13-letter words containing a, e, s, t, i, v
- re-entry visa — a visa that allows someone to enter a country again several times
- reinvestigate — to examine, study, or inquire into systematically; search or examine into the particulars of; examine in detail.
- remonstrative — to say or plead in protest, objection, or disapproval.
- restoratively — in a restorative manner
- revelationist — a person who believes in divine revelation.
- river estuary — a river mouth
- 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
- significative — serving to signify.
- silver iodate — a white, crystalline, slightly water-soluble powder, AgIO 3 , used in medicine chiefly as an antiseptic and as an astringent.
- silver wattle — a tree, Acacia dealbata, of the legume family, native to Australia and Tasmania, having feathery, silver-gray foliage and fragrant yellow flowers.
- silver-plated — Something that is silver-plated is covered with a very thin layer of silver.
- slave trading — trafficking in people
- slave traffic — the traffic of slaves
- solitary wave — a localized disturbance that propagates like a wave but resembles a particle in that it does not disperse, even if it collides with other such waves.
- south vietnam — a former country in SE Asia that comprised Vietnam S of about 17° N latitude; a separate state 1954–75; now part of reunified Vietnam. Capital: Saigon.
- soviet russia — a conventional name of the Soviet Union.
- speculatively — pertaining to, of the nature of, or characterized by speculation, contemplation, conjecture, or abstract reasoning: a speculative approach.
- stain remover — a substance designed for removing stains or dirty marks, as from clothes, carpets, etc
- standing wave — a wave in a medium in which each point on the axis of the wave has an associated constant amplitude ranging from zero at the nodes to a maximum at the antinodes.
- steve wozniak — (person) Co-founder of Apple Computer with Steve Jobs on 01 April 1976 and the inventor of the Apple II personal computer.
- stovepipe hat — a tall silk hat.
- subderivative — a word derived from a derivative.
- subindicative — of or relating to subindicating
- subordinative — placed in or belonging to a lower order or rank.
- substantively — a noun.
- substantivize — to use (an adjective, verb, etc.) as a substantive; convert into a substantive: a substantivized participle.
- suction valve — a nonreturn valve in a pump suction to prevent the pump draining or depriming when not in service
- suovetaurilia — (in ancient Rome) a sacrifice of a hog, a ram, and a bull.
- superactivity — extreme activity; hyperactivity
- superlatively — of the highest kind, quality, or order; surpassing all else or others; supreme; extreme: superlative wisdom.
- talkativeness — inclined to talk a great deal: One drink and she became very talkative.
- televangelism — Christian preaching on TV
- televangelist — an evangelist who regularly conducts religious services on television.
- tenovaginitis — the inflammation of the sheath around a tendon
- tentativeness — of the nature of or made or done as a trial, experiment, or attempt; experimental: a tentative report on her findings.
- tergiversator — to change repeatedly one's attitude or opinions with respect to a cause, subject, etc.; equivocate.
- thieves' cant — slang used by thieves
- time reversal — the mathematical operation of reversing the direction of time. Symbol: T.
- 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.
- transfusively — in a transfusive manner
- transgressive — to violate a law, command, moral code, etc.; offend; sin.
- transmutative — the act or process of transmuting.
- traverse city — a city in NW Michigan.
- unassertively — in an unassertive manner
- universal set — the set of all objects or elements considered in a given problem