13-letter words containing a, l, v
- navigableness — Quality of being navigable.
- negative flag — the letter N in the International Code of Signals, signifying “no” when flown by itself: a square flag having four rows of alternate blue and white squares.
- negative glow — the luminous region between the Crookes dark space and the Faraday dark space in a vacuum tube, occurring when the pressure is low.
- negative lens — a lens that causes a beam of parallel rays to diverge after refraction, as from a virtual image; a lens that has a negative focal length.
- negative pole — the south-seeking pole of a magnet
- nervomuscular — (physiology) Of or pertaining to both nerves and muscles.
- neurovascular — of, relating to, or involving the nerves and blood vessels.
- never-failing — that does not fail ever; unfailing
- nicholasville — a town in central Kentucky.
- nominal value — book or par value, as of securities; face value.
- non-favorable — characterized by approval or support; positive: a favorable report.
- non-lucrative — profitable; moneymaking; remunerative: a lucrative business.
- non-navigable — deep and wide enough to provide passage to ships: a navigable channel.
- non-removable — that may be removed.
- non-revocable — that may be revoked.
- non-vesicular — of or relating to a vesicle or vesicles.
- non-viability — not capable of living, growing, and developing, as an embryo, seed, or plant.
- noncultivated — relating to natural resources that are not under institutional or managed cultivation
- noncumulative — of or relating to preferred stock the dividends of which are skipped and not accrued.
- nondivisional — Not divisional.
- nonequivalent — Not equivalent; different.
- nonevaluative — not evaluative or involving subjective judgement
- nonindividual — an entity that is not an individual
- noninvasively — In a noninvasive manner.
- nonobservable — capable of being or liable to be observed; noticeable; visible; discernible: an observable change in attitude.
- nonprovincial — Not restricted to a small region; not done in isolation.
- nonvocational — not relating to a particular job or profession
- norwalk virus — a norovirus.
- novated lease — Australian system of employer-aided car purchase
- 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
- null and void — without value, effect, consequence, or significance.
- objurgatively — In an objurgative or reproving manner.
- observability — capable of being or liable to be observed; noticeable; visible; discernible: an observable change in attitude.
- observational — of, relating to, or founded on observation, especially founded on observation rather than experiment.
- old favourite — If you refer to something as an old favourite, you mean that it has been in existence for a long time and everyone knows it or likes it.
- old man river — a name for the Mississippi River
- old provencal — the Provençal language as found in documents from the 11th to the 16th centuries. Abbreviation: OPr.
- olduvai gorge — a gorge in Tanzania in which is located a site containing Australopithecine and human skeletal and cultural remains.
- open interval — (mathematics) A type of interval (range of numbers) that does not include either of its endpoints. For example, when mixing red and blue paint, the proportion of red lies in the interval 0% to 100% but can't be exactly 0% or 100% or it wouldn't be a mixture.
- optical drive — optical disk drive
- orchard valve — an alfalfa valve of lesser diameter than the pipe it closes.
- originatively — in an originative manner
- over a barrel — a cylindrical wooden container with slightly bulging sides made of staves hooped together, and with flat, parallel ends.
- over-analytic — pertaining to or proceeding by analysis (opposed to synthetic).
- over-detailed — having many details: a detailed problem.
- over-idealize — to make ideal; represent in an ideal form or character; exalt to an ideal perfection or excellence.
- over-planning — a scheme or method of acting, doing, proceeding, making, etc., developed in advance: battle plans.
- over-populate — to fill with an excessive number of people, straining available resources and facilities: Expanding industry has overpopulated the western suburbs.
- over-rational — agreeable to reason; reasonable; sensible: a rational plan for economic development.