13-letter words containing a, c, t, i, v
- retroactively — operative with respect to past occurrences, as a statute; retrospective: a retroactive law.
- revaccination — the act or practice of vaccinating; inoculation with vaccine.
- revendication — the process or act of revendicating
- revictualling — victuals, food supplies; provisions.
- revindication — the act of vindicating.
- river traffic — the boats that sail on a river
- romantic love — love characterized by romance and involving sexual attraction
- 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.
- 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.
- scratch video — the technique or practice of recycling images from films or television to make collages
- serving hatch — a small hatch or opening in a kitchen wall used to serve food through to an adjoining room
- shaving stick — a piece of shaving foam moulded into a slender shape and held in a slender container for ease of application to the face when removing hair with a razor
- significative — serving to signify.
- 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.
- subindicative — of or relating to subindicating
- suction valve — a nonreturn valve in a pump suction to prevent the pump draining or depriming when not in service
- superactivity — extreme activity; hyperactivity
- sylvicultural — relating to sylviculture
- tax avoidance — Tax avoidance is the use of legal methods to pay the smallest possible amount of tax.
- tax incentive — measure to encourage activity
- the civil war — the war between the North (the Union) and the South (the Confederacy) in the U.S. (1861-65)
- thieves' cant — slang used by thieves
- to come alive — If people, places, or events come alive, they start to be lively again after a quiet period. If someone or something brings them alive, they cause them to come alive.
- tractor drive — a mechanism that feeds paper through a printer, using studs on a rotating wheel that engage with holes along the side of the paper
- train service — provision of railway transport
- transactivate — to activate the replication of (a viral gene) through the presence of a gene at another locus, especially following a viral infection.
- traverse city — a city in NW Michigan.
- tuva republic — a constituent republic of S Russia: mountainous. Capital: Kizyl. Pop: 305 500 (2002). Area: 170 500 sq km (65 800 sq miles)
- ultraviolence — acts of extreme violence, esp those shown on television or film
- un-indicative — showing, signifying, or pointing out; expressive or suggestive (usually followed by of): behavior indicative of mental disorder.
- uncaptivating — to attract and hold the attention or interest of, as by beauty or excellence; enchant: Her blue eyes and red hair captivated him.
- uncooperative — working or acting together willingly for a common purpose or benefit.
- underactivity — insufficient activity
- unprovocative — tending or serving to provoke; inciting, stimulating, irritating, or vexing.
- unspeculative — not characterized by speculation
- vacation trip — a trip undertaken during a vacation
- vacation work — work undertaken by students during their vacation
- vaccine point — a thin, pointed, vaccine-coated piece of bone or the like, for use in vaccinating.
- vaccinization — a vaccination produced by a series of virus inoculations.
- vaccinologist — the science of vaccine development.
- vacuolization — the state of being full of vacuoles
- vacuum filter — A vacuum filter is a filter in which the liquid passes through more easily because of a vacuum on the liquid output side.
- valedictorian — a student, usually the one ranking highest academically in a school graduating class, who delivers the valedictory at the commencement exercises.
- valet service — a cleaning service, in which your clothes are collected for cleaning, from your house or hotel, and returned to you
- vanishing act — a vanishing act is when someone is impossible to contact, or disappears from public view
- variable cost — a cost that varies with a change in the volume of output while remaining uniform on a per-unit basis, as cost of labor (distinguished from fixed cost).
- vascularities — pertaining to, composed of, or provided with vessels or ducts that convey fluids, as blood, lymph, or sap.
- vaunt-courier — a person who goes in advance, as a herald.