13-letter words containing a, t, v, i, s
- contrastively — tending to contrast; contrasting. contrastive colors.
- contraversial — Misspelling of controversial.
- contraversion — A turning to the opposite side; antistrophe.
- controversial — If you describe something or someone as controversial, you mean that they are the subject of intense public argument, disagreement, or disapproval.
- conversations — Plural form of conversation.
- corporativism — corporatism
- cyberactivism — Activism facilitated by the Internet.
- dame's violet — a Eurasian hairy perennial plant, Hesperis matronalis, cultivated in gardens for its mauve or white fragrant flowers: family Brassicaceae (crucifers)
- dasht-e-kavir — large salt-desert plateau in NC Iran: c. 18,000 sq mi (46,620 sq km)
- dasht-i-kavir — a salt waste on the central plateau of Iran: a treacherous marsh beneath a salt crust
- demonstrative — Someone who is demonstrative shows affection freely and openly.
- derivationist — a person who believes that it is possible to derive knowledge of what is good for humans from a metaphysical study of humans themselves
- devastatingly — tending or threatening to devastate: a devastating fire.
- devotionalist — a devotee
- disadvantaged — lacking the normal or usual necessities and comforts of life, as proper housing, educational opportunities, job security, adequate medical care, etc.: The government extends help to disadvantaged minorities.
- disadvantages — Plural form of disadvantage.
- disinvigorate — to deprive of vigour
- disseminative — to scatter or spread widely, as though sowing seed; promulgate extensively; broadcast; disperse: to disseminate information about preventive medicine.
- dissimilative — to modify by dissimilation.
- divarications — Plural form of divarication.
- draft version — a preliminary version
- driver's seat — the seat from which a vehicle is operated.
- equivocations — Plural form of equivocation.
- evangelistary — a book containing passages from the gospels to be used as part of the liturgy
- eventualities — Plural form of eventuality.
- everlastingly — In an everlasting manner; so as to be everlasting.
- evocativeness — The state or condition of being evocative.
- extravasating — Present participle of extravasate.
- extravasation — The exudation of blood, lymph or urine from a vessel into the tissues.
- fast dissolve — a transition that fades out one scene and replaces it with another, merging the two scenes imperceptibly
- festival hall — a concert hall in London, on the South Bank of the Thames: constructed for the 1951 Festival of Britain; completed 1964–65
- festivalgoers — Plural form of festivalgoer.
- film festival — a festival devoted to film
- flavoproteins — Plural form of flavoprotein.
- galvanisation — Alternative form of galvanization.
- gesticulative — to make or use gestures, especially in an animated or excited manner with or instead of speech.
- give it heaps — to try very hard
- give pause to — to cause to hesitate
- give sb heart — If something gives you heart, it makes you feel more confident or happy about something.
- gram-positive — (of bacteria) retaining the violet dye when stained by Gram's method.
- gravity scale — a scale giving the relative density of fluids
- harvest index — a measurement of crop yield: the weight of a harvested product as a percentage of the total plant weight of a crop.
- have its uses — If you say that being something or knowing someone has its uses, you mean that it makes it possible for you to do what you otherwise would not be able to do.
- imitativeness — imitating; copying; given to imitation.
- imperseverant — lacking the power to perceive
- improvisation — the art or act of improvising, or of composing, uttering, executing, or arranging anything without previous preparation: Musical improvisation involves imagination and creativity.
- improvisatore — An individual who recites impromptu verse, as from a song or poem.
- improvisatori — Plural form of improvisatore.
- improvisatory — of, relating to, or characteristic of an improvisation or improvisator.
- individualist — a person who shows great independence or individuality in thought or action.