13-letter words containing s, a, v, i
- 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
- caprivi strip — narrow strip of land, c. 50 mi (80 km) wide, of NE Namibia, extending eastward to the Zambezi River: c. 300 mi (483 km) long
- 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
- carnivorously — In a carnivorous manner.
- carol service — a service, held in a church around Christmas, at which Christmas carols are sung
- cassivelaunus — 1st century bc, British chieftain, king of the Catuvellauni tribe, who organized resistance to Caesar's invasion of Britain (54 bc)
- caustic curve — a curve formed by the intersection of a caustic surface with a plane
- cavernicolous — inhabiting caves or cavelike places
- christmas eve — Christmas Eve is the 24th of December, the day before Christmas Day.
- church slavic — a liturgical language used in Eastern Orthodox churches in Slavic countries since the 11th or 12th century, representing a development of Old Church Slavonic through contact with the national Slavic languages.
- 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.
- civilisations — Plural form of civilisation.
- civilizations — Plural form of civilization.
- clavichordist — Someone who plays the clavichord.
- clishmaclaver — idle talk; gossip
- combativeness — The state of being combative.
- commiserative — to feel or express sorrow or sympathy for; empathize with; pity.
- comparativist — a comparatist
- 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.
- controversial — If you describe something or someone as controversial, you mean that they are the subject of intense public argument, disagreement, or disapproval.
- conversations — Plural form of conversation.
- conversazione — a social gathering for discussion of the arts, literature, etc
- convulsionary — of or affected with convulsion.
- coronaviruses — Plural form of coronavirus.
- corporativism — corporatism
- cyberactivism — Activism facilitated by the Internet.
- dame's violet — a Eurasian hairy perennial plant, Hesperis matronalis, cultivated in gardens for its mauve or white fragrant flowers: family Brassicaceae (crucifers)
- dasht-e-kavir — large salt-desert plateau in NC Iran: c. 18,000 sq mi (46,620 sq km)
- dasht-i-kavir — a salt waste on the central plateau of Iran: a treacherous marsh beneath a salt crust
- demonstrative — Someone who is demonstrative shows affection freely and openly.
- derivationist — a person who believes that it is possible to derive knowledge of what is good for humans from a metaphysical study of humans themselves
- devastatingly — tending or threatening to devastate: a devastating fire.
- devotionalist — a devotee