12-letter words containing v, a, l, i, s
- 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.
- 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).
- trivialities — something trivial; a trivial matter, affair, remark, etc.: cocktail conversation marked by trivialities.
- unapplausive — not giving applause; not expressing praise
- unchivalrous — having the qualities of chivalry, as courage, courtesy, and loyalty.
- uninvestable — that can be invested.
- universalism — universal character; universality.
- universalist — a person characterized by universalism, as in knowledge, interests, or activities.
- universality — the character or state of being universal; existence or prevalence everywhere.
- universalize — to make universal.
- unsurvivable — able to be survived: Would an atomic war be survivable?
- vaginicolous — living in a sheath
- vainglorious — filled with or given to vainglory: a vainglorious actor.
- valdai hills — a region of hills and plateaus in NW Russia, between Moscow and St Petersburg. Greatest height: 346 m (1135 ft)
- valenciennes — a city in N France, SE of Lille.
- valve spring — a helical spring used to hold closed a valve in the cylinder head of an internal-combustion engine
- variableness — apt or liable to vary or change; changeable: variable weather; variable moods.
- vascularised — (of a tissue or embryo) to develop or extend blood vessels or other fluid-bearing vessels or ducts; become vascular.
- vascularized — rendered vascular by the formation of new 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.
- vasoligature — vasoligation.
- vaudevillist — a person who writes for vaudeville
- verticalness — the quality or state of being vertical; uprightness
- vesicularity — the quality or state of being vesicular
- vesiculation — characterized by or covered with vesicles.
- vespertilian — of, relating to, or resembling a bat
- via dolorosa — (initial capital letters) Christ's route to Golgotha.
- villahermosa — a state in SE Mexico, on the Gulf of Campeche. 9783 sq. mi. (25,338 sq. km). Capital: Villahermosa.
- villainously — having a cruel, wicked, malicious nature or character.
- villanelle's — a rustic Italian part song without accompaniment.
- viscoelastic — pertaining to a substance having both viscous and elastic properties.
- visitatorial — of or relating to an official visitor or official visitation.
- visual angle — the angle subtended by an object at the lens of the eye