13-letter words containing s, u, v, o
- revolutionism — a belief in revolution or revolutionary ideas
- revolutionist — a person who advocates or takes part in a revolution.
- rivalrousness — characterized by rivalry; competitive: the rivalrous aspect of their friendship.
- road surveyor — a person who does surveying work for road building
- rubber gloves — gloves made of rubber, worn to protect the hands while washing up, gardening, etc
- russian olive — oleaster.
- salviniaceous — relating to the genus Salviniaceae
- semi-vitreous — partially vitreous.
- semioviparous — bearing young in an incomplete state of development, as a marsupial.
- service court — the part of the court into which a player must serve in various games, as tennis, badminton, handball, or squash.
- shaver outlet — a point in a wall, esp in a bathroom, where you can connect an electric razor to the power supply
- shrove sunday — the Sunday before Ash Wednesday; Quinquagesima.
- silver tongue — the characteristic of being skilful at persuading people to believe what they say or to do what they want them to do
- solvent abuse — Solvent abuse is the dangerous practice of breathing in the gases from substances such as glue in order to feel as if you are drunk.
- souphanouvong — Prince, 1909–1995, Laotian political leader: president 1975–86 (half brother of Prince Souvanna Phouma).
- south vietnam — a former country in SE Asia that comprised Vietnam S of about 17° N latitude; a separate state 1954–75; now part of reunified Vietnam. Capital: Saigon.
- souvenir shop — a shop that sells trivial gift items, such as T-shirts, coffee mugs, keyrings etc, esp aimed at tourists
- soviet russia — a conventional name of the Soviet Union.
- speak volumes — a collection of written or printed sheets bound together and constituting a book.
- sub-sovereign — a monarch; a king, queen, or other supreme ruler.
- subgovernment — the political direction and control exercised over the actions of the members, citizens, or inhabitants of communities, societies, and states; direction of the affairs of a state, community, etc.; political administration: Government is necessary to the existence of civilized society.
- subinvolution — (of organs) a partial return to normal size
- subordinative — placed in or belonging to a lower order or rank.
- suction valve — a nonreturn valve in a pump suction to prevent the pump draining or depriming when not in service
- summer savory — See under savory2 .
- suovetaurilia — (in ancient Rome) a sacrifice of a hog, a ram, and a bull.
- supervirtuoso — a highly accomplished virtuoso
- support level — a minimum price below which a specific stock is not supposed to fall, as because of the stock's inherent worth.
- survey course — an introductory course of study that provides a general view of an academic subject.
- totis viribus — with all one's might.
- tunnel vision — a drastically narrowed field of vision, as in looking through a tube, symptomatic of retinitis pigmentosa.
- unadventurous — inclined or willing to engage in adventures; enjoying adventures.
- unconsecutive — following one another in uninterrupted succession or order; successive: six consecutive numbers, such as 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10.
- unconversable — inappropriate for conversation
- unobstructive — to block or close up with an obstacle; make difficult to pass: Debris obstructed the road.
- unobtrusively — not obtrusive; inconspicuous, unassertive, or reticent.
- unprogressive — favoring or advocating progress, change, improvement, or reform, as opposed to wishing to maintain things as they are, especially in political matters: a progressive mayor.
- unprovisioned — a clause in a legal instrument, a law, etc., providing for a particular matter; stipulation; proviso.
- vapourishness — the quality or state of being vapourish
- vasostimulant — stimulating the action of the vasomotor nerves.
- ventriloquism — the art or practice of speaking, with little or no lip movement, in such a manner that the voice does not appear to come from the speaker but from another source, as from a wooden dummy.
- ventriloquist — a person who performs or is skilled in ventriloquism.
- ventriloquous — of or relating to ventriloquism or a ventriloquist
- venture scout — a young man or woman, aged 16–20, who is a member of the senior branch of the Scouts
- venturesomely — in a venturesome manner
- veraciousness — characterized by truthfulness; true, accurate, or honest in content: a veracious statement; a veracious account.
- versicoloured — of variable or various colours
- vicariousness — performed, exercised, received, or suffered in place of another: vicarious punishment.
- virgo cluster — a cluster of about 2500 galaxies in the constellation Virgo, the nearest cluster to our galaxy.
- visual cortex — the portion of the cerebral cortex of the brain that receives and processes impulses from the optic nerves.