12-letter words containing y, a, v
- save the day — solve a problem for sb
- 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
- 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
- south kvaløy — an island in the Arctic Ocean, off the N coast of Norway. Area: 735 sq km (284 sq miles)
- spotsylvania — a village in NE Virginia: the scene of Civil War battles between the armies of Grant and Lee, May 8–21, 1864.
- spotted cavy — paca.
- squaw valley — valley in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, E Calif., near Lake Tahoe: a ski resort
- stanislavsky — Konstantin [kon-stuh n-teen;; Russian kuh n-stuhn-tyeen] /ˈkɒn stənˌtin;; Russian kən stʌnˈtyin/ (Show IPA), (Konstantin Sergeevich Alekseev) 1863–1938, Russian actor, producer, and director.
- stanleyville — former name of Kisangani.
- 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
- the nativity — the birth of Jesus
- the varletry — rabble; mob
- 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).
- travel-weary — tired or exhausted as a result of travelling
- trypaflavine — acriflavine hydrochloride.
- tschaikovsky — Peter Ilyich [il-yich] /ˈɪl yɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich.
- unbelievably — too dubious or improbable to be believed: an unbelievable excuse.
- uncreativity — the state or quality of being creative.
- unforgivably — in an unforgivable manner
- universality — the character or state of being universal; existence or prevalence everywhere.
- unvoyageable — not able to be sailed or otherwise journeyed over; untraversable; innavigable
- unwaveringly — to sway to and fro; flutter: Foliage wavers in the breeze.
- vacation pay — salary paid during holidays
- valetudinary — valetudinarian.
- valley fever — coccidioidomycosis.
- valley forge — a village in SE Pennsylvania: winter quarters of Washington's army 1777–78.
- value system — moral code, ethos
- vanity plate — a vehicle license plate bearing a combination of letters or numbers requested by the licensee, as a name or occupation.
- vanity press — a printing house that specializes in publishing books for which the authors pay all or most of the costs.
- variety meat — edible meat other than the usual flesh, especially organs, as tongue and liver.
- variety show — vaudeville performance
- variety turn — an act in a variety show
- varying hare — snowshoe hare.
- vascular ray — a radiate band of parenchyma in the secondary xylem extending into the secondary phloem of the stems of certain vascular plants, formed by the cambium and serving for the storage of food and the conduction of nutriments.
- vasoactivity — activity that affects the diameter of blood vessels
- vasodilatory — of or relating to the dilation of blood vessels
- vatican city — an independent state within the city of Rome, on the right bank of the Tiber. Established in 1929, it is ruled by the pope and includes St. Peter's Church and the Vatican. 109 acres (44 hectares).
- venerability — commanding respect because of great age or impressive dignity; worthy of veneration or reverence, as because of high office or noble character: a venerable member of Congress.
- verbal irony — irony in which a person says or writes one thing and means another, or uses words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of the literal meaning.
- vesicularity — the quality or state of being vesicular
- vestimentary — of or relating to clothes or dress
- veterans day — November 11, a legal holiday in the U.S. in commemoration of the end of World Wars I and II and in honor of veterans of the armed services.
- victoria day — (in Canada) the first Monday preceding May 25, observed as a national holiday.
- video piracy — the unauthorized or prohibited use of audio-visual works covered by copyright law, in a way that violates one of the copyright owner's exclusive rights, such as the right to reproduce the copyrighted work, or to make derivative works