13-letter words containing s, a, v, e
- baal shem tov — original name Israel ben Eliezer ?1700–60, Jewish religious leader, teacher, and healer in Poland: founder of modern Hasidism
- baal-shem-tov — (Israel ben Eliezer"Besht") c1700–60, Ukrainian teacher and religious leader: founder of the Hasidic movement of Judaism.
- basso rilievo — bas-relief
- basso-relievo — bas-relief
- beehive state — Utah (used as a nickname).
- behavioristic — the theory or doctrine that human or animal psychology can be accurately studied only through the examination and analysis of objectively observable and quantifiable behavioral events, in contrast with subjective mental states.
- black-a-vised — having a dark complexion.
- bois de vache — dried buffalo dung, used as fuel by Canadian and U.S. fur trappers in the 18th and 19th centuries.
- break service — to win a game in which an opponent is serving
- brevirostrate — having a short beak or bill
- camping stove — a portable stove powered by butane gas canisters, designed to be used for cooking while camping
- caravansaries — Plural form of caravansary.
- caravanserais — Plural form of caravanserai.
- cardioversion — restoring the rhythm of the heart to normal by applying direct-current electrical shock.
- carnivalesque — characteristic of, suitable for, or like a carnival
- carol service — a service, held in a church around Christmas, at which Christmas carols are sung
- cash reserves — money set aside by an individual or a company for use in an emergency
- cassivelaunus — 1st century bc, British chieftain, king of the Catuvellauni tribe, who organized resistance to Caesar's invasion of Britain (54 bc)
- castro valley — a town in W California, near San Francisco Bay.
- catalog verse — verse made by compiling long lists of everyday objects, names, or events, united by a common theme and often didactic in tone.
- caustic curve — a curve formed by the intersection of a caustic surface with a plane
- cavernicolous — inhabiting caves or cavelike places
- charles lever — Charles James ("Cornelius O'Dowd") 1806–72, Irish novelist and essayist.
- cheval screen — a fire screen, usually with a cloth panel, having supports at the ends and mounted on legs.
- christmas eve — Christmas Eve is the 24th of December, the day before Christmas Day.
- civil servant — A civil servant is a person who works in the Civil Service in Britain and some other countries, or for the local, state, or federal government in the United States.
- cleavableness — the quality of being cleavable
- clishmaclaver — idle talk; gossip
- coleman stove — a portable kerosene camp stove
- combativeness — The state of being combative.
- commiserative — to feel or express sorrow or sympathy for; empathize with; pity.
- conservancies — Plural form of conservancy.
- conservatives — Plural form of conservative.
- conservatized — Simple past tense and past participle of conservatize.
- conservatoire — A conservatoire is an institution where musicians are trained.
- conservatoria — Plural form of conservatorium.
- considerative — considerate
- consolidative — Tending or having power to consolidate.
- continuatives — Plural form of continuative.
- contragestive — able to prevent gestation
- contrastively — tending to contrast; contrasting. contrastive colors.
- contraversial — Misspelling of controversial.
- contraversion — A turning to the opposite side; antistrophe.
- controversary — (obsolete) controversial.
- controversial — If you describe something or someone as controversial, you mean that they are the subject of intense public argument, disagreement, or disapproval.
- convalescence — Convalescence is the period or process of becoming healthy and well again after an illness or operation.
- convalescency — convalescence
- convalescents — Plural form of convalescent.
- conversations — Plural form of conversation.
- conversazione — a social gathering for discussion of the arts, literature, etc