12-letter words containing p, a, s, i, v
- replevisable — capable of being replevied.
- septemvirate — the ruling body of septemvirs.
- 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.
- sieve-plates — an elongated cell whose walls contain perforations (sieve pores) that are arranged in circumscribed areas (sieve plates) and that afford communication with similar adjacent cells.
- silver maple — a maple, Acer saccharinum, having leaves that are light green above and silvery white beneath.
- silver paper — silver foil.
- silver plate — thin coat of silver
- silver-plate — to coat (base metal) with silver, especially by electroplating.
- sivapithecus — a genus of extinct Miocene primates of Asia that resemble the modern orangutan.
- space-saving — that saves space.
- spar varnish — a durable, weather-resistant varnish applied to unpainted wooden areas, especially on ships.
- spinal nerve — any of a series of paired nerves that originate in the nerve roots of the spinal cord and emerge from the vertebrae on both sides of the spinal column, each branching out to innervate a specific region of the neck, trunk, or limbs.
- spotsylvania — a village in NE Virginia: the scene of Civil War battles between the armies of Grant and Lee, May 8–21, 1864.
- stirrup-vase — a Mycenaean vase having a spherical body, a spout on the shoulder, and a handle, curving across the top, supported by a solid conical neck.
- stupefactive — serving to stupefy.
- supergravity — a hypothetical symmetry among groups of particles containing fermions and bosons, especially in theories of gravity (supergravity) that unify electromagnetism, the weak force, and the strong force with gravity into a single unified force.
- supermassive — (of a black hole or star) having a mass in the range of millions or billions of times that of the sun
- supravitally — in a supravital manner
- transportive — to carry, move, or convey from one place to another.
- transumptive — of or relating to transumption
- unapplausive — not giving applause; not expressing praise
- unpersuasive — not capable of persuading
- valve spring — a helical spring used to hold closed a valve in the cylinder head of an internal-combustion engine
- vanity press — a printing house that specializes in publishing books for which the authors pay all or most of the costs.
- vaporishness — the quality or state of being vaporish
- vespertilian — of, relating to, or resembling a bat
- visuospatial — pertaining to perception of the spatial relationships among objects within the field of vision.