13-letter words containing i, n, t, r, a, v
- savings ratio — the ratio of personal savings to disposable income, esp using the difference between national figures for disposable income and consumer spending as a measure of savings
- sciatic nerve — either of a pair of nerves, the largest in the body, that originate in the sacral plexus of the lower back and extend down the buttocks to the back of the knees, where they divide into other nerves: the sciatic nerve and its branches innervate large areas of the pelvis, leg, and foot.
- serving hatch — a small hatch or opening in a kitchen wall used to serve food through to an adjoining room
- slave trading — trafficking in people
- stain remover — a substance designed for removing stains or dirty marks, as from clothes, carpets, etc
- subordinative — placed in or belonging to a lower order or rank.
- terminatively — in a finalizing manner
- the narrative — the part of a literary work that relates events
- train service — provision of railway transport
- transactivate — to activate the replication of (a viral gene) through the presence of a gene at another locus, especially following a viral infection.
- transfusively — in a transfusive manner
- transgressive — to violate a law, command, moral code, etc.; offend; sin.
- transmutative — the act or process of transmuting.
- traveling bag — a small bag, as a valise or suitcase, usually made of leather, having an oblong shape, and used chiefly to hold clothes.
- ultra-violent — acting with or characterized by uncontrolled, strong, rough force: a violent earthquake.
- ultraviolence — acts of extreme violence, esp those shown on television or film
- unabbreviated — shortened; made briefer: The rain led to an abbreviated picnic.
- unassertively — in an unassertive manner
- uncooperative — working or acting together willingly for a common purpose or benefit.
- underactivity — insufficient activity
- uninformative — not educational
- universal set — the set of all objects or elements considered in a given problem
- unprovocative — tending or serving to provoke; inciting, stimulating, irritating, or vexing.
- unretrievable — to recover or regain: to retrieve the stray ball.
- unvitrifiable — not able to be vitrified
- unvoluntarily — done, made, brought about, undertaken, etc., of one's own accord or by free choice: a voluntary contribution.
- vacation trip — a trip undertaken during a vacation
- vacation work — work undertaken by students during their vacation
- valedictorian — a student, usually the one ranking highest academically in a school graduating class, who delivers the valedictory at the commencement exercises.
- valet parking — a service offered by a hotel, restaurant, etc., by which patrons' cars are parked by an attendant.
- vanity mirror — a small mirror contained in the sun visor of a car
- vansittartism — a doctrine holding that the militaristic and aggressive policies of German leaders since the time of the Franco-Prussian war have had the support of the German people and that Germany should undergo a program of demilitarization and corrective education to prevent similar action in the future.
- vapor tension — vapor pressure.
- vasoinhibitor — an agent, as a drug, that inhibits the action of the vasomotor nerves.
- vaunt-courier — a person who goes in advance, as a herald.
- vectorization — the process of converting from a bitmap image to a vector representation
- vegetarianism — the beliefs or practices of a vegetarian.
- venetian door — a doorway having a form similar to that of a Palladian window.
- ventriloquial — of, relating to, or using ventriloquism.
- verbalization — to express in words: He couldn't verbalize his feelings.
- verbigeration — the condition or instances of repeating the same word or sentence against one's will as a symptom of a psychiatric disorder
- vermiculation — to work or ornament with wavy lines or markings resembling the form or tracks of a worm.
- vernacularist — someone who uses vernacular speech
- vernacularity — the quality or state of being vernacular
- vernalization — to shorten the growth period of (a plant) by chilling or other special treatment of it, its seeds, or its bulbs.
- vernis martin — a finish for furniture, invented in France in the 18th century in imitation of Chinese lacquer.
- versification — the act of versifying.
- 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.
- victoria land — a region in Antarctica, bordering on the Ross Sea, mainly in Ross Dependency.
- victoria nile — a section of the upper Nile River in central Uganda between Lake Victoria and Lake Albert. 260 miles (418 km) long.