13-letter words containing s, t, o, v
- contraversial — Misspelling of controversial.
- contraversion — A turning to the opposite side; antistrophe.
- controversary — (obsolete) controversial.
- controversial — If you describe something or someone as controversial, you mean that they are the subject of intense public argument, disagreement, or disapproval.
- controversies — Plural form of controversy.
- controversion — (chiefly, archaic) controversy.
- controvertist — a controversialist
- convalescents — Plural form of convalescent.
- conventionist — a conventioneer
- conversations — Plural form of conversation.
- convulsionist — a person who believes that major geological changes were caused by intense convulsions
- cookery stove — cookstove.
- corporativism — corporatism
- coveteousness — Alternative spelling of covetousness.
- culver's root — a tall North American scrophulariaceous plant, Veronicastrum virginicum, having spikes of small white or purple flowers
- dame's violet — a Eurasian hairy perennial plant, Hesperis matronalis, cultivated in gardens for its mauve or white fragrant flowers: family Brassicaceae (crucifers)
- 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
- devotionalist — a devotee
- disinvigorate — to deprive of vigour
- dispositively — in a dispositive manner
- dissolve into — If you dissolve into or dissolve in tears or laughter, you begin to cry or laugh, because you cannot control yourself.
- divarications — Plural form of divarication.
- diversionists — Plural form of diversionist.
- draft version — a preliminary version
- elevator shoe — a shoe designed to increase the wearer's height
- enteroviruses — Plural form of enterovirus.
- equivocations — Plural form of equivocation.
- escort vessel — ship that accompanies another
- evening stock — a plant, Matthiola incana, of the genus Matthiola, of the Mediterranean region, cultivated for its brightly coloured flowers: Brassicaceae (crucifers)
- evocativeness — The state or condition of being evocative.
- extravasation — The exudation of blood, lymph or urine from a vessel into the tissues.
- extroversions — Plural form of extroversion.
- fast dissolve — a transition that fades out one scene and replaces it with another, merging the two scenes imperceptibly
- festivalgoers — Plural form of festivalgoer.
- flavoproteins — Plural form of flavoprotein.
- forty-seventh — next after the forty-sixth; being the ordinal number for 47.
- galvanisation — Alternative form of galvanization.
- galvanometers — Plural form of galvanometer.
- galvanoplasty — electrotypy.
- galveston bay — an inlet of the Gulf of Mexico.
- give pause to — to cause to hesitate
- governmentese — complicated or obscurantist language thought to be characteristic of government bureaucratic statements; officialese.
- gram-positive — (of bacteria) retaining the violet dye when stained by Gram's method.
- grave clothes — the wrappings in which a dead body is interred
- harvest mouse — an Old World field mouse, Micromys minutus, that builds a spherical nest among the stems of grains and other plants.
- host an event — If a hotel or organization hosts an event, it provides the facilities for the event to take place.
- hyposensitive — low or diminished sensitivity to stimulation.
- improvisation — the art or act of improvising, or of composing, uttering, executing, or arranging anything without previous preparation: Musical improvisation involves imagination and creativity.
- improvisatore — An individual who recites impromptu verse, as from a song or poem.