13-letter words containing a, u, r, e, v
- overvaluation — to value too highly; put too high a value on: They should be careful not to overvalue the property.
- overzealously — too zealous: overzealous for reform.
- papaveraceous — belonging to the Papaveraceae, the poppy family of plants.
- paucis verbis — in or by few words; with brevity.
- peruvian bark — cinchona (def 2).
- prejudicative — tending to prejudge
- present value — current monetary worth
- private study — the act or process of studying outwith classes
- private trust — a trust designed for the benefit of a designated or known individual (opposed to charitable trust).
- pulverization — to reduce to dust or powder, as by pounding or grinding.
- quadrumvirate — a governing or managing group, coalition, or the like, of four persons.
- quarterstaves — Plural form of quarterstaff.
- quasi-private — belonging to some particular person: private property.
- radius vector — Mathematics. the length of the line segment joining a fixed point or origin to a given point.
- ratable value — (formerly) a fixed value assigned to a property by a local authority, on the basis of which variable annual rates are charged
- re-evaluating — to determine or set the value or amount of; appraise: to evaluate property.
- re-evaluation — an act or instance of evaluating or appraising.
- recultivation — the act or art of cultivating.
- reduplicative — tending to reduplicate.
- regular bevel — the bevel of a bolt or lock on a door opening into the building, room, etc., to which the doorway leads (opposed to reverse bevel).
- revascularize — to surgically improve the blood circulation of (an organ or area of the body).
- revenue agent — a government official who is responsible for the collection of revenue.
- revenue stamp — a stamp showing that a governmental tax has been paid.
- reverse fault — a fault in which the rock above the fault plane is displaced upward relative to the rock below the fault plane (opposed to gravity fault).
- revictualling — victuals, food supplies; provisions.
- revolutionary — of, pertaining to, characterized by, or of the nature of a revolution, or a sudden, complete, or marked change: a revolutionary junta.
- rivalrousness — characterized by rivalry; competitive: the rivalrous aspect of their friendship.
- river estuary — a river mouth
- road surveyor — a person who does surveying work for road building
- russian olive — oleaster.
- sales revenue — the gross income for a business derived from sales of its products or services
- sample survey — a survey of particular examples of sth, intended as representative of the whole category
- semioviparous — bearing young in an incomplete state of development, as a marsupial.
- shaver outlet — a point in a wall, esp in a bathroom, where you can connect an electric razor to the power supply
- shrove sunday — the Sunday before Ash Wednesday; Quinquagesima.
- soviet russia — a conventional name of the Soviet Union.
- sperry univac — (company) One of the divisions of Sperry Corporation at the time that company merged with the Burroughs Corporation to form Unisys Corporation.
- subderivative — a word derived from a derivative.
- subordinative — placed in or belonging to a lower order or rank.
- summer savory — See under savory2 .
- sunday driver — a person who drives a car inexpertly, especially slowly or overcautiously, in the manner of one who drives infrequently.
- suovetaurilia — (in ancient Rome) a sacrifice of a hog, a ram, and a bull.
- superachiever — someone who achieves more than most; high achiever
- superactivity — extreme activity; hyperactivity
- superelevated — (of a curve in a road, railroad track, etc.) banked.
- superlatively — of the highest kind, quality, or order; surpassing all else or others; supreme; extreme: superlative wisdom.
- surplus value — (in Marxian economics) the part of the value of a commodity that exceeds the cost of labor, regarded as the profit of the capitalist.
- throw a curve — a continuously bending line, without angles.
- touch a nerve — to mention or bring to mind a sensitive issue or subject
- transfusively — in a transfusive manner