12-letter words containing s, t, e, v
- self-evident — evident in itself without proof or demonstration; axiomatic.
- self-starved — to die or perish from lack of food or nourishment.
- semivitreous — partially vitreous.
- septemvirate — the ruling body of septemvirs.
- seronegative — showing no significant level of serum antibodies, or other immunologic marker in the serum, that would indicate previous exposure to the infectious agent being tested.
- seropositive — showing a significant level of serum antibodies, or other immunologic marker in the serum, indicating previous exposure to the infectious agent being tested.
- servant girl — a girl or woman employed as a servant who performs household duties
- serve notice — to give formal warning or information, as of intentions; announce
- service flat — an apartment with complete hotel services.
- service lift — a lift which carries heavy goods in a place of business, as for example, plates in a restaurant
- service tree — either of two European trees, Sorbus domestica, bearing a small, acid fruit that is edible when overripe, or S. torminalis (wild service tree) bearing a similar fruit.
- servitorship — the office or position of a servitor; the condition of being a servitor
- servo system — a system using a servomechanism.
- servocontrol — control by means of a servomechanism.
- seventy-five — a cardinal number, 70 plus 5.
- seventy-four — a cardinal number, 70 plus 4.
- seventy-nine — a cardinal number, 70 plus 9.
- severability — capability of being separated, as of a clause in an agreement
- sex-positive — explicitly stated, stipulated, or expressed: a positive acceptance of the agreement.
- shirt-sleeve — not wearing a jacket; informally dressed: a shirt-sleeve mob.
- shirtsleeved — not wearing a jacket or coat
- sierra vista — a town in S Arizona.
- sieve-plates — an elongated cell whose walls contain perforations (sieve pores) that are arranged in circumscribed areas (sieve plates) and that afford communication with similar adjacent cells.
- silver frost — glaze (def 17).
- silver plate — thin coat of silver
- silver point — the melting point of silver, equal to 960.8°C, used as a fixed point on the international temperature scale.
- silver state — Nevada (used as a nickname).
- silver trout — a variety of cutthroat trout, Salmo clarki henshawi, having silvery coloration, inhabiting Lake Tahoe.
- silver-plate — to coat (base metal) with silver, especially by electroplating.
- silvester ii — (Gerbert) died 1003, French ecclesiastic: pope 999–1003.
- silviculture — the cultivation of forest trees; forestry.
- sivapithecus — a genus of extinct Miocene primates of Asia that resemble the modern orangutan.
- slave trader — sb who traffics in people
- sleeve notes — the printed information on a record sleeve
- smother-love — a relationship between a parent and child in which the parent is over-protective to the extent that the child's normal psychological development is inhibited
- soviet union — the legislature of the former Soviet Union and its successor states, consisting of an upper house (Soviet of the Union or Council of the Union) whose delegates are elected on the basis of population, and a lower house (Soviet of Nationalities or Council of Nationalities) whose delegates are elected to represent the various nationalities.
- space travel — spaceflight of manned vehicles.
- spirit level — a device for determining true horizontal or vertical directions by the centering of a bubble in a slightly curved glass tube or tubes filled with alcohol or ether.
- spot remover — a concentrated cleaning fluid used to remove small areas of staining, such as on a carpet
- spotted cavy — paca.
- 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.
- stage-driver — the driver of a stagecoach.
- stakhanovite — a worker in the Soviet Union who regularly surpassed production quotas and was specially honored and rewarded.
- stanleyville — former name of Kisangani.
- steam shovel — a machine for digging or excavating, operated by its own engine and boiler.
- steam-driven — powered by steam
- steam-shovel — a machine for digging or excavating, operated by its own engine and boiler.
- stephen viii — died a.d. 942, pope 939–942.
- stephenville — a town in central Texas.
- stereovision — visual perception in three dimensions.