12-letter words containing h, i, v
- receivership — the condition of being in the hands of a receiver.
- reprehensive — the act of reprehending; reproof; censure.
- rostropovich — Mstislav (Leopoldovich) [mis-tuh-slahv lee-uh-pohl-duh-vich;; Russian mstyi-slahf lyi-uh-pawl-duh-vyich] /ˈmɪs təˌslɑv ˌli əˈpoʊl də vɪtʃ;; Russian mstyɪˈslɑf lyɪ əˈpɔl də vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1927–2007, Soviet cellist and conductor (husband of Galina Vishnevskaya).
- rough-voiced — having a harsh or grating voice: a rough-voiced barker.
- schererville — a town in NW Indiana.
- scheveningen — a town in the W Netherlands, near The Hague: seaside resort.
- serving dish — a dish in which food is presented or served, esp before being shared into individual portions
- servitorship — the office or position of a servitor; the condition of being a servitor
- shaving foam — lather used for shaving
- shaving soap — a special soap for lathering the face to soften and condition the beard for shaving, capable of producing a thick lather due to its high fat content and low alkalinity.
- shirt-sleeve — not wearing a jacket; informally dressed: a shirt-sleeve mob.
- shirtsleeved — not wearing a jacket or coat
- shiva-shakti — the Godhead, of which the masculine, passive, transcendent, eternal principle is Shiva, and the feminine, active, immanent, temporal principle is Shakti, the Divine Mother.
- shostakovich — Dimitri Dimitrievich [dih-mee-tree di-mee-tree-uh-vich;; Russian dmyee-tryee dmyee-tryi-yi-vyich] /dɪˈmi tri dɪˈmi tri ə vɪtʃ;; Russian ˈdmyi tryi ˈdmyi tryɪ yɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1906–75, Russian composer.
- silver birch — tree with silvery-white bark
- silver perch — Also called mademoiselle. Ichthyology. a drum, Bairdiella chrysoura, of southern U.S. waters.
- sivapithecus — a genus of extinct Miocene primates of Asia that resemble the modern orangutan.
- skivvy-shirt — Also called skivvy shirt. a man's cotton T-shirt.
- spar varnish — a durable, weather-resistant varnish applied to unpainted wooden areas, especially on ships.
- spring vetch — any of several mostly climbing plants belonging to the genus Vicia, of the legume family, having pinnate leaves ending in tendrils and bearing pealike flowers, especially V. sativa (spring vetch) cultivated for forage and soil improvement.
- stakhanovism — a method for increasing production by rewarding individual initiative, developed in the Soviet Union in 1935.
- stakhanovite — a worker in the Soviet Union who regularly surpassed production quotas and was specially honored and rewarded.
- stephen viii — died a.d. 942, pope 939–942.
- stephenville — a town in central Texas.
- survivorship — the state of being a survivor.
- swivel chair — a chair whose seat turns around horizontally on a swivel.
- thames river — a river in S England, flowing E through London to the North Sea. 209 miles (336 km) long.
- thanksgiving — the act of giving thanks; grateful acknowledgment of benefits or favors, especially to God.
- the devonian — the Devonian period or rock system
- the divinity — God
- the evil one — the devil; Satan
- the highveld — the high-altitude grassland region of E South Africa
- the nativity — the birth of Jesus
- the services — the armed forces
- thermomotive — pertaining to motion produced by heat.
- thirty-seven — a cardinal number, 30 plus 7.
- thortveitite — a scandium yttrium silicate mineral occurring in grayish-green orthorhombic crystals.
- three rivers — a city in S Quebec, in SE Canada, on the St. Lawrence.
- thrivingness — the state or condition of thriving, flourishing, prospering or growing
- travel light — If you travel light, you travel without taking much luggage.
- tschaikovsky — Peter Ilyich [il-yich] /ˈɪl yɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich.
- tsesarevitch — (in Russian history) the eldest son of a tsar or his heir apparent
- unachievable — to bring to a successful end; carry through; accomplish: The police crackdown on speeders achieved its purpose.
- unchivalrous — having the qualities of chivalry, as courage, courtesy, and loyalty.
- underachieve — to perform, especially academically, below the potential indicated by tests of one's mental ability or aptitude.
- unexhaustive — exhausting a subject, topic, etc.; comprehensive; thorough: He published an exhaustive study of Greek vases.
- unvanquished — to conquer or subdue by superior force, as in battle.
- up the river — a natural stream of water of fairly large size flowing in a definite course or channel or series of diverging and converging channels.
- valdai hills — a region of hills and plateaus in NW Russia, between Moscow and St Petersburg. Greatest height: 346 m (1135 ft)
- vanga shrike — any of several birds of the family Vangidae, endemic to Madagascar, some of which resemble shrikes, with great diversity in size, color, and bill shape.