14-letter words containing av
- naval barracks — a place where people in the Navy live
- naval dockyard — a place where a Navy's ships are kept
- naval hospital — a hospital that provides treatment for people in the Navy
- navigation act — any of several acts of Parliament between 1651 and 1847 designed primarily to expand British trade and limit trade by British colonies with countries that were rivals of Great Britain.
- navigation bar — (web) (Always abbreviated "nav bar") On a website, a prominently displayed set of links to important sections of the site.
- navigationally — in a navigational manner; from a navigational point of view
- new haven stem — a straight stem for flatbottomed boats in which the ends of the side planking are mitered and covered with a sheet of metal, the stem piece being wholly inside.
- nonbehavioural — not related to or concerned with behaviour
- not having any — refusing to take part or be involved (in)
- octave coupler — a mechanism on an organ and on some harpsichords that enables keys or pedals an octave apart to be played simultaneously
- okavango basin — a river in SW central Africa, rising in central Angola and flowing southeast, then east as part of the border between Angola and Namibia, then southeast across the Caprivi Strip into Botswana to form a great marsh known as the Okavango Basin, Delta or Swamp. Length: about 1600 km (1000 miles)
- on the average — a quantity, rating, or the like that represents or approximates an arithmetic mean: Her golf average is in the 90s. My average in science has gone from B to C this semester.
- oncornaviruses — Plural form of oncornavirus.
- papillomavirus — any of several viruses of the family Papovaviridae, containing circular DNA, causing papillomas in various animals and responsible for human genital warts.
- parental leave — a leave of absence from a job for a parent to care for a new baby.
- pauper's grave — a grave paid for at public expense because the deceased person's family could not afford one
- pavement light — a windowlike structure set in a pavement or the like to illuminate areas beneath, consisting of thick glass blocks set in a metal frame.
- permanent wave — existing perpetually; everlasting, especially without significant change.
- photoengraving — a photographic process of preparing printing plates for letterpress printing.
- pleural cavity — a narrow, fluid-filled space between the pleural membranes of the lung and the inner chest wall.
- quaquaversally — in a quaquaversal manner
- rose of heaven — a plant, Lychnis coeli-rosa, of the pink family, native to the Mediterranean region, having solitary terminal, rose-pink flowers.
- saavedra lamas — Carlos [kahr-laws] /ˈkɑr lɔs/ (Show IPA), 1878?–1959, Argentine statesman and diplomat: Nobel Peace Prize 1936.
- savanna monkey — any of several common, closely allied long-tailed monkeys of African savannas ranging from Senegal to South Africa, including the green monkey, grivet, tantalus, and vervet, which are sometimes considered subspecies and classified together as Cercopithecus aethiops.
- savi's warbler — a type of warbler; Locustella luscinioides.
- scavenger hunt — a game in which individuals or teams are sent out to accumulate, without purchasing, a series of common, outlandish, or humorous objects, the winner being the person or team returning first with all the items.
- secondary wave — a transverse earthquake wave that travels through the interior of the earth and is usually the second conspicuous wave to reach a seismograph.
- seventh avenue — an avenue in the borough of Manhattan, in New York City.
- seventh heaven — (especially in Islam and the cabala) the highest heaven, where God and the most exalted angels dwell.
- shaving mirror — small adjustable mirror
- slave bracelet — a braceletlike, ornamental circlet or chain worn around the ankle.
- slave cylinder — a small cylinder containing a piston that operates the brake shoes or pads in hydraulic brakes or the working part in any other hydraulically operated system
- southern slavs — one of a group of peoples in eastern, southeastern, and central Europe, including the Russians and Ruthenians (Eastern Slavs) the Bulgars, Serbs, Croats, Slavonians, Slovenes, etc. (Southern Slavs) and the Poles, Czechs, Moravians, Slovaks, etc. (Western Slavs)
- spike lavender — a lavender, Lavandula latifolia, having spikes of pale-purple flowers, and yielding an oil used in painting.
- swivel weaving — the process of weaving on a loom equipped with a swivel.
- terminal leave — the final leave granted to a member of the armed forces just before discharge, equal to the total unused leave accumulated during active service.
- to have had it — If you say that someone has had it, you mean they are in very serious trouble or have no hope of succeeding.
- to have it out — If you have it out or have things out with someone, you discuss a problem or disagreement very openly with them, even if it means having an argument, because you think this is the best way to solve the problem.
- travel trailer — trailer (def 2).
- travel voucher — a voucher, usually bought from a travel agency or won in a competition, etc, which can be used to pay for travel costs such as flights, accommodation, etc
- travel-stained — dirty or soiled as a result of travelling
- traveler's-joy — a woody vine, Clematis vitalba, of the buttercup family, native to Europe and northern Africa, having long-plumed fruit and slightly fragrant, white flowers.
- tree of heaven — an Asiatic tree, Ailanthus altissima, having large oblong leaves and rank-smelling flowers, often planted as a shade tree.
- unavailability — suitable or ready for use; of use or service; at hand: I used whatever tools were available.
- unavailingness — the state or quality of being unavailing or useless
- vestavia hills — a city in central Alabama, near Birmingham.
- wave mechanics — a form of quantum mechanics formulated in terms of a wave equation, as the Schrödinger equation.
- weaver's hitch — sheet bend.
- well-travelled — traveled.
- wood engraving — the art or process of engraving designs in relief with a burin on the end grain of wood, for printing.