12-letter words containing s, l, a, v, e, n
- noble savage — primitive indigenous person
- nonuniversal — Not universal.
- novelisation — Alternative spelling of novelization.
- overanalysis — the separating of any material or abstract entity into its constituent elements (opposed to synthesis).
- overbalances — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overbalance.
- pennsylvania — a state in the E United States. 45,333 sq. mi. (117,410 sq. km). Capital: Harrisburg. Abbreviation: PA (for use with zip code), Pa., Penn., Penna.
- provableness — the quality of being provable
- reconvalesce — to convalesce again
- relativeness — the state or fact of being relative.
- renal pelvis — a small funnel-shaped cavity of the kidney into which urine is discharged before passing into the ureter
- renovascular — of or relating to the blood vessels of the kidneys.
- roncesvalles — a village in N Spain, in the Pyrenees: defeat of part of Charlemagne's army and the death of Roland a.d.
- rooseveltian — of, pertaining to, advocating, or following the principles, views, or policies of Franklin Delano Roosevelt or of Theodore Roosevelt.
- sacral nerve — any of the nerves arising in five pairs from the spinal cord in the sacrum.
- salk vaccine — a vaccine that contains three types of inactivated poliomyelitis viruses and induces immunity against the disease.
- salve regina — a prayer in the form of a hymn to the Virgin Mary.
- sea lavender — an Old World, maritime plant, Limonium vulgare, of the leadwort family, having one-sided spikes of small, lavender-colored flowers.
- semi-invalid — a person who is partially disabled or somewhat infirm
- servant girl — a girl or woman employed as a servant who performs household duties
- sov language — a type of language that has basic subject-object-verb order, as Turkish, Japanese, or Tamil.
- 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.
- stanleyville — former name of Kisangani.
- stove enamel — a type of enamel made heatproof by treatment in a stove
- surveillance — a watch kept over a person, group, etc., especially over a suspect, prisoner, or the like: The suspects were under police surveillance.
- svo language — a type of language that has basic subject-verb-object word order, as English, Chinese, or Spanish.
- transitively — Grammar. having the nature of a transitive verb.
- transvaluate — to change the value of
- transversely — lying or extending across or in a cross direction; cross.
- unapplausive — not giving applause; not expressing praise
- uninvestable — that can be invested.
- universalism — universal character; universality.
- universalist — a person characterized by universalism, as in knowledge, interests, or activities.
- universality — the character or state of being universal; existence or prevalence everywhere.
- universalize — to make universal.
- unobservable — incapable of observation; imperceptible
- unresolvable — not able to be resolved or brought to a satisfactory resolution
- unsurvivable — able to be survived: Would an atomic war be survivable?
- valenciennes — a city in N France, SE of Lille.
- valuableness — having considerable monetary worth; costing or bringing a high price: a valuable painting; a valuable crop.
- valve spring — a helical spring used to hold closed a valve in the cylinder head of an internal-combustion engine
- variableness — apt or liable to vary or change; changeable: variable weather; variable moods.
- velvet shank — a bright yellow edible basidiomycetous fungus, Flammulina velutipes, common on trunks, stumps, or branches of broad-leaved trees in winter
- ventrodorsal — pertaining to the ventral and dorsal aspects of the body; extending from the ventral to the dorsal side.
- vernal grass — any of various Eurasian grasses of the genus Anthoxanthum, such as A. odoratum (sweet vernal grass), having the fragrant scent of coumarin
- verner's law — the statement by K. Verner of a regularity behind some apparent exceptions in the Germanic languages to Grimm's law, namely, that Proto-Germanic voiceless fricatives became voiced when between voiced sounds if the immediately preceding vowel was not accented in Proto-Indo-European.
- verticalness — the quality or state of being vertical; uprightness
- vesiculation — characterized by or covered with vesicles.
- vespertilian — of, relating to, or resembling a bat
- villanelle's — a rustic Italian part song without accompaniment.
- visual angle — the angle subtended by an object at the lens of the eye