12-letter words containing v, a, s, t, n
- laxativeness — the condition or quality of being laxative
- maidservants — Plural form of maidservant.
- malversation — improper or corrupt behavior in office, especially in public office.
- martinsville — a city in S Virginia.
- ministrative — Serving to aid; ministering.
- misadventure — an instance of bad fortune; mishap.
- nasal cavity — sinus
- naval stores — supplies for warships.
- negativeness — The characteristic of being negative; negativity.
- negativistic — a negative or pessimistic attitude.
- negativities — expressing or containing negation or denial: a negative response to the question.
- non-activist — an especially active, vigorous advocate of a cause, especially a political cause.
- nonassertive — Not assertive.
- noncausative — Not causative.
- nonobservant — Not observant; not religious; not participating in the observance of religion.
- nonversation — A meaningless conversation.
- nonvexatious — Not vexatious.
- nova scotian — a peninsula and province in SE Canada: once a part of the French province of Acadia. 21,068 sq. mi. (54,565 sq. km). Capital: Halifax.
- novelisation — Alternative spelling of novelization.
- observations — Plural form of observation.
- outmaneuvers — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outmaneuver.
- over against — in opposition to; contrary to; adverse or hostile to: twenty votes against ten; against reason.
- 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
- postdiluvian — existing or occurring after the Biblical Flood.
- postvaccinal — occurring after a vaccine
- presentative — (of an image, idea, etc.) presented, known, or capable of being known directly.
- preservation — to keep alive or in existence; make lasting: to preserve our liberties as free citizens.
- reactiveness — tending to react.
- relativeness — the state or fact of being relative.
- reserve tank — the tank or part of a tank in a car engine that reserves fuel in case the main fuel supply runs out
- 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.
- sainte-beuve — Charles Augustin [sharl oh-gy-stan] /ʃarl oʊ güˈstɛ̃/ (Show IPA), 1804–69, French literary critic.
- salvationist — a member of the Salvation Army.
- security van — an armoured van used to transport money or other valuables
- 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.
- servant girl — a girl or woman employed as a servant who performs household duties
- spotsylvania — a village in NE Virginia: the scene of Civil War battles between the armies of Grant and Lee, May 8–21, 1864.
- 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.
- 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.
- steam-driven — powered by steam
- stove enamel — a type of enamel made heatproof by treatment in a stove
- stravinskian — of, relating to, or suggesting the composer Igor Stravinsky or his works.
- substantival — noting, of, or pertaining to a substantive.