12-letter words containing g, i, v, e, r, s
- 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
- 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.
- unswervingly — to turn aside abruptly in movement or direction; deviate suddenly from the straight or direct course.
- 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.
- vasoligature — vasoligation.
- 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.
- visual range — Meteorology. visibility (def 3).
- waveringness — The quality or state of wavering.