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14-letter words containing e, r, i, v

  • reverberations — remote or indirect consequences of an action; repercussions
  • reverification — the act of verifying.
  • reverse racism — a perceived discrimination against a dominant group or political majority
  • reverse-racism — intolerance or prejudice directed at members of historically dominant racial groups.
  • revitalization — to give new life to.
  • revivification — to restore to life; give new life to; revive; reanimate.
  • revolutionised — to bring about a revolution in; effect a radical change in: to revolutionize petroleum refining methods.
  • revolutionizer — to bring about a revolution in; effect a radical change in: to revolutionize petroleum refining methods.
  • revolving door — an entrance door for excluding drafts from the interior of a building, usually consisting of four rigid leaves set in the form of a cross and rotating about a central, vertical pivot in the doorway.
  • revolving fund — any loan fund intended to be maintained by the repayment of past loans.
  • revolving-door — an entrance door for excluding drafts from the interior of a building, usually consisting of four rigid leaves set in the form of a cross and rotating about a central, vertical pivot in the doorway.
  • rhine province — a former province in W Germany, mostly W of the Rhine: now divided between Rhineland-Palatinate and North Rhine–Westphalia.
  • rievaulx abbey — a ruined Cistercian abbey near Helmsley in Yorkshire: built in the 12th century and abandoned at the dissolution of the monasteries; landscaped in the 18th century
  • right reverend — an official form of address for abbots, abbesses, Anglican bishops, and other prelates.
  • rip van winkle — (in a story by Washington Irving) a ne'er-do-well who sleeps 20 years and upon waking is startled to find how much the world has changed.
  • rural delivery — a mail service in a country area, often run by contractors for the Post Office
  • salva veritate — without affecting truth-value
  • savi's warbler — a type of warbler; Locustella luscinioides.
  • scarcity value — increased value due to the inadequate supply of something
  • scenic reserve — an area of natural beauty, set aside for public recreation
  • scotch verdict — a verdict of not proven: acceptable in certain cases in Scottish criminal law.
  • scrip dividend — a dividend issued in the form of a note entitling the holder to a cash payment at a specified later date.
  • second service — the communion service: so called because it follows Morning Prayer.
  • secret service — the branch of governmental service that conducts secret investigations, especially investigations into the military strength of other nations.
  • security video — a video recording taken by a security camera
  • seismic survey — A seismic survey is a method of investigating underground properties and rock patterns using induced shock wave reflections.
  • self assertive — insistence on or an expression of one's own importance, wishes, needs, opinions, or the like.
  • self-assertive — insistence on or an expression of one's own importance, wishes, needs, opinions, or the like.
  • self-deserving — qualified for or having a claim to reward, assistance, etc., because of one's actions, qualities, or situation: the deserving poor; a deserving applicant.
  • self-directive — serving to direct; directing: a directive board.
  • self-discovery — process of understanding oneself
  • self-governing — governed by itself or having self-government, as a state or community; independent.
  • self-interview — a formal meeting in which one or more persons question, consult, or evaluate another person: a job interview.
  • self-operative — automatic.
  • self-provision — a clause in a legal instrument, a law, etc., providing for a particular matter; stipulation; proviso.
  • self-reflexive — self-referential
  • self-revealing — displaying, exhibiting, or disclosing one's most private feelings, thoughts, etc.: an embarrassingly self-revealing autobiography.
  • semi-evergreen — retaining green, unwithered leaves for part of the winter or through comparatively mild winters.
  • semi-narrative — a story or account of events, experiences, or the like, whether true or fictitious.
  • semibreve rest — the longest musical rest in common use, equal in length to a semibreve
  • semistarvation — the state of being nearly starved.
  • semivegetarian — a person who eats mostly plant foods, dairy products, and eggs, and occasionally chicken, fish, and red meat.
  • senior service — the Royal Navy
  • sensitive fern — a common, widely distributed fern, Onoclea sensibilis, having large, triangular leaves and beadlike spikes that contain the spores.
  • sergiyev posad — a city in the NW Russian Federation in Europe, NE of Moscow.
  • seroconversion — the process of producing antibodies in response to a specific antigen
  • seronegativity — the quality or state of being seronegative
  • seropositivity — the quality or state of being seropositive
  • serve sb right — If you say it serves someone right when something unpleasant happens to them, you mean that it is their own fault and you have no sympathy for them.
  • service a room — If you service a room, you clean it and change the towels and bed linen in it.
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