13-letter words containing v, g, u
- 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
- primitive gut — archenteron.
- provost guard — a detachment of soldiers assigned to police duties under the provost marshal.
- re-evaluating — to determine or set the value or amount of; appraise: to evaluate property.
- 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).
- rendezvousing — an agreement between two or more persons to meet at a certain time and place.
- revenue agent — a government official who is responsible for the collection of revenue.
- revictualling — victuals, food supplies; provisions.
- river bugging — the activity or sport of rafting down fast-flowing rivers on a small inflatable single-seat craft, a river bug, that resembles an armchair
- river red gum — a large Australian red gum tree, Eucalyptus camaldulensis, growing along river banks
- rubber gloves — gloves made of rubber, worn to protect the hands while washing up, gardening, etc
- 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
- shaving brush — a short, cylindrical brush with long, soft, bristles, used in lathering the face before shaving.
- shelving unit — A shelving unit is a flexible display system which can be moved and adjusted to accommodate different product dimensions.
- silver tongue — the characteristic of being skilful at persuading people to believe what they say or to do what they want them to do
- single-valued — (of a function) having the property that each element in the domain has corresponding to it exactly one element in the range.
- souphanouvong — Prince, 1909–1995, Laotian political leader: president 1975–86 (half brother of Prince Souvanna Phouma).
- sub-sovereign — a monarch; a king, queen, or other supreme ruler.
- subgovernment — the political direction and control exercised over the actions of the members, citizens, or inhabitants of communities, societies, and states; direction of the affairs of a state, community, etc.; political administration: Government is necessary to the existence of civilized society.
- unapprovingly — in an unapproving manner
- uncaptivating — to attract and hold the attention or interest of, as by beauty or excellence; enchant: Her blue eyes and red hair captivated him.
- undeservingly — in an undeserving manner
- undeviatingly — to turn aside, as from a route, way, course, etc.
- unevangelical — not religiously orthodox; not in accordance with the Christian gospel
- unimaginative — characterized by or bearing evidence of imagination: an imaginative tale.
- unprogressive — favoring or advocating progress, change, improvement, or reform, as opposed to wishing to maintain things as they are, especially in political matters: a progressive mayor.
- unprovokingly — serving to provoke; causing annoyance.
- unsalvageable — the act of saving a ship or its cargo from perils of the seas.
- unscavengered — lacking the qualities of having been scavenged
- vacuum drying — the removal of liquid from a solution or mixture at reduced air pressure so that it dries at a lower temperature than would be required at full pressure.
- vanilla sugar — sugar which has been infused with vanilla
- veggie burger — A veggie burger is a flat round cake of food made from vegetables or beans. You broil or fry it.
- villeggiatura — a (country) holiday
- virgo cluster — a cluster of about 2500 galaxies in the constellation Virgo, the nearest cluster to our galaxy.
- virtual image — an optical image formed by the apparent divergence of rays from a point, rather than their actual divergence from a point
- volsunga saga — an Icelandic saga of the late 13th century, concerning the family of the Volsungs, the theft of the cursed treasure of Andvari, the adventures of Sigurd, his wooing of Brynhild, his enchantment and marriage to Gudrun, and his eventual murder.
- volute spring — a coil spring, conical in shape, extending in the direction of the axis of the coil.
- vulgarization — to make vulgar or coarse; lower; debase: to vulgarize standards of behavior.