12-letter words containing e, v, a, s, i, l
- silver maple — a maple, Acer saccharinum, having leaves that are light green above and silvery white beneath.
- silver medal — a medal, traditionally of silver or silver in color, awarded to a person or team finishing second in a competition, meet, or tournament.
- silver paper — silver foil.
- silver plate — thin coat of silver
- silver state — Nevada (used as a nickname).
- silver-plate — to coat (base metal) with silver, especially by electroplating.
- slave driver — an overseer of slaves.
- slave-driver — an overseer of slaves.
- spinal nerve — any of a series of paired nerves that originate in the nerve roots of the spinal cord and emerge from the vertebrae on both sides of the spinal column, each branching out to innervate a specific region of the neck, trunk, or limbs.
- squaresville — a thing, place, etc., regarded as conventional, unfashionable, or conservative.
- stanleyville — former name of Kisangani.
- subdividable — to divide (that which has already been divided) into smaller parts; divide again after a first division.
- surveillance — a watch kept over a person, group, etc., especially over a suspect, prisoner, or the like: The suspects were under police surveillance.
- swallow dive — swan dive.
- swivel chair — a chair whose seat turns around horizontally on a swivel.
- transitively — Grammar. having the nature of a transitive verb.
- trivialities — something trivial; a trivial matter, affair, remark, etc.: cocktail conversation marked by trivialities.
- unapplausive — not giving applause; not expressing praise
- uninvestable — that can be invested.
- universalism — universal character; universality.
- universalist — a person characterized by universalism, as in knowledge, interests, or activities.
- universality — the character or state of being universal; existence or prevalence everywhere.
- universalize — to make universal.
- unsurvivable — able to be survived: Would an atomic war be survivable?
- valenciennes — a city in N France, SE of Lille.
- valve spring — a helical spring used to hold closed a valve in the cylinder head of an internal-combustion engine
- variableness — apt or liable to vary or change; changeable: variable weather; variable moods.
- vascularised — (of a tissue or embryo) to develop or extend blood vessels or other fluid-bearing vessels or ducts; become vascular.
- vascularized — rendered vascular by the formation of new blood vessels.
- vasoligature — vasoligation.
- vaudevillist — a person who writes for vaudeville
- verticalness — the quality or state of being vertical; uprightness
- vesicularity — the quality or state of being vesicular
- vesiculation — characterized by or covered with vesicles.
- vespertilian — of, relating to, or resembling a bat
- villahermosa — a state in SE Mexico, on the Gulf of Campeche. 9783 sq. mi. (25,338 sq. km). Capital: Villahermosa.
- villanelle's — a rustic Italian part song without accompaniment.
- viscoelastic — pertaining to a substance having both viscous and elastic properties.
- visual angle — the angle subtended by an object at the lens of the eye
- visual dbase — (language) A Rapid Application Development suite with a compiler and intranet tools to enable developers to publish data on the web. Originally a Borland product, the first version released by dBase, Inc. was Visual dBase 5.7.
- visual field — field of vision.
- visual range — Meteorology. visibility (def 3).
- visualizable — to recall or form mental images or pictures.
- well advised — If someone says that you would be well advised to do a particular thing, they are advising you to do it.
- well-advised — acting with caution, care, or wisdom: They would be well-advised to sell the stock now.
- white slaver — a person engaged in white-slave traffic or business.
- white-slaver — a person engaged in white-slave traffic or business.