12-letter words containing v, a, l, i, s
- medievalisms — Plural form of medievalism.
- medievalists — Plural form of medievalist.
- misadvisedly — ill-advisedly
- multivarious — Many and various.
- nail varnish — nail polish.
- nasal cavity — sinus
- nonuniversal — Not universal.
- novelisation — Alternative spelling of novelization.
- old slavonic — Old Church Slavonic.
- overanalysis — the separating of any material or abstract entity into its constituent elements (opposed to synthesis).
- overclassify — to classify to excess
- pennsylvania — a state in the E United States. 45,333 sq. mi. (117,410 sq. km). Capital: Harrisburg. Abbreviation: PA (for use with zip code), Pa., Penn., Penna.
- perivisceral — surrounding or situated about the viscera.
- perspectival — a technique of depicting volumes and spatial relationships on a flat surface. Compare aerial perspective, linear perspective.
- persuasively — able, fitted, or intended to persuade: a very persuasive argument.
- polyomavirus — any of a genus (Polyomavirus) of papovaviruses that naturally infect wild and laboratory mice, and that cause tumors when injected into newborn mice
- pons varolii — pons (def 1).
- positive law — customary law or law enacted by governmental authority (as distinguished from natural law).
- 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
- quacksalving — resembling or characteristic of a quacksalver
- relativeness — the state or fact of being relative.
- relativistic — of or relating to relativity or relativism.
- renal pelvis — a small funnel-shaped cavity of the kidney into which urine is discharged before passing into the ureter
- replevisable — capable of being replevied.
- 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.