12-letter words containing a, d, v, i, s
- driving seat — In a vehicle such as a car or a bus, the driving seat is the seat where the person who is driving the vehicle sits.
- dzhugashvili — Iosif Vissarionovich [Russian yaw-syif-vyi-suh-ryi-aw-nuh-vyich] /Russian ˈyɔ syɪf vyɪ sə ryɪˈɔ nə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), Stalin, Joseph.
- edwardsville — a town in SW Illinois.
- faits divers — brief news stories, as those typically found in some French newspapers, that are sensational, lurid, etc.
- gravediggers — Plural form of gravedigger.
- hepadnavirus — Any member of the virus family Hepadnaviridae, capable of causing liver infections in humans and animals.
- idiot savant — a mentally defective person with an exceptional skill or talent in a special field, as a highly developed ability to play music or to solve complex mathematical problems mentally at great speed.
- individual's — a single human being, as distinguished from a group.
- individuates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of individuate.
- investigated — Simple past tense and past participle of investigate.
- isoflavonoid — (organic chemistry) Any compound, isomeric with the flavonoids, derived from 3-phenyl-1,4-benzopyrone.
- kavir desert — Dasht-e-Kavir.
- landgravines — Plural form of landgravine.
- lap dissolve — dissolve (def 17).
- madisonville — a city in W Kentucky.
- maid service — cleaner, cleaning business
- maidservants — Plural form of maidservant.
- maladjustive — Exhibiting or relating to maladjustment.
- mediaevalism — Alternative spelling of medievalism.
- medievalisms — Plural form of medievalism.
- medievalists — Plural form of medievalist.
- misadventure — an instance of bad fortune; mishap.
- misadvisedly — ill-advisedly
- old slavonic — Old Church Slavonic.
- overdiagnose — (medicine) To diagnose something more often than it actually occurs.
- oversedation — the calming of mental excitement or abatement of physiological function, especially by the administration of a drug.
- overstrained — exerted, taxed, or used to an excessive extent
- postdiluvial — existing or occurring after the biblical Flood
- postdiluvian — existing or occurring after the Biblical Flood.
- postmedieval — occurring or existing after the Middle Ages, of or related to the period after the Middle Ages
- radicivorous — feeding on the roots of plants
- savings bond — a U.S. government bond with principal amounts up to $10,000.
- scandinavian — of or relating to Scandinavia, its inhabitants, or their languages.
- scrieveboard — the drawing board of a shipbuilder
- scrive board — a floorlike construction on which the lines of a vessel can be drawn or scribed at full size.
- scuba diving — deep-sea swimming
- semi-invalid — a person who is partially disabled or somewhat infirm
- sendai virus — a paramyxovirus that tends to cause cell fusion: in inactive form, used in biological research to produce cells with multiple nuclei of different genetic constitutions.
- service road — frontage road.
- silver medal — a medal, traditionally of silver or silver in color, awarded to a person or team finishing second in a competition, meet, or tournament.
- slave driver — an overseer of slaves.
- slave-driver — an overseer of slaves.
- stage-driver — the driver of a stagecoach.
- steam-driven — powered by steam
- stradivarius — a violin or other instrument made by Stradivari or his family.
- sub-additive — something that is added, as one substance to another, to alter or improve the general quality or to counteract undesirable properties: an additive that thins paint.
- subdividable — to divide (that which has already been divided) into smaller parts; divide again after a first division.
- swallow dive — swan dive.
- unadvertised — to announce or praise (a product, service, etc.) in some public medium of communication in order to induce people to buy or use it: to advertise a new brand of toothpaste.
- unvanquished — to conquer or subdue by superior force, as in battle.