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13-letter words containing a, s, v, o

  • overstatement — to state too strongly; exaggerate: to overstate one's position in a controversy.
  • overstimulate — to stimulate too much
  • overzealously — too zealous: overzealous for reform.
  • ovipositional — pertaining to the laying of eggs through an ovipositor
  • ovoviviparous — producing eggs that are hatched within the body, so that the young are born alive but without placental attachment, as certain reptiles or fishes.
  • papaveraceous — belonging to the Papaveraceae, the poppy family of plants.
  • paramyxovirus — any of various RNA-containing viruses that are similar to but larger than the myxoviruses, including the viruses that cause mumps, measles, parainfluenza, and Newcastle disease.
  • passive voice — grammar: verb form takes when subject acted upon
  • perseveration — the act or process of perseverating.
  • petropavlovsk — a city in N Kazakhstan on the Ishim River. Pop: 190 000 (2005 est)
  • photovoltaics — (used with a singular verb) a field of semiconductor technology involving the direct conversion of electromagnetic radiation as sunlight, into electricity.
  • piss all over — to be far superior to
  • point shaving — (especially in basketball) the illegal practice, by one or more bribed players, of deliberately limiting the number of points scored to conform to the desires of corrupt gamblers.
  • point-shaving — (especially in basketball) the illegal practice, by one or more bribed players, of deliberately limiting the number of points scored to conform to the desires of corrupt gamblers.
  • polyoma virus — a small DNA-containing virus, of the papovavirus group, that can produce a variety of tumors in mice, hamsters, rabbits, and rats.
  • postoperative — occurring after a surgical operation.
  • postvasectomy — of or occurring in the period after a vasectomy
  • postvertebral — of or relating to a vertebra or the vertebrae; spinal.
  • preservations — to keep alive or in existence; make lasting: to preserve our liberties as free citizens.
  • proactiveness — serving to prepare for, intervene in, or control an expected occurrence or situation, especially a negative or difficult one; anticipatory: proactive measures against crime.
  • proces-verbal — a report of proceedings, as of an assembly.
  • proverbialism — a proverbial expression
  • proverbialist — a person who composes, records or uses proverbial expressions
  • provincialise — to make provincial in character.
  • provincialism — narrowness of mind, ignorance, or the like, considered as resulting from lack of exposure to cultural or intellectual activity.
  • provincialist — a native or inhabitant of a province.
  • provisionally — providing or serving for the time being only; existing only until permanently or properly replaced; temporary: a provisional government.
  • provost guard — a detachment of soldiers assigned to police duties under the provost marshal.
  • radius vector — Mathematics. the length of the line segment joining a fixed point or origin to a given point.
  • remonstrative — to say or plead in protest, objection, or disapproval.
  • restoratively — in a restorative manner
  • revelationist — a person who believes in divine revelation.
  • risk aversion — a strong disinclination to take risks
  • rivalrousness — characterized by rivalry; competitive: the rivalrous aspect of their friendship.
  • road surveyor — a person who does surveying work for road building
  • role reversal — Role reversal is a situation in which two people have chosen or been forced to exchange their duties and responsibilities, so that each is now doing what the other used to do.
  • roosevelt dam — a dam on the Salt River, in central Arizona. 284 feet (87 meters) high; 1080 feet (329 meters) long.
  • rose d'anvers — a gem having a rose cut of 12 or fewer facets.
  • rosenkavalier — an opera (1911) by Richard Strauss.
  • russian olive — oleaster.
  • salvage costs — the costs involved in salvaging goods or property from fire, shipwreck, etc
  • salviniaceous — relating to the genus Salviniaceae
  • savings ratio — the ratio of personal savings to disposable income, esp using the difference between national figures for disposable income and consumer spending as a measure of savings
  • savoy cabbage — a variety of cabbage having a compact head of crinkled, blistered leaves.
  • school leaver — School leavers are young people who have just left school, because they have completed their time there.
  • scotch lovage — a similar and related plant, Ligusticum scoticum, of N Europe
  • scratch video — the technique or practice of recycling images from films or television to make collages
  • seaton valley — a region in NE England, in SE Northumberland: consists of a group of former coal-mining villages
  • second advent — Second Coming.
  • self-advocacy — the practice of having mentally handicapped people speak for themselves and control their own affairs, rather than having nonhandicapped people automatically assume responsibility for them
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