12-letter words containing l, o, v, a, s
- steam-shovel — a machine for digging or excavating, operated by its own engine and boiler.
- stove enamel — a type of enamel made heatproof by treatment in a stove
- superovulate — to produce more than the normal number of ova at one time, as through hormone treatment.
- svo language — a type of language that has basic subject-verb-object word order, as English, Chinese, or Spanish.
- swallow dive — swan dive.
- toga virilis — the white toga assumed by boys in ancient Rome at the end of their 14th year.
- unchivalrous — having the qualities of chivalry, as courage, courtesy, and loyalty.
- unobservable — incapable of observation; imperceptible
- unresolvable — not able to be resolved or brought to a satisfactory resolution
- vaginicolous — living in a sheath
- vainglorious — filled with or given to vainglory: a vainglorious actor.
- vargas llosa — Mario, born 1936, Peruvian essayist and novelist.
- vasodilation — dilatation of the blood vessels, as by the action of a nerve.
- vasodilatory — of or relating to the dilation of blood vessels
- vasoligation — ligation of the vas deferens.
- vasoligature — vasoligation.
- ventrodorsal — pertaining to the ventral and dorsal aspects of the body; extending from the ventral to the dorsal side.
- vesiculation — characterized by or covered with vesicles.
- via dolorosa — (initial capital letters) Christ's route to Golgotha.
- villahermosa — a state in SE Mexico, on the Gulf of Campeche. 9783 sq. mi. (25,338 sq. km). Capital: Villahermosa.
- villainously — having a cruel, wicked, malicious nature or character.
- viscoelastic — pertaining to a substance having both viscous and elastic properties.
- visitatorial — of or relating to an official visitor or official visitation.
- visuospatial — pertaining to perception of the spatial relationships among objects within the field of vision.
- vital organs — organs in the body that are essential to life
- volcanic ash — ash1 (def 2).
- volstead act — an act of Congress, introduced in 1919 by Andrew J. Volstead to implement the Eighteenth Amendment of the Constitution, which forbade the sale of alcoholic beverages.
- voluntaryism — voluntarism (def 2).
- vso language — a type of language that has basic verb-subject-object word order, as Welsh, classical Arabic, or Tagalog.
- world savior — Saoshyant.
- yellow avens — herb bennet.