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14-letter words containing e, v, a, s

  • quaquaversally — in a quaquaversal manner
  • quasi-medieval — of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or in the style of the Middle Ages: medieval architecture. Compare Middle Ages.
  • quasi-negative — expressing or containing negation or denial: a negative response to the question.
  • rabies vaccine — substance that inoculates against rabies
  • radiosensitive — (of certain tissues or organisms) sensitive to or destructible by various types of radiant energy, as x-rays, rays from radioactive material, or the like.
  • re-investigate — to examine, study, or inquire into systematically; search or examine into the particulars of; examine in detail.
  • reactor vessel — the container surrounding and protecting the core of a nuclear reactor.
  • receivableness — the fact or condition of being receivable; receivability
  • recurvirostral — with a beak which is bent upwards
  • regressive tax — a tax which is levied or graduated so that the rate decreases as the amount taxed increases
  • removable disk — removable hard disk
  • representative — a person or thing that represents another or others.
  • reservationist — a person who makes or takes reservations, as at an airline office; reservation clerk.
  • reserve a room — If you reserve a room at a hotel, you keep it for a person who is going to arrive on an agreed date.
  • reserve clause — the clause in the contract of a professional player in some sports that binds the player to a team for a season beyond the expiration of the contract in the event a new contract has not been made meanwhile or the player has not been sent to another team.
  • reserve player — a member of a sports team who plays in place of another player if they are injured, etc
  • revenue stream — method of income
  • reverberations — remote or indirect consequences of an action; repercussions
  • reversal plate — a plate developed by the reversal process.
  • reverse racism — a perceived discrimination against a dominant group or political majority
  • reverse-charge — (of a telephone call) made at the recipient's expense
  • reverse-racism — intolerance or prejudice directed at members of historically dominant racial groups.
  • rose of heaven — a plant, Lychnis coeli-rosa, of the pink family, native to the Mediterranean region, having solitary terminal, rose-pink flowers.
  • saavedra lamas — Carlos [kahr-laws] /ˈkɑr lɔs/ (Show IPA), 1878?–1959, Argentine statesman and diplomat: Nobel Peace Prize 1936.
  • sackville-west — Dame Victoria Mary ("Vita") 1892–1962, English poet and novelist (wife of Harold Nicolson).
  • salva veritate — without affecting truth-value
  • salvage vessel — a ship that is used in salvaging goods or property from a shipwreck
  • salvageability — the act of saving a ship or its cargo from perils of the seas.
  • sand lovegrass — any grass of the genus Eragrostis, as E. curvula (weeping lovegrass) and E. trichodes (sand lovegrass) cultivated as forage and ground cover.
  • saphenous vein — either of two large veins near the surface of the foot, leg, and thigh, one on the inner side and the other on the outer and posterior sides.
  • sauve qui peut — a state of panic or disorder; rout
  • savanna monkey — any of several common, closely allied long-tailed monkeys of African savannas ranging from Senegal to South Africa, including the green monkey, grivet, tantalus, and vervet, which are sometimes considered subspecies and classified together as Cercopithecus aethiops.
  • savi's warbler — a type of warbler; Locustella luscinioides.
  • scarcity value — increased value due to the inadequate supply of something
  • scavenger hunt — a game in which individuals or teams are sent out to accumulate, without purchasing, a series of common, outlandish, or humorous objects, the winner being the person or team returning first with all the items.
  • secondary wave — a transverse earthquake wave that travels through the interior of the earth and is usually the second conspicuous wave to reach a seismograph.
  • 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-motivated — initiative to undertake or continue a task or activity without another's prodding or supervision.
  • self-operative — automatic.
  • self-revealing — displaying, exhibiting, or disclosing one's most private feelings, thoughts, etc.: an embarrassingly self-revealing autobiography.
  • self-valuation — an estimated value or worth.
  • semi-narrative — a story or account of events, experiences, or the like, whether true or fictitious.
  • 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.
  • sergiyev posad — a city in the NW Russian Federation in Europe, NE of Moscow.
  • seronegativity — the quality or state of being seronegative
  • servant church — the attitude or practices of a church whose avowed purpose is to serve the world.
  • service a room — If you service a room, you clean it and change the towels and bed linen in it.
  • service charge — a fee charged for a service, sometimes in addition to a basic charge.
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