12-letter words containing e, v, r, g, n
- rejuvenating — making young again
- revegetation — to cause vegetation to grow again on: to revegetate eroded lands.
- revenge porn — sexually suggestive images of someone, typically a former romantic partner, that are posted online or otherwise shared without the person's consent.
- revitalizing — having the ability or tendency to restore strength
- rice vinegar — a vinegar made from fermented rice or rice wine, used esp in Chinese and Japanese cuisine
- ring-a-levio — a children's game in which members of one group try to find and capture hiding members of another group: a captured player is kept in a circle drawn on the ground and is set free when tagged by a teammate
- salve regina — a prayer in the form of a hymn to the Virgin Mary.
- saving grace — a quality that makes up for other generally negative characteristics; redeeming feature.
- scavengering — scavenging
- self-driving — (of a machine) operating without the guidance of a human.
- self-proving — to establish the truth or genuineness of, as by evidence or argument: to prove one's claim.
- self-serving — preoccupied with one's own interests, often disregarding the truth or the interests, well-being, etc., of others.
- seronegative — showing no significant level of serum antibodies, or other immunologic marker in the serum, that would indicate previous exposure to the infectious agent being tested.
- servant girl — a girl or woman employed as a servant who performs household duties
- serving dish — a dish in which food is presented or served, esp before being shared into individual portions
- spring fever — a listless, lazy, or restless feeling commonly associated with the beginning of spring.
- 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.
- strongsville — a town in N Ohio.
- thrivingness — the state or condition of thriving, flourishing, prospering or growing
- tongue cover — a loose-leaf binding having a flap of the cover concealing the binding posts.
- travel agent — a person who owns, operates, or works for a travel agency.
- unaggressive — characterized by or tending toward unprovoked offensives, attacks, invasions, or the like; militantly forward or menacing: aggressive acts against a neighboring country.
- underserving — to offer inadequate services or facilities to.
- undervaluing — to value below the real worth; put too low a value on.
- unforgivable — to grant pardon for or remission of (an offense, debt, etc.); absolve.
- ungovernable — impossible to govern, rule, or restrain; uncontrollable.
- unprevailing — lacking force, not effective
- unprivileged — belonging to a class that enjoys special privileges; favored: the privileged few.
- unrevengeful — not tending to take revenge; forgiving
- unswervingly — to turn aside abruptly in movement or direction; deviate suddenly from the straight or direct course.
- unvariegated — varied; diversified; diverse.
- unwaveringly — to sway to and fro; flutter: Foliage wavers in the breeze.
- valve spring — a helical spring used to hold closed a valve in the cylinder head of an internal-combustion engine
- vanga shrike — any of several birds of the family Vangidae, endemic to Madagascar, some of which resemble shrikes, with great diversity in size, color, and bill shape.
- varying hare — snowshoe hare.
- venn diagram — a diagram that uses circles to represent sets and their relationships.
- venus figure — Venus (def 3).
- vereshchagin — Vasili Vasilievich [vuh-syee-lyee vuh-syee-lyi-vyich] /vʌˈsyi lyi vʌˈsyi lyɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1842–1904, Russian painter.
- vernal grass — any of various Eurasian grasses of the genus Anthoxanthum, such as A. odoratum (sweet vernal grass), having the fragrant scent of coumarin
- vigee-lebrun — (Marie Anne) Élisabeth [ma-ree an ey-lee-za-bet] /maˈri an eɪ li zaˈbɛt/ (Show IPA), 1755–1842, French painter.
- vine-growing — of, relating to, or characterized by the cultivation of grapevines
- vintage year — the year of production of a vintage wine.
- virgin metal — primary metal.
- virgin queen — Queen Elizabeth I of England.
- virgin river — a river in SW Utah, NW Arizona, and SE Nevada, flowing SW and S to the Colorado River at Lake Mead. 200 miles (322 km) long.
- visual range — Meteorology. visibility (def 3).
- voting paper — a ballot.
- wallcovering — a flexible sheet of sized paper, fabric, plastic, etc., usually laminated and printed with a repeat pattern, for pasting on a wall as decoration and protection.
- waveringness — The quality or state of wavering.
- wine vinegar — condiment made of fermented wine