12-letter words containing c, e, v
- recover-from — to get back or regain (something lost or taken away): to recover a stolen watch.
- recreatively — to refresh by means of relaxation and enjoyment, as restore physically or mentally.
- recuperative — that recuperates.
- rediscoverer — a person who rediscovers
- reflectively — that reflects; reflecting.
- reflectivity — that reflects; reflecting.
- refractivity — the power to refract.
- relativistic — of or relating to relativity or relativism.
- renovascular — of or relating to the blood vessels of the kidneys.
- repercussive — causing repercussion; reverberating.
- reproductive — serving to reproduce.
- respectively — in precisely the order given; sequentially.
- resurrective — of or relating to resurrection
- retractively — in a retractive manner
- retrodictive — of or relating to retrodicting or retrodiction
- revictualled — victuals, food supplies; provisions.
- reviviscence — the act or state of being revived; revival; reanimation.
- rice vinegar — a vinegar made from fermented rice or rice wine, used esp in Chinese and Japanese cuisine
- roncesvalles — a village in N Spain, in the Pyrenees: defeat of part of Charlemagne's army and the death of Roland a.d.
- room service — the serving of food, drinks, etc., to a guest in his or her room, as at a hotel.
- rough-voiced — having a harsh or grating voice: a rough-voiced barker.
- sacral nerve — any of the nerves arising in five pairs from the spinal cord in the sacrum.
- salk vaccine — a vaccine that contains three types of inactivated poliomyelitis viruses and induces immunity against the disease.
- saving grace — a quality that makes up for other generally negative characteristics; redeeming feature.
- scavengering — scavenging
- schererville — a town in NW Indiana.
- scheveningen — a town in the W Netherlands, near The Hague: seaside resort.
- 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.
- security van — an armoured van used to transport money or other valuables
- seismic wave — a wave of energy that is generated by an earthquake or other earth vibration and that travels within the earth or along its surface.
- self-service — the serving of oneself in a restaurant, shop, gas station, or other facility, without the aid of a waiter, clerk, attendant, etc.
- serve notice — to give formal warning or information, as of intentions; announce
- service area — motorway facilities
- service book — a book containing the forms of worship used in divine services.
- service club — any of several organizations dedicated to the growth and general welfare of its members and the community.
- service flat — an apartment with complete hotel services.
- service game — a game in which a particular tennis player is the one who serves
- service lift — a lift which carries heavy goods in a place of business, as for example, plates in a restaurant
- service line — Tennis. the rear boundary of a service court.
- service mark — a proprietary term, such as Blue Cross and Blue Shield, American Express, or Planned Parenthood, that is registered with the Patent and Trademark Office. Abbreviation: SM.
- service pipe — a pipe connecting a building with a water or gas main.
- service road — frontage road.
- service tree — either of two European trees, Sorbus domestica, bearing a small, acid fruit that is edible when overripe, or S. torminalis (wild service tree) bearing a similar fruit.
- serviceberry — the fruit of any service tree.
- servicewoman — a woman who is a member of the armed forces of a country.
- servocontrol — control by means of a servomechanism.
- silver birch — tree with silvery-white bark
- silver perch — Also called mademoiselle. Ichthyology. a drum, Bairdiella chrysoura, of southern U.S. waters.