13-letter words containing a, c, e, s, v
- nonconversant — Not conversant.
- nonobservance — absence or lack of observance.
- novocherkassk — a city in the SW Russian Federation in Europe, NE of Rostov.
- ovariectomies — Plural form of ovariectomy.
- over-abstract — thought of apart from concrete realities, specific objects, or actual instances: an abstract idea.
- over-cautious — excessively or unnecessarily cautious: Sometimes it doesn't pay to be overcautious in business.
- overachievers — Plural form of overachiever.
- overacuteness — sharp or severe in effect; intense: acute sorrow; an acute pain.
- overcast seam — a hem with long stitches passing successively over the edge
- overinsurance — (of goods or property) insurance in excess of actual value
- oversocialize — to make social; make fit for life in companionship with others.
- overspeculate — to engage in thought or reflection; meditate (often followed by on, upon, or a clause).
- papaveraceous — belonging to the Papaveraceae, the poppy family of plants.
- pas de cheval — a step in which the dancer hops on one foot and paws the ground with the other.
- passive voice — grammar: verb form takes when subject acted upon
- paucis verbis — in or by few words; with brevity.
- postvasectomy — of or occurring in the period after a vasectomy
- proactiveness — serving to prepare for, intervene in, or control an expected occurrence or situation, especially a negative or difficult one; anticipatory: proactive measures against crime.
- proces-verbal — a report of proceedings, as of an assembly.
- provincialise — to make provincial in character.
- radius vector — Mathematics. the length of the line segment joining a fixed point or origin to a given point.
- restless cavy — a wild guinea pig.
- revascularize — to surgically improve the blood circulation of (an organ or area of the body).
- sabin vaccine — an orally administered vaccine of live viruses for immunization against poliomyelitis.
- safety device — A safety device is a piece of equipment such as a fire extinguisher, safety belt, or burglar alarm that reduces loss or damage from a fire, accident, or break-in.
- saint vincent — Saint, died a.d. 304, Spanish martyr: patron saint of winegrowers.
- salvage costs — the costs involved in salvaging goods or property from fire, shipwreck, etc
- salviniaceous — relating to the genus Salviniaceae
- saving clause — a clause which denotes a reservation or exception
- savoy cabbage — a variety of cabbage having a compact head of crinkled, blistered leaves.
- scarcely ever — almost never, seldom
- scarlet fever — a contagious febrile disease caused by streptococci and characterized by a scarlet eruption.
- scavenge pump — an oil pump used in some internal-combustion engines to return oil from the crankcase to the oil tank
- school leaver — School leavers are young people who have just left school, because they have completed their time there.
- sciatic nerve — either of a pair of nerves, the largest in the body, that originate in the sacral plexus of the lower back and extend down the buttocks to the back of the knees, where they divide into other nerves: the sciatic nerve and its branches innervate large areas of the pelvis, leg, and foot.
- scotch lovage — a similar and related plant, Ligusticum scoticum, of N Europe
- scratch video — the technique or practice of recycling images from films or television to make collages
- second advent — Second Coming.
- seismic waves — a wave of energy that is generated by an earthquake or other earth vibration and that travels within the earth or along its surface.
- self-advocacy — the practice of having mentally handicapped people speak for themselves and control their own affairs, rather than having nonhandicapped people automatically assume responsibility for them
- service break — an instance of a player winning a game against a server.
- service clasp — clasp (def 4).
- serving hatch — a small hatch or opening in a kitchen wall used to serve food through to an adjoining room
- severance pay — money, exclusive of wages, back pay, etc., paid to an employee who has tenure and who is dismissed because of lack of work or other reasons beyond the employee's control.
- severance tax — a tax levied by a state on the extraction and use of a natural product, as coal, that is sold outside the state or during a certain period.
- shaving cream — a preparation, as of soap and free fatty acid, that is lathered and applied to the face to soften and condition the beard for shaving.
- significative — serving to signify.
- silvichemical — any of a number of chemicals derived from a tree.
- slave traffic — the traffic of slaves
- speculatively — pertaining to, of the nature of, or characterized by speculation, contemplation, conjecture, or abstract reasoning: a speculative approach.