13-letter words containing g, i, v, e, s
- sovietologist — Kremlinology.
- spring valley — a city in SW California, near San Diego.
- standing wave — a wave in a medium in which each point on the axis of the wave has an associated constant amplitude ranging from zero at the nodes to a maximum at the antinodes.
- sub-sovereign — a monarch; a king, queen, or other supreme ruler.
- televangelism — Christian preaching on TV
- televangelist — an evangelist who regularly conducts religious services on television.
- tenovaginitis — the inflammation of the sheath around a tendon
- tergiversator — to change repeatedly one's attitude or opinions with respect to a cause, subject, etc.; equivocate.
- transgressive — to violate a law, command, moral code, etc.; offend; sin.
- undeservingly — in an undeserving manner
- unprogressive — favoring or advocating progress, change, improvement, or reform, as opposed to wishing to maintain things as they are, especially in political matters: a progressive mayor.
- vaginal smear — a smear sample taken from vaginal mucous for cytological analysis
- vegetarianism — the beliefs or practices of a vegetarian.
- venereologist — the branch of medicine dealing with the study and treatment of venereal, or sexually transmitted, disease.
- vestal virgin — (in ancient Rome) one of four, later six, virgins consecrated to Vesta and to the tending of the sacred fire on her altar.
- vexillologist — the study of flags.
- virgin forest — a forest in its natural state, before it has been explored or exploited by man
- virgo cluster — a cluster of about 2500 galaxies in the constellation Virgo, the nearest cluster to our galaxy.
- visible light — the part of the electromagnetic spectrum that humans perceive
- visiting team — sports team playing away from home ground
- volute spring — a coil spring, conical in shape, extending in the direction of the axis of the coil.
- wallcoverings — Plural form of wallcovering.
- west virginia — a state in the E United States. 24,181 sq. mi. (62,629 sq. km). Capital: Charleston. Abbreviation: WV (for use with zip code), W.Va.
- white-slaving — traffic in white slaves.
- yesterevening — yesterday evening.