12-letter words containing a, c, v
- scuba diving — deep-sea swimming
- scurvy grass — a plant, Cochlearia officinalis, of the mustard family, purported to be a remedy for scurvy.
- security van — an armoured van used to transport money or other valuables
- seismic wave — a wave of energy that is generated by an earthquake or other earth vibration and that travels within the earth or along its surface.
- service area — motorway facilities
- service flat — an apartment with complete hotel services.
- service game — a game in which a particular tennis player is the one who serves
- service mark — a proprietary term, such as Blue Cross and Blue Shield, American Express, or Planned Parenthood, that is registered with the Patent and Trademark Office. Abbreviation: SM.
- service road — frontage road.
- servicewoman — a woman who is a member of the armed forces of a country.
- shostakovich — Dimitri Dimitrievich [dih-mee-tree di-mee-tree-uh-vich;; Russian dmyee-tryee dmyee-tryi-yi-vyich] /dɪˈmi tri dɪˈmi tri ə vɪtʃ;; Russian ˈdmyi tryi ˈdmyi tryɪ yɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1906–75, Russian composer.
- sivapithecus — a genus of extinct Miocene primates of Asia that resemble the modern orangutan.
- space travel — spaceflight of manned vehicles.
- space-saving — that saves space.
- spotted cavy — paca.
- stupefactive — serving to stupefy.
- surface wave — a seismic wave that travels along or parallel to the earth's surface (distinguished from body wave).
- surveillance — a watch kept over a person, group, etc., especially over a suspect, prisoner, or the like: The suspects were under police surveillance.
- swivel chair — a chair whose seat turns around horizontally on a swivel.
- tetravalence — the condition of having a valency of four
- the-overcoat — a short story (1842) by Gogol.
- tschaikovsky — Peter Ilyich [il-yich] /ˈɪl yɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich.
- tsesarevitch — (in Russian history) the eldest son of a tsar or his heir apparent
- turacoverdin — a green pigment found in certain feathers of the touraco
- un-revocable — that may be revoked.
- unachievable — to bring to a successful end; carry through; accomplish: The police crackdown on speeders achieved its purpose.
- unattractive — providing pleasure or delight, especially in appearance or manner; pleasing; charming; alluring: an attractive personality.
- unchivalrous — having the qualities of chivalry, as courage, courtesy, and loyalty.
- unconversant — familiar by use or study (usually followed by with): conversant with Spanish history.
- uncovenanted — not agreed to or promised by covenant.
- uncreativity — the state or quality of being creative.
- uncultivable — capable of being cultivated.
- uncultivated — prepared and used for raising crops; tilled: cultivated land.
- under canvas — If you are living and sleeping under canvas, you are living and sleeping in a tent.
- underachieve — to perform, especially academically, below the potential indicated by tests of one's mental ability or aptitude.
- unobservance — a failure to comply or observe (a law, custom, etc)
- unvaccinated — to inoculate with the vaccine of cowpox so as to render the subject immune to smallpox.
- unvindicated — to clear, as from an accusation, imputation, suspicion, or the like: to vindicate someone's honor.
- uv ceti star — flare star.
- vacation pay — salary paid during holidays
- vacationland — an area having recreational facilities, historic or picturesque sights, etc., that attract vacationists.
- vacuum brake — a brake system, used on British and many overseas railways, in which the brake is held off by a vacuum on one side of the brake-operating cylinder. If the vacuum is destroyed by controlled leakage of air or a disruptive emergency, the brake is applied. It is now largely superseded by the Westinghouse brake system
- vacuum flask — A vacuum flask is a container which is used to keep hot drinks hot or cold drinks cold. It has two thin silvery glass walls with a vacuum between them.
- vacuum frame — a machine from which the air is extracted in order to obtain close contact between the surfaces of two materials, e.g. the film and plate during platemaking
- vacuum gauge — a device for measuring pressures below atmospheric pressure in the receiver of an air pump, in steam condensers, and the like.
- vacuum servo — a servomechanism that is operated by the lowering of pressure in the intake duct of an internal-combustion engine
- vacuum valve — vacuum tube
- vaginicoline — living in a sheath
- vaginicolous — living in a sheath
- valenciennes — a city in N France, SE of Lille.