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13-letter words containing 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 house — a prehistoric circular building found in various parts of Europe, usually of stone and having a dome-shaped roof
  • beehive round — an artillery shell that ejects thousands of naillike metal projectiles on exploding.
  • 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.
  • benedict viii — died 1024, pope 1012–24.
  • bevelled edge — an inclined edge; one not at 90 degrees
  • beverage room — a room in a tavern, hotel, etc, in which alcoholic drinks are served
  • beverly hills — a town in SW California, near Los Angeles: famous as the home of film stars. Pop: 34 941 (2003 est)
  • bighorn-river — a river flowing from central Wyoming to the Yellowstone River in S Montana. 336 miles (540 km) long.
  • 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.
  • bioconversion — the use of biological processes or materials to change organic substances into a new form, such as the conversion of waste into methane by fermentation
  • bioequivalent — the condition in which different formulations of the same drug or chemical are equally absorbed when taken into the body.
  • bishop sleeve — a full sleeve gathered at the wrist
  • bishop violet — a reddish purple.
  • black vulture — the Eurasian vulture, Aegypius monachus, of the family Accipitridae
  • black-a-vised — having a dark complexion.
  • blessed event — the birth of a child; also, a newborn child
  • blood vessels — any of the vessels, as arteries, veins, or capillaries, through which the blood circulates.
  • blue verditer — either of two pigments, consisting usually of carbonate of copper prepared by grinding either azurite (blue verditer) or malachite (green verditer)
  • 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)
  • bonus eventus — the ancient Roman god of agricultural prosperity.
  • 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
  • brest litovsk — former name (until 1921) of Brest.
  • brevirostrate — having a short beak or bill
  • buffalo grove — a city in NE Illinois.
  • by yourselves — if you are by yourselves, or all by yourselves, you are alone
  • 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
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