12-letter words containing v, r, y, s
- oversubtlety — the quality of being too subtle
- permissively — habitually or characteristically accepting or tolerant of something, as social behavior or linguistic usage, that others might disapprove or forbid.
- persuasively — able, fitted, or intended to persuade: a very persuasive argument.
- polyomavirus — any of a genus (Polyomavirus) of papovaviruses that naturally infect wild and laboratory mice, and that cause tumors when injected into newborn mice
- postdelivery — of, relating to, or occurring after a delivery
- prediscovery — a previous discovery
- preservatory — a preservative
- previsionary — having foresight
- protensively — in the manner of duration
- provisionary — providing or serving for the time being only; existing only until permanently or properly replaced; temporary: a provisional government.
- proxy server — (software, security) (Capitalised) Microsoft's proxy server and proxy gateway, designed to provide extensible firewall and network security. Proxy Server is part of BackOffice.
- quicksilvery — resembling quicksilver
- regressivity — regressing or tending to regress; retrogressive.
- repressively — tending or serving to repress: repressive laws.
- respectively — in precisely the order given; sequentially.
- responsively — responding especially readily and sympathetically to appeals, efforts, influences, etc.: a responsive government.
- responsivity — the quality or state of being responsive.
- reversionary — of, relating to, or involving a reversion.
- route survey — a survey for determining the route, grades, etc., of a railroad, highway, or power line.
- scurvy grass — a plant, Cochlearia officinalis, of the mustard family, purported to be a remedy for scurvy.
- security van — an armoured van used to transport money or other valuables
- serviceberry — the fruit of any service tree.
- servo system — a system using a servomechanism.
- seventy-four — a cardinal number, 70 plus 4.
- severability — capability of being separated, as of a clause in an agreement
- shovel-ready — of or relating to a construction project that is ready to start immediately
- silver belly — a freshwater eel
- silver jenny — a silvery mojarra, Eucinostomus gula, inhabiting warm waters of the western Atlantic Ocean, along sandy shores.
- skivvy-shirt — Also called skivvy shirt. a man's cotton T-shirt.
- snowy plover — a small plover, Charadrius alexandrinus, mainly of the U.S. and Mexico, having a white breast and sand-colored upper parts.
- subserviency — serving or acting in a subordinate capacity; subordinate.
- subversively — Also, subversionary [suh b-vur-zhuh-ner-ee, -shuh-] /səbˈvɜr ʒəˌnɛr i, -ʃə-/ (Show IPA). tending or intending to subvert or overthrow, destroy, or undermine an established or existing system, especially a legally constituted government or a set of beliefs.
- supergravity — a hypothetical symmetry among groups of particles containing fermions and bosons, especially in theories of gravity (supergravity) that unify electromagnetism, the weak force, and the strong force with gravity into a single unified force.
- supravitally — in a supravital manner
- sylvester ii — (Gerbert) died 1003, French ecclesiastic: pope 999–1003.
- sylviculture — the cultivation of forest trees; forestry.
- thirty-seven — a cardinal number, 30 plus 7.
- transitively — Grammar. having the nature of a transitive verb.
- transitivity — verb: requiring a direct object
- transversely — lying or extending across or in a cross direction; cross.
- transylvania — a region and former province in central Romania: formerly part of Hungary. 24,027 sq. mi. (62,230 sq. km).
- typhus-fever — an acute, infectious disease caused by several species of Rickettsia, transmitted by lice and fleas, and characterized by acute prostration, headache, and a peculiar eruption of reddish spots on the body.
- undeservedly — according to desert; justly; rightly.
- universality — the character or state of being universal; existence or prevalence everywhere.
- unobservedly — without having been observed; in an unobserved manner
- unreservedly — not restricted; without reservation; full; entire; unqualified: unreserved approval.
- unswervingly — to turn aside abruptly in movement or direction; deviate suddenly from the straight or direct course.
- unvirtuously — in an unvirtuous manner; not virtuously; without virtue
- vanity press — a printing house that specializes in publishing books for which the authors pay all or most of the costs.
- variety show — vaudeville performance