13-letter words containing s, t, e, v
- lateroversion — abnormal lateral displacement of a bodily organ or part, esp of the uterus
- lavatory seat — the part on a toilet or lavatory which can be moved up or down and which is used for sitting on
- legislatively — By legislation, by the method of enacting laws.
- levant storax — a solid resin with a vanillalike odor, obtained from a small tree, Styrax officinalis: formerly used in medicine and perfumery.
- livery stable — a stable where horses and vehicles are cared for or rented out for pay.
- living stones — any of various succulent plants of the genus Lithops, native to Africa, having solitary yellow or white flowers and thick leaves that resemble stones.
- love-stricken — If you describe someone as love-stricken, you mean that they are so much in love that they are behaving in a strange and foolish way.
- lucrativeness — profitable; moneymaking; remunerative: a lucrative business.
- malinvestment — An incorrect or unwise investment.
- manifestative — manifesting; showing clearly or conclusively.
- manipulatives — influencing or attempting to influence the behavior or emotions of others for one’s own purposes: a manipulative boss.
- mantelshelves — Plural form of mantelshelf.
- mass movement — an organized effort by a large number of people, especially those not forming part of the elite of a given society, to bring about pervasive changes in existing social, economic, or political institutions, frequently characterized by charismatic leadership.
- misadventured — (obsolete) unfortunate.
- misadventurer — a person who experiences misadventure or misfortune
- misadventures — Plural form of misadventure.
- misadvertence — inadvertence
- miscegenative — (rare) Miscegenous.
- misevaluation — an act or instance of evaluating or appraising.
- misgovernment — to govern or manage badly.
- mohave desert — a desert in S California: part of the Great Basin. About 15,000 sq. mi. (38,850 sq. km).
- mojave desert — a desert in S California: part of the Great Basin. About 15,000 sq. mi. (38,850 sq. km).
- most reverend — title of high-ranking church minister
- mount everest — Mount, a mountain in S Asia, on the boundary between Nepal and Tibet, in the Himalayas: the highest mountain in the world. 29,028 feet (8848 meters).
- movable feast — a religious feast that does not occur on the same date each year.
- movie actress — a female who acts in films or movies
- native states — the former 562 semi-independent states of India, ruled by Indians but subject to varying degrees of British authority: merged with provinces by 1948; largest states were Hyderabad, Gwalior, Baroda, Mysore, Cochin, Jammu and Kashmir, Travancore, Sikkim, and Indore
- navy register — (in the US) an annual publication giving genealogical information about the commissioned and warrant officers in the US Navy.
- necessitative — to make necessary or unavoidable: The breakdown of the car necessitated a change in our plans.
- nectarivorous — feeding on nectar
- 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.
- negative sign — bad omen
- neopositivism — A resurgent positivism, or an updated version of it.
- non-assertive — confidently aggressive or self-assured; positive: aggressive; dogmatic: He is too assertive as a salesman.
- non-causative — acting as a cause; producing (often followed by of): a causative agency; an event causative of war.
- non-intrusive — tending or apt to intrude; coming without invitation or welcome: intrusive memories of a lost love.
- non-observant — absence or lack of observance.
- nonabsorptive — Not absorptive.
- nonadsorptive — Not adsorptive.
- nonconversant — Not conversant.
- nondisruptive — causing, tending to cause, or caused by disruption; disrupting: the disruptive effect of their rioting.
- nonexhaustive — exhausting a subject, topic, etc.; comprehensive; thorough: He published an exhaustive study of Greek vases.
- nonsubjective — Not subjective.
- nontransitive — Grammar. having the nature of a transitive verb.
- nonuniversity — distinct from university, not university-based
- normativeness — The quality or state of being normative.
- normotensives — Plural form of normotensive.
- novated lease — Australian system of employer-aided car purchase
- objectiveness — something that one's efforts or actions are intended to attain or accomplish; purpose; goal; target: the objective of a military attack; the objective of a fund-raising drive.
- objectivistic — Of or pertaining to objectivism.