12-letter words containing v, s, g
- spring vetch — any of several mostly climbing plants belonging to the genus Vicia, of the legume family, having pinnate leaves ending in tendrils and bearing pealike flowers, especially V. sativa (spring vetch) cultivated for forage and soil improvement.
- stage-driver — the driver of a stagecoach.
- strongsville — a town in N Ohio.
- suggestively — that suggests; referring to other thoughts, persons, etc.: His recommendation was suggestive of his boss's thinking.
- 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.
- survival bag — a large plastic bag carried by climbers for use in an emergency as protection against exposure
- svga monitor — (hardware, graphics) A monitor capable of displaying the output of an SVGA card.
- svo language — a type of language that has basic subject-verb-object word order, as English, Chinese, or Spanish.
- tergiversate — to change repeatedly one's attitude or opinions with respect to a cause, subject, etc.; equivocate.
- thanksgiving — the act of giving thanks; grateful acknowledgment of benefits or favors, especially to God.
- thrivingness — the state or condition of thriving, flourishing, prospering or growing
- toga virilis — the white toga assumed by boys in ancient Rome at the end of their 14th year.
- transvaginal — through or via the vagina
- unaggressive — characterized by or tending toward unprovoked offensives, attacks, invasions, or the like; militantly forward or menacing: aggressive acts against a neighboring country.
- underserving — to offer inadequate services or facilities to.
- undissolving — not dissolving; remaining in solid form; not melting
- unlovingness — an unloving quality or character
- unswervingly — to turn aside abruptly in movement or direction; deviate suddenly from the straight or direct course.
- vaginicolous — living in a sheath
- vainglorious — filled with or given to vainglory: a vainglorious actor.
- valve spring — a helical spring used to hold closed a valve in the cylinder head of an internal-combustion engine
- vanga shrike — any of several birds of the family Vangidae, endemic to Madagascar, some of which resemble shrikes, with great diversity in size, color, and bill shape.
- vargas llosa — Mario, born 1936, Peruvian essayist and novelist.
- vasoligation — ligation of the vas deferens.
- vasoligature — vasoligation.
- vengefulness — desiring or seeking vengeance; vindictive: a vengeful attitude.
- venus figure — Venus (def 3).
- vereshchagin — Vasili Vasilievich [vuh-syee-lyee vuh-syee-lyi-vyich] /vʌˈsyi lyi vʌˈsyi lyɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1842–1904, Russian painter.
- vernal grass — any of various Eurasian grasses of the genus Anthoxanthum, such as A. odoratum (sweet vernal grass), having the fragrant scent of coumarin
- veto-message — the power or right vested in one branch of a government to cancel or postpone the decisions, enactments, etc., of another branch, especially the right of a president, governor, or other chief executive to reject bills passed by the legislature.
- viewing lens — a camera in which the image appears on a ground-glass viewer (focusing screen) after being reflected by a mirror or after passing through a prism or semitransparent glass; in one type (single-lens reflex camera) light passes through the same lens to both the ground glass and the film, while in another type (twin-lens reflex camera) light passes through one lens (viewing lens) to the ground glass and through a second lens (taking lens) to the film, the lenses being mechanically coupled for focusing.
- vinyasa yoga — a style of yoga in which breathing exercises are used to synchronize fluid transitions through a fixed sequence of poses
- visual angle — the angle subtended by an object at the lens of the eye
- visual range — Meteorology. visibility (def 3).
- vital organs — organs in the body that are essential to life
- vitiliginous — a skin disorder characterized by smooth, white patches on various parts of the body, caused by the loss of the natural pigment.
- vso language — a type of language that has basic verb-subject-object word order, as Welsh, classical Arabic, or Tagalog.
- waveringness — The quality or state of wavering.
- wedding vows — promises made by bride and groom
- woodcarvings — Plural form of woodcarving.