13-letter words containing v, a, u
- paucis verbis — in or by few words; with brevity.
- peanut heaven — peanut gallery (def 1).
- peruvian bark — cinchona (def 2).
- pigouvian tax — a tax levied to counter an economic negative externality, for example taxing producers of industrial pollution in order to encourage pollution control
- plural voting — right to vote more than once
- pole-vaulting — a field sport in which competitors attempt to clear a high bar with the aid of an extremely flexible long pole
- polyoma virus — a small DNA-containing virus, of the papovavirus group, that can produce a variety of tumors in mice, hamsters, rabbits, and rats.
- prejudicative — tending to prejudge
- present value — current monetary worth
- private study — the act or process of studying outwith classes
- private trust — a trust designed for the benefit of a designated or known individual (opposed to charitable trust).
- provost guard — a detachment of soldiers assigned to police duties under the provost marshal.
- pulverization — to reduce to dust or powder, as by pounding or grinding.
- quadrumvirate — a governing or managing group, coalition, or the like, of four persons.
- qualificative — That which qualifies, modifies, or restricts; a qualifying term or statement.
- qualitatively — pertaining to or concerned with quality or qualities.
- quantivalence — quantitative equivalence
- quarterstaves — Plural form of quarterstaff.
- quasi-private — belonging to some particular person: private property.
- quinquevalent — pentavalent.
- radius vector — Mathematics. the length of the line segment joining a fixed point or origin to a given point.
- ratable value — (formerly) a fixed value assigned to a property by a local authority, on the basis of which variable annual rates are charged
- re-evaluating — to determine or set the value or amount of; appraise: to evaluate property.
- re-evaluation — an act or instance of evaluating or appraising.
- recultivation — the act or art of cultivating.
- reduplicative — tending to reduplicate.
- regular bevel — the bevel of a bolt or lock on a door opening into the building, room, etc., to which the doorway leads (opposed to reverse bevel).
- revascularize — to surgically improve the blood circulation of (an organ or area of the body).
- revenue agent — a government official who is responsible for the collection of revenue.
- revenue stamp — a stamp showing that a governmental tax has been paid.
- reverse fault — a fault in which the rock above the fault plane is displaced upward relative to the rock below the fault plane (opposed to gravity fault).
- revictualling — victuals, food supplies; provisions.
- revolutionary — of, pertaining to, characterized by, or of the nature of a revolution, or a sudden, complete, or marked change: a revolutionary junta.
- rio da duvida — former name of Roosevelt, Río.
- rivalrousness — characterized by rivalry; competitive: the rivalrous aspect of their friendship.
- river estuary — a river mouth
- road surveyor — a person who does surveying work for road building
- russian olive — oleaster.
- sales revenue — the gross income for a business derived from sales of its products or services
- salviniaceous — relating to the genus Salviniaceae
- sample survey — a survey of particular examples of sth, intended as representative of the whole category
- saving clause — a clause which denotes a reservation or exception
- scavenge pump — an oil pump used in some internal-combustion engines to return oil from the crankcase to the oil tank
- semioviparous — bearing young in an incomplete state of development, as a marsupial.
- shaver outlet — a point in a wall, esp in a bathroom, where you can connect an electric razor to the power supply
- shaving brush — a short, cylindrical brush with long, soft, bristles, used in lathering the face before shaving.
- shrove sunday — the Sunday before Ash Wednesday; Quinquagesima.
- single-valued — (of a function) having the property that each element in the domain has corresponding to it exactly one element in the range.
- 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.
- souphanouvong — Prince, 1909–1995, Laotian political leader: president 1975–86 (half brother of Prince Souvanna Phouma).