13-letter words containing a, v, o, t, r
- reciprocative — to give, feel, etc., in return.
- recovery team — a team engaged in locating and retrieving bodies, cargo, etc, esp following a crash, explosion or natural disaster
- recultivation — the act or art of cultivating.
- reinnervation — the restoration of a nerve supply by surgery or by regeneration
- reinvigorated — to give vigor to; fill with life and energy; energize.
- reinvigorator — something that gives new life and energy (to something)
- remonstrative — to say or plead in protest, objection, or disapproval.
- restoratively — in a restorative manner
- retroactively — operative with respect to past occurrences, as a statute; retrospective: a retroactive law.
- revaccination — the act or practice of vaccinating; inoculation with vaccine.
- revelationist — a person who believes in divine revelation.
- revendication — the process or act of revendicating
- reverberation — a reechoed sound.
- reverberatory — characterized or produced by reverberation.
- revindication — the act of vindicating.
- revolutionary — of, pertaining to, characterized by, or of the nature of a revolution, or a sudden, complete, or marked change: a revolutionary junta.
- romantic love — love characterized by romance and involving sexual attraction
- roosevelt dam — a dam on the Salt River, in central Arizona. 284 feet (87 meters) high; 1080 feet (329 meters) long.
- savings ratio — the ratio of personal savings to disposable income, esp using the difference between national figures for disposable income and consumer spending as a measure of savings
- scratch video — the technique or practice of recycling images from films or television to make collages
- shaver outlet — a point in a wall, esp in a bathroom, where you can connect an electric razor to the power supply
- silver iodate — a white, crystalline, slightly water-soluble powder, AgIO 3 , used in medicine chiefly as an antiseptic and as an astringent.
- solitary wave — a localized disturbance that propagates like a wave but resembles a particle in that it does not disperse, even if it collides with other such waves.
- soviet russia — a conventional name of the Soviet Union.
- stain remover — a substance designed for removing stains or dirty marks, as from clothes, carpets, etc
- standover man — a person who extorts money by intimidation
- star of david — Judaism: six-pointed star
- stratovolcano — a large, steep volcano built up of alternating layers of lava and ash or cinders.
- subordinative — placed in or belonging to a lower order or rank.
- suovetaurilia — (in ancient Rome) a sacrifice of a hog, a ram, and a bull.
- tergiversator — to change repeatedly one's attitude or opinions with respect to a cause, subject, etc.; equivocate.
- theatre lover — sb who enjoys going to plays
- throw a curve — a continuously bending line, without angles.
- to break even — When a company or a person running a business breaks even, they make neither a profit nor a loss.
- to take cover — If you take cover, you shelter from gunfire, bombs, or the weather.
- toll traverse — a payment made for the right to cross privately owned property.
- touch a nerve — to mention or bring to mind a sensitive issue or subject
- tractor drive — a mechanism that feeds paper through a printer, using studs on a rotating wheel that engage with holes along the side of the paper
- ultra-violent — acting with or characterized by uncontrolled, strong, rough force: a violent earthquake.
- ultraviolence — acts of extreme violence, esp those shown on television or film
- unadventurous — inclined or willing to engage in adventures; enjoying adventures.
- uncooperative — working or acting together willingly for a common purpose or benefit.
- uninformative — not educational
- unprovocative — tending or serving to provoke; inciting, stimulating, irritating, or vexing.
- unvoluntarily — done, made, brought about, undertaken, etc., of one's own accord or by free choice: a voluntary contribution.
- vacation trip — a trip undertaken during a vacation
- vacation work — work undertaken by students during their vacation
- valedictorian — a student, usually the one ranking highest academically in a school graduating class, who delivers the valedictory at the commencement exercises.
- vanity mirror — a small mirror contained in the sun visor of a car
- vapor tension — vapor pressure.