13-letter words containing s, r, i, v, a
- 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
- 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.
- 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
- discovery bay — an inlet of the Indian Ocean in SE Australia
- discovery day — Columbus Day.
- disinvigorate — to deprive of vigour
- dispurveyance — the lack of provisions
- divarications — Plural form of divarication.
- diversifiable — to make diverse, as in form or character; give variety or diversity to; variegate.
- draft version — a preliminary version
- driver's seat — the seat from which a vehicle is operated.
- eavesdropping — to listen secretly to a private conversation.
- ebola (virus) — an RNA virus (family Filoviridae) that causes fever, internal bleeding, and, often, death
- energy saving — the fact of saving energy, or amount of energy saved
- evangelistary — a book containing passages from the gospels to be used as part of the liturgy
- everlastingly — In an everlasting manner; so as to be everlasting.
- ex-serviceman — An ex-serviceman is a man who used to be in a country's army, navy, or air force.
- extravasating — Present participle of extravasate.
- extravasation — The exudation of blood, lymph or urine from a vessel into the tissues.
- false vampire — any large, carnivorous bat of the families Megadermatidae and Phyllostomatidae, of Africa, Asia, and Australia, erroneously reputed to suck the blood of animals and humans.
- favrile glass — a type of iridescent glass developed by L.C. Tiffany
- festivalgoers — Plural form of festivalgoer.
- fibrovascular — composed of fibrous and conductive tissue, as in the vascular systems of higher plants: a fibrovascular bundle.
- flavoproteins — Plural form of flavoprotein.
- fosamprenavir — (pharmaceutical drug) An anti-retroviral prodrug of the protease inhibitor amprenavir. It is used to treat HIV infected patients.
- gas reversion — Gas reversion is a process which combines thermal cracking or reforming of naphtha with thermal polymerization or alkylation of hydrocarbon gases, which is carried out in the same reaction place.
- german silver — any of various alloys of copper, zinc, and nickel, usually white and used for utensils, drawing instruments, etc.; nickel silver.
- give sb heart — If something gives you heart, it makes you feel more confident or happy about something.
- gram-positive — (of bacteria) retaining the violet dye when stained by Gram's method.
- graminivorous — feeding or subsisting on grass: a graminivorous bird.
- gravity scale — a scale giving the relative density of fluids
- grimes graves — an area of Neolithic flint mines in Suffolk, England, comprising more than 300 mine shafts and galleries.
- half-silvered — (of a mirror) having an incomplete reflective coating, so that half the incident light is reflected and half transmitted: used in optical instruments and two-way mirrors