12-letter words containing s, t, v, i, n
- 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
- seventy-five — a cardinal number, 70 plus 5.
- seventy-nine — a cardinal number, 70 plus 9.
- silver point — the melting point of silver, equal to 960.8°C, used as a fixed point on the international temperature scale.
- 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.
- spotsylvania — a village in NE Virginia: the scene of Civil War battles between the armies of Grant and Lee, May 8–21, 1864.
- 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.
- stakhanovism — a method for increasing production by rewarding individual initiative, developed in the Soviet Union in 1935.
- stakhanovite — a worker in the Soviet Union who regularly surpassed production quotas and was specially honored and rewarded.
- stanislavski — Konstantin [kon-stuh n-teen;; Russian kuh n-stuhn-tyeen] /ˈkɒn stənˌtin;; Russian kən stʌnˈtyin/ (Show IPA), (Konstantin Sergeevich Alekseev) 1863–1938, Russian actor, producer, and director.
- stanislavsky — Konstantin [kon-stuh n-teen;; Russian kuh n-stuhn-tyeen] /ˈkɒn stənˌtin;; Russian kən stʌnˈtyin/ (Show IPA), (Konstantin Sergeevich Alekseev) 1863–1938, Russian actor, producer, and director.
- stanleyville — former name of Kisangani.
- steam-driven — powered by steam
- stephen viii — died a.d. 942, pope 939–942.
- stephenville — a town in central Texas.
- stereovision — visual perception in three dimensions.
- steubenville — a city in E Ohio, on the Ohio River.
- stones river — river in central Tenn., flowing into the Cumberland: c. 60 mi (97 km)
- stravinskian — of, relating to, or suggesting the composer Igor Stravinsky or his works.
- strongsville — a town in N Ohio.
- substantival — noting, of, or pertaining to a substantive.
- superevident — extremely or very evident
- supervenient — to take place or occur as something additional or extraneous (sometimes followed by on or upon).
- supervention — to take place or occur as something additional or extraneous (sometimes followed by on or upon).
- sustentative — maintenance in being or activity; the sustaining of life through vital processes.
- svga monitor — (hardware, graphics) A monitor capable of displaying the output of an SVGA card.
- thanksgiving — the act of giving thanks; grateful acknowledgment of benefits or favors, especially to God.
- thirty-seven — a cardinal number, 30 plus 7.
- thrivingness — the state or condition of thriving, flourishing, prospering or growing
- transitively — Grammar. having the nature of a transitive verb.
- transitivity — verb: requiring a direct object
- transmissive — the act or process of transmitting.
- transportive — to carry, move, or convey from one place to another.
- transumptive — of or relating to transumption
- transvaalian — a province in the NE Republic of South Africa. 110,450 sq. mi. (286,066 sq. km). Capital: Pretoria.
- transvaginal — through or via the vagina
- transversion — a turning across, or into, something else
- transvestism — the practice, especially of men, of wearing clothing usually associated with the opposite sex for psychological gratification.
- transvestist — someone who partakes in transvestism
- transvestite — a person, especially a male, who assumes the dress and manner usually associated with the opposite sex.
- transylvania — a region and former province in central Romania: formerly part of Hungary. 24,027 sq. mi. (62,230 sq. km).
- unadvertised — to announce or praise (a product, service, etc.) in some public medium of communication in order to induce people to buy or use it: to advertise a new brand of toothpaste.
- undivestedly — in an undivested manner
- unexhaustive — exhausting a subject, topic, etc.; comprehensive; thorough: He published an exhaustive study of Greek vases.
- uninvestable — that can be invested.
- universalist — a person characterized by universalism, as in knowledge, interests, or activities.
- universality — the character or state of being universal; existence or prevalence everywhere.
- unrespective — not attentive; unheeding
- unsubjective — existing in the mind; belonging to the thinking subject rather than to the object of thought (opposed to objective).