13-letter words containing v, o, l, t, a
- prevolitional — the act of willing, choosing, or resolving; exercise of willing: She left of her own volition.
- private hotel — a residential hotel or boarding house in which the proprietor has the right to refuse to accept a person as a guest, esp a person arriving by chance
- proverbialist — a person who composes, records or uses proverbial expressions
- provincialist — a native or inhabitant of a province.
- provinciality — provincial character.
- provocational — the act of provoking.
- provocatively — tending or serving to provoke; inciting, stimulating, irritating, or vexing.
- pulverization — to reduce to dust or powder, as by pounding or grinding.
- re-evaluation — an act or instance of evaluating or appraising.
- recultivation — the act or art of cultivating.
- restoratively — in a restorative manner
- retroactively — operative with respect to past occurrences, as a statute; retrospective: a retroactive law.
- revelationist — a person who believes in divine revelation.
- revolutionary — of, pertaining to, characterized by, or of the nature of a revolution, or a sudden, complete, or marked change: a revolutionary junta.
- romantic love — love characterized by romance and involving sexual attraction
- 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
- shaver outlet — a point in a wall, esp in a bathroom, where you can connect an electric razor to the power supply
- silver iodate — a white, crystalline, slightly water-soluble powder, AgIO 3 , used in medicine chiefly as an antiseptic and as an astringent.
- 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.
- stratovolcano — a large, steep volcano built up of alternating layers of lava and ash or cinders.
- 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.
- take leave of — to say goodbye to
- theatre lover — sb who enjoys going to plays
- to come alive — If people, places, or events come alive, they start to be lively again after a quiet period. If someone or something brings them alive, they cause them to come alive.
- to live a lie — If you say that someone is living a lie, you mean that in every part of their life they are hiding the truth about themselves from other people.
- to play havoc — If one thing plays havoc with another or wreaks havoc on it, it prevents it from continuing or functioning as normal, or damages it.
- toll traverse — a payment made for the right to cross privately owned property.
- ultra-violent — acting with or characterized by uncontrolled, strong, rough force: a violent earthquake.
- ultraviolence — acts of extreme violence, esp those shown on television or film
- unvoluntarily — done, made, brought about, undertaken, etc., of one's own accord or by free choice: a voluntary contribution.
- vaccinologist — the science of vaccine development.
- vacuolization — the state of being full of vacuoles
- vacuum bottle — a bottle or flask having a vacuum liner that prevents the escape of heat from hot contents, usually liquids, or the entrance of heat into cold contents; thermos.
- vale of tempe — a wooded valley in E Greece, in Thessaly between the mountains Olympus and Ossa
- valedictorian — a student, usually the one ranking highest academically in a school graduating class, who delivers the valedictory at the commencement exercises.
- valle d'aosta — a region in NW Italy. 1259 sq. mi. (3260 sq. km).
- vandalization — an act of vandalizing
- 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).
- vasostimulant — stimulating the action of the vasomotor nerves.
- vegetable oil — any of a large group of oils that are esters of fatty acids and glycerol, obtained from the leaves, fruit, or seeds of plants.
- velocity head — the velocity of a fluid expressed in terms of the head or static pressure required to produce that velocity. It equals ρν/2 where ρ is the density of the fluid and ν is the velocity. In hydrology the density of water can be written 1/G where G is the gravitational constant
- ventriloquial — of, relating to, or using ventriloquism.
- ventrolateral — of, relating to, or affecting the front and side.
- verbalization — to express in words: He couldn't verbalize his feelings.
- vermiculation — to work or ornament with wavy lines or markings resembling the form or tracks of a worm.