Slavic languages.
- circumvallate — to surround with a defensive fortification
- civil servant — A civil servant is a person who works in the Civil Service in Britain and some other countries, or for the local, state, or federal government in the United States.
- civilianizing — Present participle of civilianize.
- civilisations — Plural form of civilisation.
- civilizations — Plural form of civilization.
- clairvoyantly — In a clairvoyant way; by means of clairvoyance.
- clavichordist — Someone who plays the clavichord.