13-letter words containing a, s, v
- associativity — the quality of being associative
- assortatively — In an assortative way.
- assortativity — (mathematics) The extent to which nodes of a graph link to others of the same degree.
- atavistically — In an atavistic manner.
- attentiveness — characterized by or giving attention; observant: an attentive audience.
- aubervilliers — an industrial suburb of Paris, on the Seine. Pop: 63 136 (1999)
- availableness — Competent power; validity; efficacy; as, the availableness of a title.
- avant-gardism — the attitudes, techniques, etc., of the cultural avant-garde.
- average speed — a scalar measure of the rate of movement of a body expressed as the distance travelled divided by the time taken
- baal shem tov — original name Israel ben Eliezer ?1700–60, Jewish religious leader, teacher, and healer in Poland: founder of modern Hasidism
- baal-shem-tov — (Israel ben Eliezer"Besht") c1700–60, Ukrainian teacher and religious leader: founder of the Hasidic movement of Judaism.
- balsam capivi — copaiba.
- basso rilievo — bas-relief
- basso-relievo — bas-relief
- beehive state — Utah (used as a nickname).
- behavioristic — the theory or doctrine that human or animal psychology can be accurately studied only through the examination and analysis of objectively observable and quantifiable behavioral events, in contrast with subjective mental states.
- black-a-vised — having a dark complexion.
- bois de vache — dried buffalo dung, used as fuel by Canadian and U.S. fur trappers in the 18th and 19th centuries.
- break service — to win a game in which an opponent is serving
- brevirostrate — having a short beak or bill
- calvary cross — a Latin cross with a representation of three steps beneath it
- camping stove — a portable stove powered by butane gas canisters, designed to be used for cooking while camping
- caprivi strip — narrow strip of land, c. 50 mi (80 km) wide, of NE Namibia, extending eastward to the Zambezi River: c. 300 mi (483 km) long
- caravansaries — Plural form of caravansary.
- caravanserais — Plural form of caravanserai.
- cardioversion — restoring the rhythm of the heart to normal by applying direct-current electrical shock.
- carnivalesque — characteristic of, suitable for, or like a carnival
- carnivorously — In a carnivorous manner.
- carol service — a service, held in a church around Christmas, at which Christmas carols are sung
- cash reserves — money set aside by an individual or a company for use in an emergency
- cassivelaunus — 1st century bc, British chieftain, king of the Catuvellauni tribe, who organized resistance to Caesar's invasion of Britain (54 bc)
- castro valley — a town in W California, near San Francisco Bay.
- catalog verse — verse made by compiling long lists of everyday objects, names, or events, united by a common theme and often didactic in tone.
- caustic curve — a curve formed by the intersection of a caustic surface with a plane
- cavernicolous — inhabiting caves or cavelike places
- charles lever — Charles James ("Cornelius O'Dowd") 1806–72, Irish novelist and essayist.
- cheval screen — a fire screen, usually with a cloth panel, having supports at the ends and mounted on legs.
- christmas eve — Christmas Eve is the 24th of December, the day before Christmas Day.
- church slavic — a liturgical language used in Eastern Orthodox churches in Slavic countries since the 11th or 12th century, representing a development of Old Church Slavonic through contact with the national Slavic languages.
- civil servant — A civil servant is a person who works in the Civil Service in Britain and some other countries, or for the local, state, or federal government in the United States.
- civilisations — Plural form of civilisation.
- civilizations — Plural form of civilization.
- clavichordist — Someone who plays the clavichord.
- cleavableness — the quality of being cleavable
- clishmaclaver — idle talk; gossip
- coleman stove — a portable kerosene camp stove
- combativeness — The state of being combative.
- commiserative — to feel or express sorrow or sympathy for; empathize with; pity.
- comparativist — a comparatist
- conservancies — Plural form of conservancy.