12-letter words containing a, v, e, r
- relief valve — a device that, when actuated by static pressure above a predetermined level, opens in proportion to the excess above this level and reduces the pressure to it. Compare safety valve (def 1).
- remotivation — the act or an instance of motivating, or providing with a reason to act in a certain way: I don't understand what her motivation was for quitting her job. Synonyms: motive, inspiration, inducement, cause, impetus.
- remunerative — affording remuneration; profitable: remunerative work.
- renal pelvis — a small funnel-shaped cavity of the kidney into which urine is discharged before passing into the ureter
- renovascular — of or relating to the blood vessels of the kidneys.
- replevisable — capable of being replevied.
- reputatively — according to reckoning; by repute; putatively
- resale value — the price which something can achieve when sold in the future
- reserve bank — one of the 12 principal banks of the U.S. Federal Reserve System.
- reserve tank — the tank or part of a tank in a car engine that reserves fuel in case the main fuel supply runs out
- reserve team — a second team of a sports club, such as a football club, made up of emerging and young players
- retractively — in a retractive manner
- revalidation — to make valid; substantiate; confirm: Time validated our suspicions.
- revegetation — to cause vegetation to grow again on: to revegetate eroded lands.
- revelational — the act of revealing or disclosing; disclosure.
- reverberator — to reecho or resound: Her singing reverberated through the house.
- reverse arms — to turn one's arms upside down, esp as a token of mourning
- reverse gear — The reverse gear of a vehicle is the gear which you use in order to make the vehicle go backwards.
- reversionary — of, relating to, or involving a reversion.
- revictualled — victuals, food supplies; provisions.
- review board — panel appointed to reconsider a matter
- revisitation — the act of visiting.
- revitalizing — having the ability or tendency to restore strength
- rice vinegar — a vinegar made from fermented rice or rice wine, used esp in Chinese and Japanese cuisine
- ring-a-levio — a children's game in which members of one group try to find and capture hiding members of another group: a captured player is kept in a circle drawn on the ground and is set free when tagged by a teammate
- roman-fleuve — saga (def 3).
- roncesvalles — a village in N Spain, in the Pyrenees: defeat of part of Charlemagne's army and the death of Roland a.d.
- rooseveltian — of, pertaining to, advocating, or following the principles, views, or policies of Franklin Delano Roosevelt or of Theodore Roosevelt.
- rotary valve — a valve that rotates continuously or through an arc to open and close.
- sacral nerve — any of the nerves arising in five pairs from the spinal cord in the sacrum.
- salve regina — a prayer in the form of a hymn to the Virgin Mary.
- samuel lover — Samuel, 1797–1868, Irish novelist, painter, and songwriter.
- sand verbena — any of several low, mostly trailing plants of the genus Abronia, of the western U.S., having showy, verbenalike flowers.
- saving grace — a quality that makes up for other generally negative characteristics; redeeming feature.
- savoir faire — knowledge of just what to do in any situation; tact.
- savoir-faire — knowledge of just what to do in any situation; tact.
- savoir-vivre — knowledge of the world and the ways or usages of polite society.
- sb's travels — the journeys someone makes to places a long way from their home
- scavengering — scavenging
- screen saver — a program that displays a constantly shifting pattern on a screen when the computer is idle, originally used to prevent damage to the screen through continuous display of the same image but now used primarily for decoration.
- scrieveboard — the drawing board of a shipbuilder
- scrive board — a floorlike construction on which the lines of a vessel can be drawn or scribed at full size.
- sea lavender — an Old World, maritime plant, Limonium vulgare, of the leadwort family, having one-sided spikes of small, lavender-colored flowers.
- security van — an armoured van used to transport money or other valuables
- self-starved — to die or perish from lack of food or nourishment.
- sendai virus — a paramyxovirus that tends to cause cell fusion: in inactive form, used in biological research to produce cells with multiple nuclei of different genetic constitutions.
- septemvirate — the ruling body of septemvirs.
- seronegative — showing no significant level of serum antibodies, or other immunologic marker in the serum, that would indicate previous exposure to the infectious agent being tested.
- servant girl — a girl or woman employed as a servant who performs household duties
- service area — motorway facilities