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12-letter words containing s, t, o, v, e

  • petrozavodsk — a city in NW Russia, capital of the Karelian Autonomous Republic, on Lake Onega: developed around ironworks established by Peter the Great in 1703; university (1940). Pop: 265 000 (2005 est)
  • positive ion — an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
  • positive law — customary law or law enacted by governmental authority (as distinguished from natural law).
  • positiveness — explicitly stated, stipulated, or expressed: a positive acceptance of the agreement.
  • positivities — the state or character of being positive: a positivity that accepts the world as it is.
  • post-harvest — Also, harvesting. the gathering of crops.
  • post-tussive — of or relating to a cough.
  • postdelivery — of, relating to, or occurring after a delivery
  • posteruptive — occurring after a volcanic eruption
  • postmedieval — occurring or existing after the Middle Ages, of or related to the period after the Middle Ages
  • postpositive — (of a word, particle, or affix) placed after a word to modify it or to show its relation to other elements of a sentence.
  • preservation — to keep alive or in existence; make lasting: to preserve our liberties as free citizens.
  • preservatory — a preservative
  • proclivities — natural or habitual inclination or tendency; propensity; predisposition: a proclivity to meticulousness.
  • proscriptive — the act of proscribing.
  • protensively — in the manner of duration
  • protest vote — a ballot cast for a candidate with a minimal chance of winning, to register dislike for the other candidates.
  • pseudo-event — an event that is staged primarily so that it can be reported in the media.
  • pseudovector — a variable quantity, such as angular momentum, that has magnitude and orientation with respect to an axis. The components are even functions of the coordinates
  • psychoactive — of or relating to a substance having a profound or significant effect on mental processes: a psychoactive drug.
  • responsivity — the quality or state of being responsive.
  • retropulsive — of or relating to retropulsion
  • retroversion — a looking or turning back.
  • reverse shot — a shot that views the action from the opposite side of the previous shot, as during a conversation between two actors, giving the effect of looking from one actor to the other.
  • reversionist — a person who advocates reverting to the conditions, customs, ideals, etc., of an earlier era.
  • revisitation — the act of visiting.
  • river forest — a city in NE Illinois.
  • rooseveltian — of, pertaining to, advocating, or following the principles, views, or policies of Franklin Delano Roosevelt or of Theodore Roosevelt.
  • root version — The initial value of an object in a change management system.
  • route survey — a survey for determining the route, grades, etc., of a railroad, highway, or power line.
  • sal volatile — an aromatic alcoholic solution of ammonium carbonate, the chief ingredient in smelling salts.
  • self-devoted — intense devotion of oneself to an activity or to a field or profession, as art or science.
  • semivitreous — partially vitreous.
  • 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.
  • serve notice — to give formal warning or information, as of intentions; announce
  • 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-four — a cardinal number, 70 plus 4.
  • sex-positive — explicitly stated, stipulated, or expressed: a positive acceptance of the agreement.
  • silver frost — glaze (def 17).
  • silver point — the melting point of silver, equal to 960.8°C, used as a fixed point on the international temperature scale.
  • silver trout — a variety of cutthroat trout, Salmo clarki henshawi, having silvery coloration, inhabiting Lake Tahoe.
  • 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.
  • spot remover — a concentrated cleaning fluid used to remove small areas of staining, such as on a carpet
  • spotted cavy — paca.
  • stakhanovite — a worker in the Soviet Union who regularly surpassed production quotas and was specially honored and rewarded.
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