13-letter words containing t, s, a, v, o, r
- 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
- revelationist — a person who believes in divine revelation.
- roosevelt dam — a dam on the Salt River, in central Arizona. 284 feet (87 meters) high; 1080 feet (329 meters) long.
- 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
- shaver outlet — a point in a wall, esp in a bathroom, where you can connect an electric razor to the power supply
- silver iodate — a white, crystalline, slightly water-soluble powder, AgIO 3 , used in medicine chiefly as an antiseptic and as an astringent.
- 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.
- 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
- standover man — a person who extorts money by intimidation
- star of david — Judaism: six-pointed star
- stratovolcano — a large, steep volcano built up of alternating layers of lava and ash or cinders.
- 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.
- tergiversator — to change repeatedly one's attitude or opinions with respect to a cause, subject, etc.; equivocate.
- toll traverse — a payment made for the right to cross privately owned property.
- unadventurous — inclined or willing to engage in adventures; enjoying adventures.
- 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.
- versification — the act of versifying.
- visitor's tax — a tax that visitors to a place must pay
- visual cortex — the portion of the cerebral cortex of the brain that receives and processes impulses from the optic nerves.
- voluntariness — done, made, brought about, undertaken, etc., of one's own accord or by free choice: a voluntary contribution.
- voluntaristic — Philosophy. any theory that regards will as the fundamental agency or principle, in metaphysics, epistemology, or psychology.
- winter savory — See under savory2 .