12-letter words containing c, r, i, v, e
- reactivities — the quality or condition of being reactive.
- receivership — the condition of being in the hands of a receiver.
- recidivistic — repeated or habitual relapse, as into crime.
- reconceiving — to form (a notion, opinion, purpose, etc.): He conceived the project while he was on vacation.
- reconvention — an action brought by the defendant in pending litigation against the plaintiff: the defendant's claim must be connected in some way with the subject matter of the plaintiff's action.
- reconversion — to convert again.
- reconviction — a fixed or firm belief: No clever argument, no persuasive fact or theory could make a dent in his conviction in the rightness of his position.
- 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.
- 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
- 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.
- saving grace — a quality that makes up for other generally negative characteristics; redeeming feature.
- scavengering — scavenging
- schererville — a town in NW Indiana.
- 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
- 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.
- silver birch — tree with silvery-white bark
- silver perch — Also called mademoiselle. Ichthyology. a drum, Bairdiella chrysoura, of southern U.S. waters.
- silviculture — the cultivation of forest trees; forestry.
- spring vetch — any of several mostly climbing plants belonging to the genus Vicia, of the legume family, having pinnate leaves ending in tendrils and bearing pealike flowers, especially V. sativa (spring vetch) cultivated for forage and soil improvement.