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13-letter words containing v, l, i, s, n

  • nun's veiling — a thin, plain-woven, worsted fabric, originally for nuns' veils but now also for dresses, coats, etc.
  • obliviousness — unmindful; unconscious; unaware (usually followed by of or to): She was oblivious of his admiration.
  • observational — of, relating to, or founded on observation, especially founded on observation rather than experiment.
  • ovipositional — pertaining to the laying of eggs through an ovipositor
  • pennsylvanian — of or relating to the state of Pennsylvania.
  • perseveringly — displaying perseverance; resolutely persistent; steadfast: a persevering student.
  • pleasantville — a city in SE New Jersey.
  • pretelevision — occurring before the arrival of television
  • provincialise — to make provincial in character.
  • provincialism — narrowness of mind, ignorance, or the like, considered as resulting from lack of exposure to cultural or intellectual activity.
  • provincialist — a native or inhabitant of a province.
  • provisionally — providing or serving for the time being only; existing only until permanently or properly replaced; temporary: a provisional government.
  • reclusiveness — the state or quality of being reclusive
  • reflexiveness — Grammar. (of a verb) taking a subject and object with identical referents, as shave in I shave myself. (of a pronoun) used as an object to refer to the subject of a verb, as myself in I shave myself.
  • revelationist — a person who believes in divine revelation.
  • revolutionise — to bring about a revolution in; effect a radical change in: to revolutionize petroleum refining methods.
  • revolutionism — a belief in revolution or revolutionary ideas
  • revolutionist — a person who advocates or takes part in a revolution.
  • rivalrousness — characterized by rivalry; competitive: the rivalrous aspect of their friendship.
  • rosenkavalier — an opera (1911) by Richard Strauss.
  • russian olive — oleaster.
  • salviniaceous — relating to the genus Salviniaceae
  • saving clause — a clause which denotes a reservation or exception
  • seclusiveness — tending to seclude, especially oneself.
  • self-devotion — intense devotion of oneself to an activity or to a field or profession, as art or science.
  • self-evolving — to develop gradually: to evolve a scheme.
  • self-involved — self-centered; preoccupied with oneself
  • self-oblivion — the state of being completely forgotten or unknown: a former movie star now in oblivion.
  • self-punitive — serving for, concerned with, or inflicting punishment: punitive laws; punitive action.
  • self-violence — swift and intense force: the violence of a storm.
  • set-in sleeve — a sleeve joined to the body of a garment at the shoulder and having a seam at that juncture.
  • shelving unit — A shelving unit is a flexible display system which can be moved and adjusted to accommodate different product dimensions.
  • shivering owl — screech owl.
  • silver lining — a sign of hope in an unfortunate or gloomy situation; a bright prospect: Every cloud has a silver lining.
  • silver salmon — coho salmon.
  • silver screen — motion pictures; the motion-picture industry: a star of the silver screen.
  • silver spring — a town in central Maryland, near Washington, D.C.
  • silver tongue — the characteristic of being skilful at persuading people to believe what they say or to do what they want them to do
  • simon bolivar — Simón [sahy-muh n;; Spanish see-mawn] /ˈsaɪ mən;; Spanish siˈmɔn/ (Show IPA), ("El Libertador") 1783–1830, Venezuelan statesman: leader of revolt of South American colonies against Spanish rule.
  • single-valued — (of a function) having the property that each element in the domain has corresponding to it exactly one element in the range.
  • slave trading — trafficking in people
  • slieve donard — a mountain in SE Northern Ireland, in the Mourne Mountains: highest peak in Northern Ireland. Height: 853 m (2798 ft)
  • spring valley — a city in SW California, near San Diego.
  • subinvolution — (of organs) a partial return to normal size
  • subserviently — serving or acting in a subordinate capacity; subordinate.
  • substantively — a noun.
  • suction valve — a nonreturn valve in a pump suction to prevent the pump draining or depriming when not in service
  • supervirulent — extremely virulent
  • talkativeness — inclined to talk a great deal: One drink and she became very talkative.
  • televangelism — Christian preaching on TV
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