13-letter words containing v, l, s
- multivitamins — Plural form of multivitamin.
- naive realism — the theory that the world is perceived exactly as it is.
- navigableness — Quality of being navigable.
- negative lens — a lens that causes a beam of parallel rays to diverge after refraction, as from a virtual image; a lens that has a negative focal length.
- nerve impulse — a progressive wave of electric and chemical activity along a nerve fiber that stimulates or inhibits the action of a muscle, gland, or other nerve cell.
- nerve oneself — to collect one's energies or courage for an effort
- nervelessness — The characteristic of being nerveless; cowardliness.
- nervomuscular — (physiology) Of or pertaining to both nerves and muscles.
- neurovascular — of, relating to, or involving the nerves and blood vessels.
- nicholasville — a town in central Kentucky.
- nickel silver — German silver.
- nicoise olive — a small variety of olive with a rich, nutty flavor.
- nolens volens — whether willing or not; willy-nilly.
- non-exclusive — not admitting of something else; incompatible: mutually exclusive plans of action.
- non-vesicular — of or relating to a vesicle or vesicles.
- nondivisional — Not divisional.
- noninvasively — In a noninvasive manner.
- nonobservable — capable of being or liable to be observed; noticeable; visible; discernible: an observable change in attitude.
- nonreversible — capable of reversing or of being reversed.
- norwalk virus — a norovirus.
- novated lease — Australian system of employer-aided car purchase
- nowheresville — a remote or isolated town or village.
- 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.
- observability — capable of being or liable to be observed; noticeable; visible; discernible: an observable change in attitude.
- observational — of, relating to, or founded on observation, especially founded on observation rather than experiment.
- obstructively — In an obstructive manner.
- overappraisal — An appraisal that overvalues something.
- overcredulous — willing to believe or trust too readily, especially without proper or adequate evidence; gullible.
- overembellish — Make (something) too ornate or complicated.
- overlay glass — case glass.
- overseriously — in an excessively serious manner
- oversocialize — to make social; make fit for life in companionship with others.
- overspeculate — to engage in thought or reflection; meditate (often followed by on, upon, or a clause).
- overstability — the state of being excessively stable
- overstimulate — to stimulate too much
- overzealously — too zealous: overzealous for reform.
- ovipositional — pertaining to the laying of eggs through an ovipositor
- pas de cheval — a step in which the dancer hops on one foot and paws the ground with the other.
- pennsylvanian — of or relating to the state of Pennsylvania.
- perseveringly — displaying perseverance; resolutely persistent; steadfast: a persevering student.
- perspectively — a technique of depicting volumes and spatial relationships on a flat surface. Compare aerial perspective, linear perspective.
- petropavlovsk — a city in N Kazakhstan on the Ishim River. Pop: 190 000 (2005 est)
- photovoltaics — (used with a singular verb) a field of semiconductor technology involving the direct conversion of electromagnetic radiation as sunlight, into electricity.
- piss all over — to be far superior to
- pleasantville — a city in SE New Jersey.
- plumbosolvent — able to dissolve lead
- pollice verso — with thumbs turned downward: the sign made by spectators calling for the death of a defeated gladiator in the ancient Roman circus.
- polyoma virus — a small DNA-containing virus, of the papovavirus group, that can produce a variety of tumors in mice, hamsters, rabbits, and rats.
- postvertebral — of or relating to a vertebra or the vertebrae; spinal.