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15-letter words containing e, v, r, a

  • evening prayers — the daily evening service of Bible readings and prayers prescribed in the Book of Common Prayer
  • evens favourite — the favourite to win a race and on which the bookmakers are offering even odds.
  • everlastingness — The state or quality of being everlasting.
  • every which way — Every which way and any which way are used to emphasize that something happens, or might happen, in a lot of different ways, or using a lot of different methods.
  • ex-servicewoman — a woman who has served in the army, navy, or air force
  • exchange server — Microsoft Exchange
  • executive board — administrative committee
  • experimentative — having a tendency to experiment; experimental; of the nature of an experiment
  • extravagantness — The quality of being extravagant.
  • federal reserve — In the United States, the Federal Reserve is the central banking system, which is responsible for setting policy on monetary matters such as money supply and interest rates.
  • fellow traveler — a person who supports or sympathizes with a political party, especially the Communist Party, but is not an enrolled member.
  • first-day cover — a cover marked so as to indicate that it was mailed on the first day of issue of the stamp it bears and from one of the cities at which the stamp was issued on that day.
  • five-star hotel — a top-quality hotel offering exceptional luxury
  • flavor enhancer — a substance added to food in order to enhance or intensify its flavor: Salt is a common flavor enhancer.
  • flavourlessness — Alternative spelling of flavorlessness.
  • flavoursomeness — Alt form flavorsomeness.
  • floral envelope — the calyx and corolla of a flower.
  • forehand volley — a type of forehand shot played in tennis
  • fovea centralis — a small pit or depression at the back of the retina forming the point of sharpest vision.
  • fringe festival — an unofficial, often unconventional, arts festival that is associated with another, larger festival
  • funeral service — ceremony at a burial or cremation
  • galvanized iron — iron or steel, especially in sheets, coated with zinc to prevent rust.
  • gardening leave — If someone who leaves their job is given gardening leave, they continue to receive their salary and in return they agree not to work for anyone else for a period of time.
  • general average — Insurance. any damage or loss to a ship or its cargo voluntarily sustained, as freight jettisoned in a storm, by all parties to a voyage (distinguished from particular average). Abbreviation: G.A.
  • general servant — a domestic servant who performs general tasks
  • geneva protocol — the agreement in 1925 to ban the use of asphyxiating, poisonous, or other gases in war. It does not ban the development or manufacture of such gases
  • girdle traverse — a climb that consists of a complete traverse of a face or crag
  • give it a whirl — If you decide to give an activity a whirl, you do it even though it is something that you have never tried before.
  • give me a break — to smash, split, or divide into parts violently; reduce to pieces or fragments: He broke a vase.
  • give sb a break — You can say 'give me a break' to show that you are annoyed by what someone has said or done.
  • give sth a rest — If someone tells you to give something a rest, they want you to stop doing it because it annoys them or because they think it is harming you.
  • glandular fever — infectious mononucleosis.
  • governing class — the social class that holds the power in a country
  • governmentalism — the trend toward expansion of the government's role, range of activities, or power.
  • governmentalist — one who promotes the philosophy of governmentalism
  • governmentality — (sociology) The organized practices (mentalities, rationalities, and techniques) through which subjects are governed and influenced.
  • governmentalize — (US) To bring a private entity under government control; to nationalize.
  • grace-and-favor — noting a residence owned by a noble or sovereign and bestowed by him or her upon some person for that person's lifetime.
  • gram equivalent — the combining power, especially in grams (gram equivalent) of an element or compound, equivalent to hydrogen as a standard of 1.00797 or oxygen as a standard of 8; the atomic weight divided by the valence.
  • graves' disease — a disease characterized by an enlarged thyroid, a rapid pulse, and increased basal metabolism due to excessive thyroid secretion; exophthalmic goiter.
  • graveyard shift — a work shift usually beginning at about midnight and continuing for about eight hours through the early morning hours.
  • graveyard watch — graveyard shift.
  • gravimetrically — (chemistry) Using a gravimetric method.
  • graviperception — the perception of gravity by plants
  • green vegetable — a vegetable having green edible parts, as lettuce or broccoli.
  • guadalupe river — a river in SE Texas, flowing SE to the San Antonio River. 250 miles (402 km) long.
  • hamiltonstovare — a large strong short-haired breed of hound with a black, brown, and white coat
  • hard disk drive — (storage)   (HDD) A disk drive used to read and write hard disks.
  • have a crush on — be attracted to: sb
  • have a derry on — to have a prejudice or grudge against
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