13-letter words containing s, a, r, v, o
- ovoviviparous — producing eggs that are hatched within the body, so that the young are born alive but without placental attachment, as certain reptiles or fishes.
- papaveraceous — belonging to the Papaveraceae, the poppy family of plants.
- paramyxovirus — any of various RNA-containing viruses that are similar to but larger than the myxoviruses, including the viruses that cause mumps, measles, parainfluenza, and Newcastle disease.
- perseveration — the act or process of perseverating.
- petropavlovsk — a city in N Kazakhstan on the Ishim River. Pop: 190 000 (2005 est)
- piss all over — to be far superior to
- polyoma virus — a small DNA-containing virus, of the papovavirus group, that can produce a variety of tumors in mice, hamsters, rabbits, and rats.
- postoperative — occurring after a surgical operation.
- postvertebral — of or relating to a vertebra or the vertebrae; spinal.
- preservations — to keep alive or in existence; make lasting: to preserve our liberties as free citizens.
- proactiveness — serving to prepare for, intervene in, or control an expected occurrence or situation, especially a negative or difficult one; anticipatory: proactive measures against crime.
- proces-verbal — a report of proceedings, as of an assembly.
- proverbialism — a proverbial expression
- proverbialist — a person who composes, records or uses proverbial expressions
- provincialise — to make provincial in character.
- provincialism — narrowness of mind, ignorance, or the like, considered as resulting from lack of exposure to cultural or intellectual activity.
- provincialist — a native or inhabitant of a province.
- provisionally — providing or serving for the time being only; existing only until permanently or properly replaced; temporary: a provisional government.
- provost guard — a detachment of soldiers assigned to police duties under the provost marshal.
- radius vector — Mathematics. the length of the line segment joining a fixed point or origin to a given point.
- remonstrative — to say or plead in protest, objection, or disapproval.
- restoratively — in a restorative manner
- revelationist — a person who believes in divine revelation.
- risk aversion — a strong disinclination to take risks
- rivalrousness — characterized by rivalry; competitive: the rivalrous aspect of their friendship.
- road surveyor — a person who does surveying work for road building
- role reversal — Role reversal is a situation in which two people have chosen or been forced to exchange their duties and responsibilities, so that each is now doing what the other used to do.
- roosevelt dam — a dam on the Salt River, in central Arizona. 284 feet (87 meters) high; 1080 feet (329 meters) long.
- rose d'anvers — a gem having a rose cut of 12 or fewer facets.
- rosenkavalier — an opera (1911) by Richard Strauss.
- russian olive — oleaster.
- savings ratio — the ratio of personal savings to disposable income, esp using the difference between national figures for disposable income and consumer spending as a measure of savings
- school leaver — School leavers are young people who have just left school, because they have completed their time there.
- scratch video — the technique or practice of recycling images from films or television to make collages
- self-approval — the act of approving; approbation.
- semioviparous — bearing young in an incomplete state of development, as a marsupial.
- shaver outlet — a point in a wall, esp in a bathroom, where you can connect an electric razor to the power supply
- shaving horse — a trestle for supporting and steadying a piece of work being shaved.
- shrove monday — the Monday before Ash Wednesday.
- shrove sunday — the Sunday before Ash Wednesday; Quinquagesima.
- 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 poplar — white poplar (def 1).
- silver salmon — coho salmon.
- simon bolivar — Simón [sahy-muh n;; Spanish see-mawn] /ˈsaɪ mən;; Spanish siˈmɔn/ (Show IPA), ("El Libertador") 1783–1830, Venezuelan statesman: leader of revolt of South American colonies against Spanish rule.
- 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)
- 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.
- soviet russia — a conventional name of the Soviet Union.
- stain remover — a substance designed for removing stains or dirty marks, as from clothes, carpets, etc