13-letter words containing c, l, a, v, e
- provincialize — to make provincial in character.
- provocatively — tending or serving to provoke; inciting, stimulating, irritating, or vexing.
- qualificative — That which qualifies, modifies, or restricts; a qualifying term or statement.
- quantivalence — quantitative equivalence
- receivability — the fact or condition of being receivable
- recultivation — the act or art of cultivating.
- reduplicative — tending to reduplicate.
- restless cavy — a wild guinea pig.
- retroactively — operative with respect to past occurrences, as a statute; retrospective: a retroactive law.
- revascularize — to surgically improve the blood circulation of (an organ or area of the body).
- revictualling — victuals, food supplies; provisions.
- rocking valve — (on a steam engine) a valve mechanism oscillating through an arc to open and close.
- romantic love — love characterized by romance and involving sexual attraction
- salvage costs — the costs involved in salvaging goods or property from fire, shipwreck, etc
- salviniaceous — relating to the genus Salviniaceae
- saving clause — a clause which denotes a reservation or exception
- scarcely ever — almost never, seldom
- scarlet fever — a contagious febrile disease caused by streptococci and characterized by a scarlet eruption.
- 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
- 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
- service clasp — clasp (def 4).
- 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.
- suction valve — a nonreturn valve in a pump suction to prevent the pump draining or depriming when not in service
- the civil war — the war between the North (the Union) and the South (the Confederacy) in the U.S. (1861-65)
- to come alive — If people, places, or events come alive, they start to be lively again after a quiet period. If someone or something brings them alive, they cause them to come alive.
- travel agency — a business that accommodates travelers, as by securing tickets, arranging for reservations, and giving information.
- tuva republic — a constituent republic of S Russia: mountainous. Capital: Kizyl. Pop: 305 500 (2002). Area: 170 500 sq km (65 800 sq miles)
- ultraviolence — acts of extreme violence, esp those shown on television or film
- unconceivable — inconceivable.
- unconceivably — inconceivably
- unconversable — inappropriate for conversation
- unequivocally — in a way that is clear and unambiguous: The theme is unequivocally religious.
- unevangelical — not religiously orthodox; not in accordance with the Christian gospel
- unperceivable — imperceptible
- unperceivably — imperceptibly
- unrecoverable — able to recover or be recovered: a patient now believed to be recoverable; recoverable losses on his investments.
- unrecoverably — in an unrecoverable or irrecoverable manner
- unserviceable — not suitable to be used
- unspeculative — not characterized by speculation
- vacuum bottle — a bottle or flask having a vacuum liner that prevents the escape of heat from hot contents, usually liquids, or the entrance of heat into cold contents; thermos.
- vacuum filter — A vacuum filter is a filter in which the liquid passes through more easily because of a vacuum on the liquid output side.
- vaginal cream — A vaginal cream is cream for treating vaginal infections, applied with a special applicator.
- valedictorian — a student, usually the one ranking highest academically in a school graduating class, who delivers the valedictory at the commencement exercises.
- valence-shell — an electron of an atom, located in the outermost shell (valence shell) of the atom, that can be transferred to or shared with another atom.
- valet service — a cleaning service, in which your clothes are collected for cleaning, from your house or hotel, and returned to you
- valued policy — a policy in which the company and the policyholder agree to the amount to be paid in the event of total loss of property, regardless of the value of the property.
- 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).