13-letter words containing l, o, v, e, s
- self-improver — improvement of one's mind, character, etc., through one's own efforts.
- self-involved — self-centered; preoccupied with oneself
- self-oblivion — the state of being completely forgotten or unknown: a former movie star now in oblivion.
- self-observed — to see, watch, perceive, or notice: He observed the passersby in the street.
- self-violence — swift and intense force: the violence of a storm.
- shaver outlet — a point in a wall, esp in a bathroom, where you can connect an electric razor to the power supply
- shivering owl — screech owl.
- short-sleeved — having short sleeves
- silver doctor — a type of artificial fly, used chiefly for trout and salmon.
- silver dollar — A silver dollar is an American coin, worth one dollar, that is made of silver.
- silver iodate — a white, crystalline, slightly water-soluble powder, AgIO 3 , used in medicine chiefly as an antiseptic and as an astringent.
- silver iodide — a pale-yellow, water-insoluble solid, AgI, which darkens on exposure to light: used chiefly in medicine, photography, and artificial rainmaking.
- silver polish — a type of polishing medium that is suitable for silver
- silver poplar — white poplar (def 1).
- silver salmon — coho salmon.
- silver tongue — the characteristic of being skilful at persuading people to believe what they say or to do what they want them to do
- silver-y moth — a brownish noctuid moth, Plusia gamma, having a light Y-shaped marking on each forewing; it migrates in large flocks
- slasher movie — a film in which victims, often women, are slashed with knives, razors, etc
- slieve donard — a mountain in SE Northern Ireland, in the Mourne Mountains: highest peak in Northern Ireland. Height: 853 m (2798 ft)
- slow dissolve — a transition that fades out one scene and replaces it with another over a period of about three of four seconds
- solitary wave — a localized disturbance that propagates like a wave but resembles a particle in that it does not disperse, even if it collides with other such waves.
- solvent abuse — Solvent abuse is the dangerous practice of breathing in the gases from substances such as glue in order to feel as if you are drunk.
- sovietologist — Kremlinology.
- speak volumes — a collection of written or printed sheets bound together and constituting a book.
- suction valve — a nonreturn valve in a pump suction to prevent the pump draining or depriming when not in service
- suovetaurilia — (in ancient Rome) a sacrifice of a hog, a ram, and a bull.
- support level — a minimum price below which a specific stock is not supposed to fall, as because of the stock's inherent worth.
- toll traverse — a payment made for the right to cross privately owned property.
- tunnel vision — a drastically narrowed field of vision, as in looking through a tube, symptomatic of retinitis pigmentosa.
- unconversable — inappropriate for conversation
- unobtrusively — not obtrusive; inconspicuous, unassertive, or reticent.
- valle d'aosta — a region in NW Italy. 1259 sq. mi. (3260 sq. km).
- variable cost — a cost that varies with a change in the volume of output while remaining uniform on a per-unit basis, as cost of labor (distinguished from fixed cost).
- velvet scoter — a European sea duck, Melanitta fusca, the male of which has a black plumage with white patches below the eyes and on the wings
- venereologist — the branch of medicine dealing with the study and treatment of venereal, or sexually transmitted, disease.
- ventriloquism — the art or practice of speaking, with little or no lip movement, in such a manner that the voice does not appear to come from the speaker but from another source, as from a wooden dummy.
- ventriloquist — a person who performs or is skilled in ventriloquism.
- ventriloquous — of or relating to ventriloquism or a ventriloquist
- venturesomely — in a venturesome manner
- versicoloured — of variable or various colours
- vexillologist — the study of flags.
- violent storm — Meteorology. storm (def 3).
- violin spider — brown recluse spider.
- violoncellist — cellist.
- virgo cluster — a cluster of about 2500 galaxies in the constellation Virgo, the nearest cluster to our galaxy.
- visual cortex — the portion of the cerebral cortex of the brain that receives and processes impulses from the optic nerves.
- volksdeutsche — a member of the German people, especially one of a community having its home outside of Germany, usually in central or eastern Europe.
- voluntariness — done, made, brought about, undertaken, etc., of one's own accord or by free choice: a voluntary contribution.
- volute spring — a coil spring, conical in shape, extending in the direction of the axis of the coil.
- wallcoverings — Plural form of wallcovering.