12-letter words containing s, e, v, n, p
- self-proving — to establish the truth or genuineness of, as by evidence or argument: to prove one's claim.
- severna park — a city in central Maryland.
- shavano peak — a mountain in central Colorado, in the S Sawatch Range, in the Rocky Mountains. 14,229 feet (4337 meters).
- silver point — the melting point of silver, equal to 960.8°C, used as a fixed point on the international temperature scale.
- silver spoon — spoon (def 16).
- snowy plover — a small plover, Charadrius alexandrinus, mainly of the U.S. and Mexico, having a white breast and sand-colored upper parts.
- space-saving — that saves space.
- spinal nerve — any of a series of paired nerves that originate in the nerve roots of the spinal cord and emerge from the vertebrae on both sides of the spinal column, each branching out to innervate a specific region of the neck, trunk, or limbs.
- spring fever — a listless, lazy, or restless feeling commonly associated with the beginning of spring.
- spring vetch — any of several mostly climbing plants belonging to the genus Vicia, of the legume family, having pinnate leaves ending in tendrils and bearing pealike flowers, especially V. sativa (spring vetch) cultivated for forage and soil improvement.
- stephen viii — died a.d. 942, pope 939–942.
- stephenville — a town in central Texas.
- superevident — extremely or very evident
- supervenient — to take place or occur as something additional or extraneous (sometimes followed by on or upon).
- supervention — to take place or occur as something additional or extraneous (sometimes followed by on or upon).
- transportive — to carry, move, or convey from one place to another.
- transumptive — of or relating to transumption
- unapplausive — not giving applause; not expressing praise
- unexpressive — not expressive; lacking in expression of meaning, feeling, etc.: a bland and unexpressive person.
- unimpressive — having the ability to impress the mind; arousing admiration, awe, respect, etc.; moving; admirable: an impressive ceremony; an impressive appearance.
- unoppressive — not cruel or harsh
- unpersuasive — not capable of persuading
- unrespective — not attentive; unheeding
- unresponsive — responding especially readily and sympathetically to appeals, efforts, influences, etc.: a responsive government.
- unsupervised — to oversee (a process, work, workers, etc.) during execution or performance; superintend; have the oversight and direction of.
- unsupportive — giving support.
- valve spring — a helical spring used to hold closed a valve in the cylinder head of an internal-combustion engine
- van der post — Sir Laurens (Jan). 1906–96, South African writer and traveller. His works include the travel books Venture to the Interior (1952), The Lost World of the Kalahari (1958), and Testament to the Bushmen (1984) and the novels The Hunter and the Whale (1967) and The Admiral's Baby (1996)
- vanity press — a printing house that specializes in publishing books for which the authors pay all or most of the costs.
- vaporescence — production or formation of vapor.
- vaporishness — the quality or state of being vaporish
- vespertilian — of, relating to, or resembling a bat
- video porn's — pornographic movies available on videocassette or optical disk, on the Internet, or on subscription television.