11-letter words containing e, r, i, v
- rh-negative — See under Rh factor.
- rh-positive — See under Rh factor.
- rhea silvia — a vestal virgin who became the mother, by Mars, of Romulus and Remus.
- rhine river — Joseph Banks, 1895–1980, U.S. psychologist: pioneer in parapsychology.
- rhone river — a river flowing from the Alps in S Switzerland through the Lake of Geneva and SE France into the Mediterranean. 504 miles (810 km) long.
- rice weevil — a brown weevil, Sitophilus oryzae, that infests, breeds in, and feeds on stored grains, especially rice.
- rift valley — graben.
- risk-averse — reluctant to take risks; tending to avoid risks as much as possible: risk-averse entrepreneurs.
- river basin — the area of land drained by a river and its branches.
- river birch — a tree, Betula nigra, of the eastern U.S., having papery, reddish-brown bark that peels away.
- river grove — a town in NE Illinois.
- river horse — a hippopotamus.
- river otter — a North American otter, Lutra canadensis, with brown and silver fur, native to streams and lakes in the U.S. and Canada.
- river rouge — a city in SE Michigan, near Detroit.
- river-mouth — an estuary
- riverworthy — (of a boat) able to cross or sail a river safely
- rivet joint — a join made by use of rivets
- rocky river — a city in NE Ohio, near Cleveland.
- rose weevil — Fuller rose beetle.
- ruby silver — proustite.
- sales drive — a period of events or activities aimed to promote sales of a particular product or services
- sansevieria — any plant belonging to the genus Sansevieria, of the agave family, grown as a houseplant for its stiff, sword-shaped leaves and white or yellow flowers.
- screwdriver — a hand tool for turning a screw, consisting of a handle attached to a long, narrow shank, usually of metal, which tapers and flattens out to a tip that fits into the slotted head of a screw.
- scuba diver — sb who dives underwater
- secretively — having or showing a disposition to secrecy; reticent: He seems secretive about his new job.
- segregative — to separate or set apart from others or from the main body or group; isolate: to segregate exceptional children; to segregate hardened criminals.
- seine river — a river in France, flowing NW through Paris to the English Channel. 480 miles (773 km) long.
- seine-river — a river in France, flowing NW through Paris to the English Channel. 480 miles (773 km) long.
- self-driven — (of a machine) containing its own power source, as an engine or motor.
- semiprivate — having some degree of privacy but not fully private, as a hospital room with fewer beds than a ward.
- sempervivum — any of various succulent plants belonging to the genus Sempervivum, of the stonecrop family, having leaves in dense basal rosettes and a compact, flat-topped cluster of flowers, and including the houseleek, S. tectorum, and other commonly cultivated species.
- septemviral — of or relating to septemvirs or a septemvirate.
- service ace — ace (def 3a).
- service bus — a public bus with a regular route
- service cap — a saucer-shaped uniform cap with a visor, standard in the U.S. Army and Air Force.
- service dog — a dog trained to assist a person with a disability that is not related to vision or hearing.
- serviceable — capable of or being of service; useful.
- serviceless — not providing service; useless
- servitorial — of or pertaining to a servitor
- sharonville — a town in SW Ohio.
- sharpeville — a town in E South Africa: scene of riots in 1960 (when 69 demonstrators died), 1984, and 1985 (when 19 died)
- shift lever — the lever mounted on the steering column or floor of a vehicle that enables the driver to shift gears.
- shirtsleeve — not wearing a jacket; informally dressed: a shirt-sleeve mob.
- shiveringly — in a shivering manner, usually from cold or fright
- short-lived — living or lasting only a little while.
- silver bass — white bass.
- silver beet — a variety of beet, Beta vulgaris cicla, having large firm green leaves: staple cooked green vegetable in Australia and New Zealand
- silver bell — any North American shrub or small tree belonging to the genus Halesia, of the storax family, having toothed leaves and drooping white, bell-shaped flowers.
- silver book — (publication) Jensen and Wirth's infamous "Pascal User Manual and Report", so called because of the silver cover of the widely distributed Springer-Verlag second edition of 1978 (ISBN 0-387-90144-2). See also book titles, Pascal.
- silver disc — (in Britain) an album certified to have sold 60 000 copies or a single certified to have sold 200 000 copies