12-letter words containing t, s, a, v, o
- overestimate — to estimate at too high a value, amount, rate, or the like: Don't overestimate the car's trade-in value.
- oversaturate — to cause (a substance) to unite with the greatest possible amount of another substance, through solution, chemical combination, or the like.
- oversedation — the calming of mental excitement or abatement of physiological function, especially by the administration of a drug.
- overstaffing — the provision of an excessive number of staff for (a factory, hotel, etc)
- overstrained — exerted, taxed, or used to an excessive extent
- paving stone — slab used to lay a path
- perseverator — a person who perseverates
- petrozavodsk — a city in NW Russia, capital of the Karelian Autonomous Republic, on Lake Onega: developed around ironworks established by Peter the Great in 1703; university (1940). Pop: 265 000 (2005 est)
- positive law — customary law or law enacted by governmental authority (as distinguished from natural law).
- post-harvest — Also, harvesting. the gathering of crops.
- postdiluvial — existing or occurring after the biblical Flood
- postdiluvian — existing or occurring after the Biblical Flood.
- postmedieval — occurring or existing after the Middle Ages, of or related to the period after the Middle Ages
- postvaccinal — occurring after a vaccine
- postvagotomy — of or occurring in the period after a vagotomy
- preservation — to keep alive or in existence; make lasting: to preserve our liberties as free citizens.
- preservatory — a preservative
- psychoactive — of or relating to a substance having a profound or significant effect on mental processes: a psychoactive drug.
- revisitation — the act of visiting.
- rooseveltian — of, pertaining to, advocating, or following the principles, views, or policies of Franklin Delano Roosevelt or of Theodore Roosevelt.
- sal volatile — an aromatic alcoholic solution of ammonium carbonate, the chief ingredient in smelling salts.
- salvationist — a member of the Salvation Army.
- seronegative — showing no significant level of serum antibodies, or other immunologic marker in the serum, that would indicate previous exposure to the infectious agent being tested.
- shostakovich — Dimitri Dimitrievich [dih-mee-tree di-mee-tree-uh-vich;; Russian dmyee-tryee dmyee-tryi-yi-vyich] /dɪˈmi tri dɪˈmi tri ə vɪtʃ;; Russian ˈdmyi tryi ˈdmyi tryɪ yɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1906–75, Russian composer.
- south kvaløy — an island in the Arctic Ocean, off the N coast of Norway. Area: 735 sq km (284 sq miles)
- spotsylvania — a village in NE Virginia: the scene of Civil War battles between the armies of Grant and Lee, May 8–21, 1864.
- spotted cavy — paca.
- 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.
- steam shovel — a machine for digging or excavating, operated by its own engine and boiler.
- steam-shovel — a machine for digging or excavating, operated by its own engine and boiler.
- stove enamel — a type of enamel made heatproof by treatment in a stove
- superovulate — to produce more than the normal number of ova at one time, as through hormone treatment.
- svga monitor — (hardware, graphics) A monitor capable of displaying the output of an SVGA card.
- to take vows — to enter a religious order and commit oneself to its rule of life by the vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience, which may be taken for a limited period as simple vows or as a perpetual and still more solemn commitment as solemn vows
- toaster oven — an electrical appliance that functions as both an oven and a toaster and is small enough to fit on a kitchen counter or table.
- toga virilis — the white toga assumed by boys in ancient Rome at the end of their 14th year.
- transportive — to carry, move, or convey from one place to another.
- transversion — a turning across, or into, something else
- traverse rod — a horizontal rod upon which drapes slide to open or close when pulled by cords.
- tschaikovsky — Peter Ilyich [il-yich] /ˈɪl yɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich.
- unconversant — familiar by use or study (usually followed by with): conversant with Spanish history.
- van der post — Sir Laurens (Jan). 1906–96, South African writer and traveller. His works include the travel books Venture to the Interior (1952), The Lost World of the Kalahari (1958), and Testament to the Bushmen (1984) and the novels The Hunter and the Whale (1967) and The Admiral's Baby (1996)
- variationist — a person who studies variations in the use of a language by its speakers
- varicosities — the state or condition of being varicose.
- variety show — vaudeville performance
- vasoactivity — activity that affects the diameter of blood vessels
- vasodilation — dilatation of the blood vessels, as by the action of a nerve.
- vasodilatory — of or relating to the dilation of blood vessels
- vasoligation — ligation of the vas deferens.