13-letter words containing t, r, o, i, s, v
- preservations — to keep alive or in existence; make lasting: to preserve our liberties as free citizens.
- pretelevision — occurring before the arrival of television
- proactiveness — serving to prepare for, intervene in, or control an expected occurrence or situation, especially a negative or difficult one; anticipatory: proactive measures against crime.
- progressivist — the principles and practices of progressives.
- progressivity — 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.
- prospectively — of or in the future: prospective earnings.
- proverbialist — a person who composes, records or uses proverbial expressions
- provincialist — a native or inhabitant of a province.
- radius vector — Mathematics. the length of the line segment joining a fixed point or origin to a given point.
- remonstrative — to say or plead in protest, objection, or disapproval.
- restoratively — in a restorative manner
- retrogressive — characterized by retrogression; degenerating.
- retrospective — directed to the past; contemplative of past situations, events, etc.
- revelationist — a person who believes in divine revelation.
- revolutionise — to bring about a revolution in; effect a radical change in: to revolutionize petroleum refining methods.
- revolutionism — a belief in revolution or revolutionary ideas
- revolutionist — a person who advocates or takes part in a revolution.
- root division — the act or process of reproducing plants by a division of roots or crowns.
- savings ratio — the ratio of personal savings to disposable income, esp using the difference between national figures for disposable income and consumer spending as a measure of savings
- scratch video — the technique or practice of recycling images from films or television to make collages
- semi-vitreous — partially vitreous.
- service court — the part of the court into which a player must serve in various games, as tennis, badminton, handball, or squash.
- silver doctor — a type of artificial fly, used chiefly for trout and salmon.
- silver iodate — a white, crystalline, slightly water-soluble powder, AgIO 3 , used in medicine chiefly as an antiseptic and as an astringent.
- silver tongue — the characteristic of being skilful at persuading people to believe what they say or to do what they want them to do
- silver-y moth — a brownish noctuid moth, Plusia gamma, having a light Y-shaped marking on each forewing; it migrates in large flocks
- society verse — light, graceful, entertaining poetry considered as appealing to polite society.
- solitary wave — a localized disturbance that propagates like a wave but resembles a particle in that it does not disperse, even if it collides with other such waves.
- sovereigntist — a supporter of sovereignty association
- soviet russia — a conventional name of the Soviet Union.
- stain remover — a substance designed for removing stains or dirty marks, as from clothes, carpets, etc
- star of david — Judaism: six-pointed star
- subordinative — placed in or belonging to a lower order or rank.
- suovetaurilia — (in ancient Rome) a sacrifice of a hog, a ram, and a bull.
- supervirtuoso — a highly accomplished virtuoso
- tergiversator — to change repeatedly one's attitude or opinions with respect to a cause, subject, etc.; equivocate.
- the provinces — those parts of a country lying outside the capital and other large cities and regarded as outside the mainstream of sophisticated culture
- totis viribus — with all one's might.
- unobstructive — to block or close up with an obstacle; make difficult to pass: Debris obstructed the road.
- unobtrusively — not obtrusive; inconspicuous, unassertive, or reticent.
- vapor tension — vapor pressure.
- variable cost — a cost that varies with a change in the volume of output while remaining uniform on a per-unit basis, as cost of labor (distinguished from fixed cost).
- variety store — a retail store, as a five-and-ten, carrying a large variety of goods, especially low-priced articles.
- vasoinhibitor — an agent, as a drug, that inhibits the action of the vasomotor nerves.
- venereologist — the branch of medicine dealing with the study and treatment of venereal, or sexually transmitted, disease.
- 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
- versification — the act of versifying.
- violent storm — Meteorology. storm (def 3).