12-letter words containing e, v, r, g
- prize-giving — A prize-giving is a ceremony where prizes are awarded to people who have produced a very high standard of work.
- re-aggravate — to make worse or more severe; intensify, as anything evil, disorderly, or troublesome: to aggravate a grievance; to aggravate an illness.
- reconceiving — to form (a notion, opinion, purpose, etc.): He conceived the project while he was on vacation.
- regenerative — of, relating to, or characterized by regeneration.
- regressivity — regressing or tending to regress; retrogressive.
- regular verb — verb that follows standard conjugation
- reinvigorate — to give vigor to; fill with life and energy; energize.
- 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.
- reverse gear — The reverse gear of a vehicle is the gear which you use in order to make the vehicle go backwards.
- 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
- rough-voiced — having a harsh or grating voice: a rough-voiced barker.
- 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
- service game — a game in which a particular tennis player is the one who serves
- 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.
- stage-driver — the driver of a stagecoach.
- strongsville — a town in N Ohio.
- supergravity — a hypothetical symmetry among groups of particles containing fermions and bosons, especially in theories of gravity (supergravity) that unify electromagnetism, the weak force, and the strong force with gravity into a single unified force.
- tergiversate — to change repeatedly one's attitude or opinions with respect to a cause, subject, etc.; equivocate.
- 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.
- travel light — If you travel light, you travel without taking much luggage.
- 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.
- valley forge — a village in SE Pennsylvania: winter quarters of Washington's army 1777–78.
- 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.