12-letter words containing v, u
- silver mound — a perennial Japanese herb, Artemisia schmidtiana, having silver-green leaves forming a moundlike shape.
- silver trout — a variety of cutthroat trout, Salmo clarki henshawi, having silvery coloration, inhabiting Lake Tahoe.
- silviculture — the cultivation of forest trees; forestry.
- sivapithecus — a genus of extinct Miocene primates of Asia that resemble the modern orangutan.
- slave labour — Slave labour refers to slaves or to work done by slaves.
- south kvaløy — an island in the Arctic Ocean, off the N coast of Norway. Area: 735 sq km (284 sq miles)
- sov language — a type of language that has basic subject-object-verb order, as Turkish, Japanese, or Tamil.
- soviet union — the legislature of the former Soviet Union and its successor states, consisting of an upper house (Soviet of the Union or Council of the Union) whose delegates are elected on the basis of population, and a lower house (Soviet of Nationalities or Council of Nationalities) whose delegates are elected to represent the various nationalities.
- squaresville — a thing, place, etc., regarded as conventional, unfashionable, or conservative.
- squaw valley — valley in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, E Calif., near Lake Tahoe: a ski resort
- steubenville — a city in E Ohio, on the Ohio River.
- stirrup-vase — a Mycenaean vase having a spherical body, a spout on the shoulder, and a handle, curving across the top, supported by a solid conical neck.
- stradivarius — a violin or other instrument made by Stradivari or his family.
- street value — monetary worth
- street virus — a virus, as rabies, obtained from a naturally infected animal and usually virulent, as opposed to a laboratory-attenuated strain.
- struma-river — a river in S Europe, flowing SE through SW Bulgaria and NE Greece into the Aegean. 225 miles (362 km) long.
- stupefactive — serving to stupefy.
- sub-additive — something that is added, as one substance to another, to alter or improve the general quality or to counteract undesirable properties: an additive that thins paint.
- subcivilized — not quite civilized
- subdividable — to divide (that which has already been divided) into smaller parts; divide again after a first division.
- subjectively — existing in the mind; belonging to the thinking subject rather than to the object of thought (opposed to objective).
- subjectivise — make subjective
- subjectivism — Epistemology. the doctrine that all knowledge is limited to experiences by the self, and that transcendent knowledge is impossible.
- subjectivist — Epistemology. the doctrine that all knowledge is limited to experiences by the self, and that transcendent knowledge is impossible.
- subjectivity — the state or quality of being subjective; subjectiveness.
- subjectivize — to make subjective
- submissively — inclined or ready to submit or yield to the authority of another; unresistingly or humbly obedient: submissive servants.
- subscriptive — a sum of money given or pledged as a contribution, payment, investment, etc.
- subservience — serving or acting in a subordinate capacity; subordinate.
- subserviency — serving or acting in a subordinate capacity; subordinate.
- substantival — noting, of, or pertaining to a substantive.
- substitutive — serving as or capable of serving as a substitute.
- 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.
- subvertebral — located below a vertebra
- successively — following in order or in uninterrupted sequence; consecutive: three successive days.
- suggestively — that suggests; referring to other thoughts, persons, etc.: His recommendation was suggestive of his boss's thinking.
- super twelve — an annual international southern hemisphere Rugby Union tournament between teams from South Africa, Australia, and New Zealand
- superelevate — to raise above a normal level
- superevident — extremely or very evident
- 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.
- supermassive — (of a black hole or star) having a mass in the range of millions or billions of times that of the sun
- superovulate — to produce more than the normal number of ova at one time, as through hormone treatment.
- supervenient — to take place or occur as something additional or extraneous (sometimes followed by on or upon).
- supervention — to take place or occur as something additional or extraneous (sometimes followed by on or upon).
- supravitally — in a supravital manner
- surface wave — a seismic wave that travels along or parallel to the earth's surface (distinguished from body wave).
- surveillance — a watch kept over a person, group, etc., especially over a suspect, prisoner, or the like: The suspects were under police surveillance.
- survival bag — a large plastic bag carried by climbers for use in an emergency as protection against exposure
- survival kit — Military. a package containing medical supplies, rations, and other vital equipment for use by a person forced to land in or parachute into the ocean, jungle, or other isolated or hostile territory.
- survivorship — the state of being a survivor.