13-letter words containing c, i, v, l, s
- fingal's cave — a cave on the island of Staffa, in the Hebrides, Scotland. 227 feet (69 meters) long; 42 feet (13 meters) wide.
- gesticulative — to make or use gestures, especially in an animated or excited manner with or instead of speech.
- gravity scale — a scale giving the relative density of fluids
- inclusiveness — including or encompassing the stated limit or extremes in consideration or account (usually used postpositively): from 6 to 37 inclusive.
- inconversable — (obsolete) uncommunicative; reserved.
- instinctively — of, relating to, or of the nature of instinct.
- instructively — In an instructive manner.
- intravascular — within the blood vessels.
- irrelevancies — irrelevance.
- livery colors — the principal tinctures of a coat of arms, usually one color and one metal, used for liveries, standards, etc.
- love-stricken — If you describe someone as love-stricken, you mean that they are so much in love that they are behaving in a strange and foolish way.
- lucrativeness — profitable; moneymaking; remunerative: a lucrative business.
- machiavellism — of, like, or befitting Machiavelli.
- microvascular — Of or relating to the smallest blood vessels.
- mischievously — maliciously or playfully annoying.
- nicholasville — a town in central Kentucky.
- nickel silver — German silver.
- nicoise olive — a small variety of olive with a rich, nutty flavor.
- non-exclusive — not admitting of something else; incompatible: mutually exclusive plans of action.
- non-vesicular — of or relating to a vesicle or vesicles.
- obstructively — In an obstructive manner.
- oversocialize — to make social; make fit for life in companionship with others.
- perspectively — a technique of depicting volumes and spatial relationships on a flat surface. Compare aerial perspective, linear perspective.
- photovoltaics — (used with a singular verb) a field of semiconductor technology involving the direct conversion of electromagnetic radiation as sunlight, into electricity.
- pollice verso — with thumbs turned downward: the sign made by spectators calling for the death of a defeated gladiator in the ancient Roman circus.
- prospectively — of or in the future: prospective earnings.
- 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.
- reclusiveness — the state or quality of being reclusive
- restrictively — tending or serving to restrict.
- revascularize — to surgically improve the blood circulation of (an organ or area of the body).
- salviniaceous — relating to the genus Salviniaceae
- saving clause — a clause which denotes a reservation or exception
- schuylerville — a village in E New York, on the Hudson: scene of Burgoyne's defeat and surrender in the Battle of Saratoga 1777.
- seclusiveness — tending to seclude, especially oneself.
- self-deceived — holding an erroneous opinion of oneself, one's own effort, or the like.
- self-violence — swift and intense force: the violence of a storm.
- semicivilized — half or partly civilized.
- service clasp — clasp (def 4).
- service rifle — a rifle that is issued as standard to soldiers of an army or armed force
- silver doctor — a type of artificial fly, used chiefly for trout and salmon.
- silver screen — motion pictures; the motion-picture industry: a star of the silver screen.
- silvichemical — any of a number of chemicals derived from a tree.
- slave traffic — the traffic of slaves
- speculatively — pertaining to, of the nature of, or characterized by speculation, contemplation, conjecture, or abstract reasoning: a speculative approach.
- subclavicular — a bone of the pectoral arch.
- suction valve — a nonreturn valve in a pump suction to prevent the pump draining or depriming when not in service
- sylvicultural — relating to sylviculture
- unexclusively — in an unexclusive manner