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13-letter words containing g, e, n, v

  • pole-vaulting — a field sport in which competitors attempt to clear a high bar with the aid of an extremely flexible long pole
  • positive sign — the sign (+) used to indicate a positive quantity
  • progovernment — the political direction and control exercised over the actions of the members, citizens, or inhabitants of communities, societies, and states; direction of the affairs of a state, community, etc.; political administration: Government is necessary to the existence of civilized society.
  • racing driver — someone who drives a racing car in motor car races
  • raglan sleeve — a sleeve that begins at the neck and has a long, slanting seam line from the neck to the armhole, giving the garment a relatively undefined shoulder.
  • re-evaluating — to determine or set the value or amount of; appraise: to evaluate property.
  • receiving end — the position in which one is subject to some kind of action or effect, especially an unpleasant one (usually used in the phrase at or on the receiving end): The corporation is on the receiving end of many complaints about its advertising.
  • receiving set — a radio receiver.
  • reconvergence — an act or instance of converging.
  • recording van — a van containing sound and image recording equipment, used as a mobile recording studio
  • reintegrative — characterized by integration; tending to restore unity
  • reinvestigate — to examine, study, or inquire into systematically; search or examine into the particulars of; examine in detail.
  • reinvigorated — to give vigor to; fill with life and energy; energize.
  • reinvigorator — something that gives new life and energy (to something)
  • rendezvousing — an agreement between two or more persons to meet at a certain time and place.
  • revenue agent — a government official who is responsible for the collection of revenue.
  • reverse swing — a type of swing in which a ball that has been scuffed on one side will move in the opposite direction to that of a new ball
  • revictualling — victuals, food supplies; provisions.
  • ring-a-lievio — a game played usually between two teams in which the members of one team attempt to find, capture, and imprison the members of the other, who can be freed only by a teammate not yet captured.
  • ringed plover — any of several cosmopolitan plovers of the genus Charadrius, especially C. hiaticula, brownish above and white below with a black band around the breast.
  • river bugging — the activity or sport of rafting down fast-flowing rivers on a small inflatable single-seat craft, a river bug, that resembles an armchair
  • river fishing — the sport of fishing in rivers
  • rocking valve — (on a steam engine) a valve mechanism oscillating through an arc to open and close.
  • saving clause — a clause which denotes a reservation or exception
  • scavenge pump — an oil pump used in some internal-combustion engines to return oil from the crankcase to the oil tank
  • self-evolving — to develop gradually: to evolve a scheme.
  • self-governed — governed by itself or having self-government, as a state or community; independent.
  • semievergreen — retaining green, unwithered leaves for part of the winter or through comparatively mild winters.
  • serving hatch — a small hatch or opening in a kitchen wall used to serve food through to an adjoining room
  • serving spoon — utensil used to serve food
  • seventh grade — school year: age 12-13
  • seventy-eight — a cardinal number, 70 plus 8.
  • shaving cream — a preparation, as of soap and free fatty acid, that is lathered and applied to the face to soften and condition the beard for shaving.
  • shaving horse — a trestle for supporting and steadying a piece of work being shaved.
  • shelving unit — A shelving unit is a flexible display system which can be moved and adjusted to accommodate different product dimensions.
  • shivering owl — screech owl.
  • significative — serving to signify.
  • silver lining — a sign of hope in an unfortunate or gloomy situation; a bright prospect: Every cloud has a silver lining.
  • silver spring — a town in central Maryland, near Washington, D.C.
  • silver tongue — the characteristic of being skilful at persuading people to believe what they say or to do what they want them to do
  • singing voice — the musical quality of a voice when a person is singing
  • single-valued — (of a function) having the property that each element in the domain has corresponding to it exactly one element in the range.
  • slave trading — trafficking in people
  • sovereigntist — a supporter of sovereignty association
  • spring valley — a city in SW California, near San Diego.
  • standing wave — a wave in a medium in which each point on the axis of the wave has an associated constant amplitude ranging from zero at the nodes to a maximum at the antinodes.
  • sub-sovereign — a monarch; a king, queen, or other supreme ruler.
  • subgovernment — the political direction and control exercised over the actions of the members, citizens, or inhabitants of communities, societies, and states; direction of the affairs of a state, community, etc.; political administration: Government is necessary to the existence of civilized society.
  • televangelism — Christian preaching on TV
  • televangelist — an evangelist who regularly conducts religious services on television.
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