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13-letter words containing a, v, e

  • 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)
  • authoritative — Someone or something that is authoritative gives an impression of power and importance and is likely to be obeyed.
  • availableness — Competent power; validity; efficacy; as, the availableness of a title.
  • average speed — a scalar measure of the rate of movement of a body expressed as the distance travelled divided by the time taken
  • averruncation — the act of averting or turning away
  • aviation fuel — fuel used to power airplanes
  • 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.
  • basso rilievo — bas-relief
  • basso-relievo — bas-relief
  • bathtub curve — Common term for the curve (resembling an end-to-end section of one of those claw-footed antique bathtubs) that describes the expected failure rate of electronics with time: initially high, dropping to near 0 for most of the system's lifetime, then rising again as it "tires out". See also burn-in period, infant mortality.
  • bcg (vaccine) — a vaccine prepared from an attenuated strain of the tubercle bacillus, used for immunization against tuberculosis
  • beehive state — Utah (used as a nickname).
  • behavioristic — the theory or doctrine that human or animal psychology can be accurately studied only through the examination and analysis of objectively observable and quantifiable behavioral events, in contrast with subjective mental states.
  • 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.
  • beverage room — a room in a tavern, hotel, etc, in which alcoholic drinks are served
  • 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.
  • bois de vache — dried buffalo dung, used as fuel by Canadian and U.S. fur trappers in the 18th and 19th centuries.
  • boniface viii — original name Benedict Caetano. ?1234–1303, pope (1294–1303)
  • bougainvillea — Bougainvillea is a climbing plant that has thin, red or purple flowers and grows mainly in hot countries.
  • break service — to win a game in which an opponent is serving
  • brevirostrate — having a short beak or bill
  • 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.
  • camping stove — a portable stove powered by butane gas canisters, designed to be used for cooking while camping
  • cantilevering — Present participle of cantilever.
  • cape province — a former province of S South Africa; replaced in 1994 by the new provinces of Northern Cape, Western Cape, Eastern Cape and part of North-West. Capital: Cape Town
  • cape-province — a cape in S Africa, in the SW Republic of South Africa.
  • caravansaries — Plural form of caravansary.
  • caravanserais — Plural form of caravanserai.
  • cardioversion — restoring the rhythm of the heart to normal by applying direct-current electrical shock.
  • carnivalesque — characteristic of, suitable for, or like a carnival
  • carol service — a service, held in a church around Christmas, at which Christmas carols are sung
  • carpet-weaver — a person who weaves carpets
  • carve a niche — If you carve a niche for yourself, you organize your work to create a secure position.
  • carving knife — A carving knife is a long sharp knife that is used to cut cooked meat.
  • cash reserves — money set aside by an individual or a company for use in an emergency
  • 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.
  • caustic curve — a curve formed by the intersection of a caustic surface with a plane
  • cave painting — a painting done by prehistoric people in caves
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