12-letter words containing v, i, n, s, o
- responsively — responding especially readily and sympathetically to appeals, efforts, influences, etc.: a responsive government.
- responsivity — the quality or state of being responsive.
- retroversion — a looking or turning back.
- reversionary — of, relating to, or involving a reversion.
- reversionist — a person who advocates reverting to the conditions, customs, ideals, etc., of an earlier era.
- revisitation — the act of visiting.
- river nelson — a river in central Canada, in N central Manitoba, flowing from Lake Winnipeg northeast to Hudson Bay. Length: about 650 km (400 miles)
- rooseveltian — of, pertaining to, advocating, or following the principles, views, or policies of Franklin Delano Roosevelt or of Theodore Roosevelt.
- root version — The initial value of an object in a change management system.
- salvationist — a member of the Salvation Army.
- sanguivorous — feeding on blood, as a bat or insect.
- savings bond — a U.S. government bond with principal amounts up to $10,000.
- self-proving — to establish the truth or genuineness of, as by evidence or argument: to prove one's claim.
- seminivorous — feeding on seeds: seminivorous birds.
- 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.
- serve notice — to give formal warning or information, as of intentions; announce
- servicewoman — a woman who is a member of the armed forces of a country.
- severodvinsk — a city in the N Russian Federation in Europe, on Dvina Gulf, E of Archangel.
- shaving foam — lather used for shaving
- shaving soap — a special soap for lathering the face to soften and condition the beard for shaving, capable of producing a thick lather due to its high fat content and low alkalinity.
- silver mound — a perennial Japanese herb, Artemisia schmidtiana, having silver-green leaves forming a moundlike shape.
- silver point — the melting point of silver, equal to 960.8°C, used as a fixed point on the international temperature scale.
- silver spoon — spoon (def 16).
- slovenliness — untidy or unclean in appearance or habits.
- soviet union — the legislature of the former Soviet Union and its successor states, consisting of an upper house (Soviet of the Union or Council of the Union) whose delegates are elected on the basis of population, and a lower house (Soviet of Nationalities or Council of Nationalities) whose delegates are elected to represent the various nationalities.
- 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.
- stereovision — visual perception in three dimensions.
- stones river — river in central Tenn., flowing into the Cumberland: c. 60 mi (97 km)
- strongsville — a town in N Ohio.
- supervention — to take place or occur as something additional or extraneous (sometimes followed by on or upon).
- svga monitor — (hardware, graphics) A monitor capable of displaying the output of an SVGA card.
- transportive — to carry, move, or convey from one place to another.
- transversion — a turning across, or into, something else
- unchivalrous — having the qualities of chivalry, as courage, courtesy, and loyalty.
- unconclusive — inconclusive
- undiscovered — to see, get knowledge of, learn of, find, or find out; gain sight or knowledge of (something previously unseen or unknown): to discover America; to discover electricity. Synonyms: detect, espy, descry, discern, ascertain, unearth, ferret out, notice.
- undissolving — not dissolving; remaining in solid form; not melting
- unlovingness — an unloving quality or character
- unoppressive — not cruel or harsh
- unresponsive — responding especially readily and sympathetically to appeals, efforts, influences, etc.: a responsive government.
- unsupportive — giving support.
- unvirtuously — in an unvirtuous manner; not virtuously; without virtue
- vaginicolous — living in a sheath
- vainglorious — filled with or given to vainglory: a vainglorious actor.
- vaporishness — the quality or state of being vaporish
- variationist — a person who studies variations in the use of a language by its speakers
- vasodilation — dilatation of the blood vessels, as by the action of a nerve.
- vasoligation — ligation of the vas deferens.