13-letter words containing v, o, l, s, t
- living stones — any of various succulent plants of the genus Lithops, native to Africa, having solitary yellow or white flowers and thick leaves that resemble stones.
- love-stricken — If you describe someone as love-stricken, you mean that they are so much in love that they are behaving in a strange and foolish way.
- misevaluation — an act or instance of evaluating or appraising.
- movable feast — a religious feast that does not occur on the same date each year.
- novated lease — Australian system of employer-aided car purchase
- 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.
- 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
- ovipositional — pertaining to the laying of eggs through an ovipositor
- 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.
- plumbosolvent — able to dissolve lead
- postvertebral — of or relating to a vertebra or the vertebrae; spinal.
- pretelevision — occurring before the arrival of television
- prospectively — of or in the future: prospective earnings.
- proverbialist — a person who composes, records or uses proverbial expressions
- provincialist — a native or inhabitant of a province.
- restoratively — in a restorative manner
- 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.
- roosevelt dam — a dam on the Salt River, in central Arizona. 284 feet (87 meters) high; 1080 feet (329 meters) long.
- salvage costs — the costs involved in salvaging goods or property from fire, shipwreck, etc
- scotch lovage — a similar and related plant, Ligusticum scoticum, of N Europe
- seaton valley — a region in NE England, in SE Northumberland: consists of a group of former coal-mining villages
- self-devotion — intense devotion of oneself to an activity or to a field or profession, as art or science.
- shaver outlet — a point in a wall, esp in a bathroom, where you can connect an electric razor to the power supply
- short-sleeved — having short sleeves
- silver doctor — a type of artificial fly, used chiefly for trout and salmon.
- silver iodate — a white, crystalline, slightly water-soluble powder, AgIO 3 , used in medicine chiefly as an antiseptic and as an astringent.
- silver tongue — the characteristic of being skilful at persuading people to believe what they say or to do what they want them to do
- silver-y moth — a brownish noctuid moth, Plusia gamma, having a light Y-shaped marking on each forewing; it migrates in large flocks
- solitary wave — a localized disturbance that propagates like a wave but resembles a particle in that it does not disperse, even if it collides with other such waves.
- 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.
- sovietologist — Kremlinology.
- stratovolcano — a large, steep volcano built up of alternating layers of lava and ash or cinders.
- subinvolution — (of organs) a partial return to normal size
- suction valve — a nonreturn valve in a pump suction to prevent the pump draining or depriming when not in service
- suovetaurilia — (in ancient Rome) a sacrifice of a hog, a ram, and a bull.
- support level — a minimum price below which a specific stock is not supposed to fall, as because of the stock's inherent worth.
- toll traverse — a payment made for the right to cross privately owned property.
- tunnel vision — a drastically narrowed field of vision, as in looking through a tube, symptomatic of retinitis pigmentosa.
- unobtrusively — not obtrusive; inconspicuous, unassertive, or reticent.
- vaccinologist — the science of vaccine development.
- valle d'aosta — a region in NW Italy. 1259 sq. mi. (3260 sq. km).
- variable cost — a cost that varies with a change in the volume of output while remaining uniform on a per-unit basis, as cost of labor (distinguished from fixed cost).