12-letter words containing v, a, i, l
- revelational — the act of revealing or disclosing; disclosure.
- revictualled — victuals, food supplies; provisions.
- revitalizing — having the ability or tendency to restore strength
- ring-a-levio — a children's game in which members of one group try to find and capture hiding members of another group: a captured player is kept in a circle drawn on the ground and is set free when tagged by a teammate
- 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.
- salk vaccine — a vaccine that contains three types of inactivated poliomyelitis viruses and induces immunity against the disease.
- salvationist — a member of the Salvation Army.
- salve regina — a prayer in the form of a hymn to the Virgin Mary.
- salvifically — in a saving manner
- sauk village — a town in NE Illinois.
- semi-invalid — a person who is partially disabled or somewhat infirm
- servant girl — a girl or woman employed as a servant who performs household duties
- service flat — an apartment with complete hotel services.
- severability — capability of being separated, as of a clause in an agreement
- sieve-plates — an elongated cell whose walls contain perforations (sieve pores) that are arranged in circumscribed areas (sieve plates) and that afford communication with similar adjacent cells.
- silver bream — a type of ray-finned fish from the family Cyprinidae
- silver maple — a maple, Acer saccharinum, having leaves that are light green above and silvery white beneath.
- silver medal — a medal, traditionally of silver or silver in color, awarded to a person or team finishing second in a competition, meet, or tournament.
- silver paper — silver foil.
- silver plate — thin coat of silver
- silver state — Nevada (used as a nickname).
- silver-plate — to coat (base metal) with silver, especially by electroplating.
- slave driver — an overseer of slaves.
- slave-driver — an overseer of slaves.
- spinal nerve — any of a series of paired nerves that originate in the nerve roots of the spinal cord and emerge from the vertebrae on both sides of the spinal column, each branching out to innervate a specific region of the neck, trunk, or limbs.
- spotsylvania — a village in NE Virginia: the scene of Civil War battles between the armies of Grant and Lee, May 8–21, 1864.
- squaresville — a thing, place, etc., regarded as conventional, unfashionable, or conservative.
- stanislavski — Konstantin [kon-stuh n-teen;; Russian kuh n-stuhn-tyeen] /ˈkɒn stənˌtin;; Russian kən stʌnˈtyin/ (Show IPA), (Konstantin Sergeevich Alekseev) 1863–1938, Russian actor, producer, and director.
- stanislavsky — Konstantin [kon-stuh n-teen;; Russian kuh n-stuhn-tyeen] /ˈkɒn stənˌtin;; Russian kən stʌnˈtyin/ (Show IPA), (Konstantin Sergeevich Alekseev) 1863–1938, Russian actor, producer, and director.
- stanleyville — former name of Kisangani.
- subdividable — to divide (that which has already been divided) into smaller parts; divide again after a first division.
- substantival — noting, of, or pertaining to a substantive.
- supravitally — in a supravital manner
- surveillance — a watch kept over a person, group, etc., especially over a suspect, prisoner, or the like: The suspects were under police surveillance.
- survival bag — a large plastic bag carried by climbers for use in an emergency as protection against exposure
- survival kit — Military. a package containing medical supplies, rations, and other vital equipment for use by a person forced to land in or parachute into the ocean, jungle, or other isolated or hostile territory.
- swallow dive — swan dive.
- swivel chair — a chair whose seat turns around horizontally on a swivel.
- tidal volume — the volume of water associated with a rising tide
- toga virilis — the white toga assumed by boys in ancient Rome at the end of their 14th year.
- transitively — Grammar. having the nature of a transitive verb.
- transvaalian — a province in the NE Republic of South Africa. 110,450 sq. mi. (286,066 sq. km). Capital: Pretoria.
- transvaginal — through or via the vagina
- transylvania — a region and former province in central Romania: formerly part of Hungary. 24,027 sq. mi. (62,230 sq. km).
- travel light — If you travel light, you travel without taking much luggage.
- trivial name — a common name or vernacular name, as of a plant or animal
- trivialities — something trivial; a trivial matter, affair, remark, etc.: cocktail conversation marked by trivialities.
- trypaflavine — acriflavine hydrochloride.
- ultraviolent — characterized by or pertaining to extreme acts of violence