13-letter words containing s, a, n, d, v
- overdiagnosis — excessive diagnosis of a disease
- rose d'anvers — a gem having a rose cut of 12 or fewer facets.
- saint david's — a town in SW Wales, in Pembrokeshire: its cathedral was a place of pilgrimage in medieval times. Pop: 1627 (2001)
- sandfly fever — a usually mild viral disease occurring in hot, dry areas, characterized by fever, eye pain, and sometimes a rash, transmitted by sandflies of the genus Phlebotomus.
- second advent — Second Coming.
- seventh grade — school year: age 12-13
- shrove monday — the Monday before Ash Wednesday.
- shrove sunday — the Sunday before Ash Wednesday; Quinquagesima.
- sierra nevada — a mountain range in E California. Highest peak, Mt. Whitney, 14,495 feet (4420 meters).
- single-valued — (of a function) having the property that each element in the domain has corresponding to it exactly one element in the range.
- slave trading — trafficking in people
- slieve donard — a mountain in SE Northern Ireland, in the Mourne Mountains: highest peak in Northern Ireland. Height: 853 m (2798 ft)
- standing wave — a wave in a medium in which each point on the axis of the wave has an associated constant amplitude ranging from zero at the nodes to a maximum at the antinodes.
- standover man — a person who extorts money by intimidation
- subindicative — of or relating to subindicating
- subordinative — placed in or belonging to a lower order or rank.
- sunday driver — a person who drives a car inexpertly, especially slowly or overcautiously, in the manner of one who drives infrequently.
- unadventurous — inclined or willing to engage in adventures; enjoying adventures.
- unscavengered — lacking the qualities of having been scavenged
- van der waals — Johannes Diderik (joːˈhɑnəs ˈdiːdərik). 1837–1923, Dutch physicist, noted for his research on the equations of state of gases and liquids: Nobel prize for physics in 1910
- vashon island — an island in Puget Sound, W central Washington, between Seattle and Tacoma. 37 sq. mi. (96 sq. km).
- vino de pasto — a pale, dry sherry of Spain.
- visiting card — calling card (def 1).
- western dvina — a river rising in W Russia, in the Valdai Hills and flowing south and southwest then northwest to the Gulf of Riga. Length: 1021 km (634 miles)
- wood shavings — shavings of wood, as found in a carpenter's workshop etc