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13-letter words containing t, s, v, e

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • sovereigntist — a supporter of sovereignty association
  • soviet russia — a conventional name of the Soviet Union.
  • sovietologist — Kremlinology.
  • speculatively — pertaining to, of the nature of, or characterized by speculation, contemplation, conjecture, or abstract reasoning: a speculative approach.
  • spotted fever — any of several fevers characterized by spots on the skin, especially as in cerebrospinal meningitis or typhus fever.
  • stain remover — a substance designed for removing stains or dirty marks, as from clothes, carpets, etc
  • standing wave — a wave in a medium in which each point on the axis of the wave has an associated constant amplitude ranging from zero at the nodes to a maximum at the antinodes.
  • standover man — a person who extorts money by intimidation
  • steve wozniak — (person)   Co-founder of Apple Computer with Steve Jobs on 01 April 1976 and the inventor of the Apple II personal computer.
  • steve's shell — (operating system)   (ssh) A Unix shell with many csh- and ksh-like features, by Steve Baker <[email protected]> and Thomas Moore. Version 1.7 has been ported to Sequent, Sun, NeXT, Ultrix, BSDI and is available from comp.sources.unix volume 26.
  • stevens point — a city in central Wisconsin.
  • stovepipe hat — a tall silk hat.
  • subderivative — a word derived from a derivative.
  • 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.
  • subindicative — of or relating to subindicating
  • subordinative — placed in or belonging to a lower order or rank.
  • subserviently — serving or acting in a subordinate capacity; subordinate.
  • substantively — a noun.
  • substantivize — to use (an adjective, verb, etc.) as a substantive; convert into a substantive: a substantivized participle.
  • suction valve — a nonreturn valve in a pump suction to prevent the pump draining or depriming when not in service
  • suovetaurilia — (in ancient Rome) a sacrifice of a hog, a ram, and a bull.
  • superactivity — extreme activity; hyperactivity
  • superelevated — (of a curve in a road, railroad track, etc.) banked.
  • superlatively — of the highest kind, quality, or order; surpassing all else or others; supreme; extreme: superlative wisdom.
  • supervirtuoso — a highly accomplished virtuoso
  • supervirulent — extremely virulent
  • support level — a minimum price below which a specific stock is not supposed to fall, as because of the stock's inherent worth.
  • sweet cassava — any of several tropical American plants belonging to the genus Manihot, of the spurge family, as M. esculenta (bitter cassava) and M. dulcis (sweet cassava) cultivated for their tuberous roots, which yield important food products.
  • talkativeness — inclined to talk a great deal: One drink and she became very talkative.
  • televangelism — Christian preaching on TV
  • televangelist — an evangelist who regularly conducts religious services on television.
  • tenosynovitis — inflammation of a tendon sheath, as from trauma, repeated strain, or systemic disease.
  • tenovaginitis — the inflammation of the sheath around a tendon
  • tentativeness — of the nature of or made or done as a trial, experiment, or attempt; experimental: a tentative report on her findings.
  • tergiversator — to change repeatedly one's attitude or opinions with respect to a cause, subject, etc.; equivocate.
  • tet offensive — an offensive by Vietcong and North Vietnamese forces against South Vietnamese and U.S. positions in South Vietnam, beginning on Jan. 31, 1968, the start of Tet.
  • thank heavens — used as an exclamation of gratitude and relief
  • the adversary — Satan
  • the invisible — God
  • the levellers — a radical group on the Parliamentarian side during the Civil War that advocated republicanism, freedom of worship, etc
  • the offensive — an attitude or position of aggression
  • the provinces — those parts of a country lying outside the capital and other large cities and regarded as outside the mainstream of sophisticated culture
  • the seventies — the years numbered 70–79 in a particular century, esp the 20th century
  • thieves' cant — slang used by thieves
  • time reversal — the mathematical operation of reversing the direction of time. Symbol: T.
  • toll traverse — a payment made for the right to cross privately owned property.
  • train service — provision of railway transport
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