13-letter words containing s, i, l, v, a, n
- naive realism — the theory that the world is perceived exactly as it is.
- navigableness — Quality of being navigable.
- negative lens — a lens that causes a beam of parallel rays to diverge after refraction, as from a virtual image; a lens that has a negative focal length.
- nicholasville — a town in central Kentucky.
- non-vesicular — of or relating to a vesicle or vesicles.
- nondivisional — Not divisional.
- noninvasively — In a noninvasive manner.
- norwalk virus — a norovirus.
- observational — of, relating to, or founded on observation, especially founded on observation rather than experiment.
- ovipositional — pertaining to the laying of eggs through an ovipositor
- pennsylvanian — of or relating to the state of Pennsylvania.
- pleasantville — a city in SE New Jersey.
- 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.
- revelationist — a person who believes in divine revelation.
- rivalrousness — characterized by rivalry; competitive: the rivalrous aspect of their friendship.
- rosenkavalier — an opera (1911) by Richard Strauss.
- russian olive — oleaster.
- salviniaceous — relating to the genus Salviniaceae
- saving clause — a clause which denotes a reservation or exception
- 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.
- 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)
- spring valley — a city in SW California, near San Diego.
- substantively — a noun.
- suction valve — a nonreturn valve in a pump suction to prevent the pump draining or depriming when not in service
- talkativeness — inclined to talk a great deal: One drink and she became very talkative.
- televangelism — Christian preaching on TV
- televangelist — an evangelist who regularly conducts religious services on television.
- transfusively — in a transfusive manner
- unassertively — in an unassertive manner
- universal set — the set of all objects or elements considered in a given problem
- universalness — of, relating to, or characteristic of all or the whole: universal experience.
- unserviceable — not suitable to be used
- unspeculative — not characterized by speculation
- vaccinologist — the science of vaccine development.
- vaginal smear — a smear sample taken from vaginal mucous for cytological analysis
- vanilla sugar — sugar which has been infused with vanilla
- vanity plates — a vehicle license plate bearing a combination of letters or numbers requested by the licensee, as a name or occupation.
- vashon island — an island in Puget Sound, W central Washington, between Seattle and Tacoma. 37 sq. mi. (96 sq. km).
- vasostimulant — stimulating the action of the vasomotor nerves.
- vernacularism — a vernacular word or expression.
- vernacularist — someone who uses vernacular speech
- vernier scale — Also, vernier scale. a small, movable, graduated scale running parallel to the fixed graduated scale of a sextant, theodolite, barometer, etc., and used for measuring a fractional part of one of the divisions of the fixed scale.
- vestal virgin — (in ancient Rome) one of four, later six, virgins consecrated to Vesta and to the tending of the sacred fire on her altar.
- vinyl plastic — any of various plastics made from polymerized vinyl compounds or copolymers of vinyl and other resins, used in various molded or extruded products, coatings, adhesives, sizes, etc.