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13-letter words containing p, v, s

  • sample survey — a survey of particular examples of sth, intended as representative of the whole category
  • savings stamp — a stamp which can be bought (for example at a machine in a supermarket), saved, and then redeemed against the cost of goods later (for example at Christmas)
  • scavenge pump — an oil pump used in some internal-combustion engines to return oil from the crankcase to the oil tank
  • scrivenership — the position of being a scrivener or scribe; scribing
  • self-approval — the act of approving; approbation.
  • self-depraved — corrupt, wicked, or perverted.
  • self-improver — improvement of one's mind, character, etc., through one's own efforts.
  • self-punitive — serving for, concerned with, or inflicting punishment: punitive laws; punitive action.
  • semioviparous — bearing young in an incomplete state of development, as a marsupial.
  • service clasp — clasp (def 4).
  • serviceperson — a person who is a member of the armed forces of a country.
  • serving spoon — utensil used to serve food
  • severance pay — money, exclusive of wages, back pay, etc., paid to an employee who has tenure and who is dismissed because of lack of work or other reasons beyond the employee's control.
  • silver polish — a type of polishing medium that is suitable for silver
  • silver poplar — white poplar (def 1).
  • silver spring — a town in central Maryland, near Washington, D.C.
  • silver-plated — Something that is silver-plated is covered with a very thin layer of silver.
  • sneak preview — a preview of a motion picture, often shown in addition to an announced film, in order to observe the reaction of the audience.
  • souphanouvong — Prince, 1909–1995, Laotian political leader: president 1975–86 (half brother of Prince Souvanna Phouma).
  • souvenir shop — a shop that sells trivial gift items, such as T-shirts, coffee mugs, keyrings etc, esp aimed at tourists
  • spanish river — a river in S Ontario, Canada, flowing S into the North Channel of Lake Huron. 150 miles (241 km) long.
  • speak volumes — a collection of written or printed sheets bound together and constituting a book.
  • speculatively — pertaining to, of the nature of, or characterized by speculation, contemplation, conjecture, or abstract reasoning: a speculative approach.
  • sperry univac — (company)   One of the divisions of Sperry Corporation at the time that company merged with the Burroughs Corporation to form Unisys Corporation.
  • spotted fever — any of several fevers characterized by spots on the skin, especially as in cerebrospinal meningitis or typhus fever.
  • spring valley — a city in SW California, near San Diego.
  • stevens point — a city in central Wisconsin.
  • stovepipe hat — a tall silk hat.
  • superachiever — someone who achieves more than most; high achiever
  • superactivity — extreme activity; hyperactivity
  • superelevated — (of a curve in a road, railroad track, etc.) banked.
  • superlatively — of the highest kind, quality, or order; surpassing all else or others; supreme; extreme: superlative wisdom.
  • supervirtuoso — a highly accomplished virtuoso
  • supervirulent — extremely virulent
  • support level — a minimum price below which a specific stock is not supposed to fall, as because of the stock's inherent worth.
  • surplus value — (in Marxian economics) the part of the value of a commodity that exceeds the cost of labor, regarded as the profit of the capitalist.
  • swivel-hipped — characterized by an exaggeratedly swinging or extremely free motion of the hips.
  • the provinces — those parts of a country lying outside the capital and other large cities and regarded as outside the mainstream of sophisticated culture
  • undescriptive — having the quality of describing; characterized by description: a descriptive passage in an essay.
  • unprogressive — favoring or advocating progress, change, improvement, or reform, as opposed to wishing to maintain things as they are, especially in political matters: a progressive mayor.
  • unprovisioned — a clause in a legal instrument, a law, etc., providing for a particular matter; stipulation; proviso.
  • unspeculative — not characterized by speculation
  • vagodepressor — decreasing or mimicking the decrease of the activity of the vagus nerve.
  • vanity plates — a vehicle license plate bearing a combination of letters or numbers requested by the licensee, as a name or occupation.
  • vapor tension — vapor pressure.
  • vapourishness — the quality or state of being vapourish
  • venus flytrap — firewall machine
  • vesica piscis — an elliptical figure in pointed form, usually one made by the intersection of two arcs and used, especially in early Christian art, as an emblem of Christ.
  • vide ut supra — (used to direct a reader to a specified place in a text) see as above
  • vino de pasto — a pale, dry sherry of Spain.
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