13-letter words containing a, s, l, i, v
- suovetaurilia — (in ancient Rome) a sacrifice of a hog, a ram, and a bull.
- superlatively — of the highest kind, quality, or order; surpassing all else or others; supreme; extreme: superlative wisdom.
- survivability — able to be survived: Would an atomic war be survivable?
- sylvicultural — relating to sylviculture
- 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.
- time reversal — the mathematical operation of reversing the direction of time. Symbol: T.
- transfusively — in a transfusive manner
- unassertively — in an unassertive manner
- universal set — the set of all objects or elements considered in a given problem
- universalness — of, relating to, or characteristic of all or the whole: universal experience.
- unserviceable — not suitable to be used
- unspeculative — not characterized by speculation
- vaccinologist — the science of vaccine development.
- vaginal smear — a smear sample taken from vaginal mucous for cytological analysis
- valet service — a cleaning service, in which your clothes are collected for cleaning, from your house or hotel, and returned to you
- vanilla sugar — sugar which has been infused with vanilla
- vanity plates — a vehicle license plate bearing a combination of letters or numbers requested by the licensee, as a name or occupation.
- variabilities — apt or liable to vary or change; changeable: variable weather; variable moods.
- 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).
- variable star — a star that varies markedly in brightness from time to time.
- vascularities — pertaining to, composed of, or provided with vessels or ducts that convey fluids, as blood, lymph, or sap.
- vashon island — an island in Puget Sound, W central Washington, between Seattle and Tacoma. 37 sq. mi. (96 sq. km).
- vasostimulant — stimulating the action of the vasomotor nerves.
- vernacularism — a vernacular word or expression.
- vernacularist — someone who uses vernacular speech
- vernier scale — Also, vernier scale. a small, movable, graduated scale running parallel to the fixed graduated scale of a sextant, theodolite, barometer, etc., and used for measuring a fractional part of one of the divisions of the fixed scale.
- vestal virgin — (in ancient Rome) one of four, later six, virgins consecrated to Vesta and to the tending of the sacred fire on her altar.
- vinyl plastic — any of various plastics made from polymerized vinyl compounds or copolymers of vinyl and other resins, used in various molded or extruded products, coatings, adhesives, sizes, etc.
- visceral arch — Embryology. branchial arch.
- visual acuity — acuteness of the vision as determined by a comparison with the normal ability to define certain letters at a given distance, usually 20 feet (6 meters). Abbreviation: V.
- visual artist — someone involved in the arts of painting, sculpting, photography, etc, as opposed to music, drama, and literature
- visual binary — a binary star having components that are sufficiently separated to be resolved by a telescope.
- visual cortex — the portion of the cerebral cortex of the brain that receives and processes impulses from the optic nerves.
- visual effect — Usually, visual effects. a special effect that is added to a film or video in post-production, as computer-generated imagery. Abbreviation: VFX.
- visual foxpro — (database) A Microsoft database derived from Fox Software's FoxPRO.
- visual purple — rhodopsin.
- visualization — to recall or form mental images or pictures.
- vocationalism — the practice or policy of requiring vocational training of all college or high-school students.
- vocationalist — the practice or policy of requiring vocational training of all college or high-school students.
- volcanologist — the scientific study of volcanoes and volcanic phenomena.
- voluntariness — done, made, brought about, undertaken, etc., of one's own accord or by free choice: a voluntary contribution.
- voluntaristic — Philosophy. any theory that regards will as the fundamental agency or principle, in metaphysics, epistemology, or psychology.
- vraisemblance — verisimilitude; appearance of truth
- wallcoverings — Plural form of wallcovering.
- white slavery — the condition of or traffic in white slaves.
- white-slaving — traffic in white slaves.
- wilhelmshaven — a seaport in NW Germany, NW of Bremen, on the North Sea.