13-letter words containing i, v, t
- 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)
- reinvolvement — to include as a necessary circumstance, condition, or consequence; imply; entail: This job involves long hours and hard work.
- rejective art — minimal art.
- relative wind — the velocity or direction of airflow with respect to the body it surrounds, especially an airfoil.
- remonstrative — to say or plead in protest, objection, or disapproval.
- reserved list — a list of retired naval, army, or air-force officers available for recall to active service in an emergency
- resistiveness — the quality or state of being resistive or offering resistance
- restoratively — in a restorative manner
- restrictively — tending or serving to restrict.
- retributivism — a policy or theory of criminal justice that advocates the punishment of criminals in retribution for the harm they have inflicted.
- retributivist — a policy or theory of criminal justice that advocates the punishment of criminals in retribution for the harm they have inflicted.
- retroactively — operative with respect to past occurrences, as a statute; retrospective: a retroactive law.
- retrogressive — characterized by retrogression; degenerating.
- retrospective — directed to the past; contemplative of past situations, events, etc.
- revaccination — the act or practice of vaccinating; inoculation with vaccine.
- revelationist — a person who believes in divine revelation.
- revendication — the process or act of revendicating
- reverberation — a reechoed sound.
- reverberative — reverberating or tending to reverberate
- reverentially — of the nature of or characterized by reverence; reverent: reverential awe.
- reversibility — capable of reversing or of being reversed.
- revictualling — victuals, food supplies; provisions.
- revindication — the act of vindicating.
- revolutionary — of, pertaining to, characterized by, or of the nature of a revolution, or a sudden, complete, or marked change: a revolutionary junta.
- revolutionise — to bring about a revolution in; effect a radical change in: to revolutionize petroleum refining methods.
- revolutionism — a belief in revolution or revolutionary ideas
- revolutionist — a person who advocates or takes part in a revolution.
- revolutionize — to bring about a revolution in; effect a radical change in: to revolutionize petroleum refining methods.
- ride the wave — to enjoy a period of success and good fortune
- river estuary — a river mouth
- river traffic — the boats that sail on a river
- romantic love — love characterized by romance and involving sexual attraction
- root division — the act or process of reproducing plants by a division of roots or crowns.
- safety device — A safety device is a piece of equipment such as a fire extinguisher, safety belt, or burglar alarm that reduces loss or damage from a fire, accident, or break-in.
- saint david's — a town in SW Wales, in Pembrokeshire: its cathedral was a place of pilgrimage in medieval times. Pop: 1627 (2001)
- saint vincent — Saint, died a.d. 304, Spanish martyr: patron saint of winegrowers.
- savings ratio — the ratio of personal savings to disposable income, esp using the difference between national figures for disposable income and consumer spending as a measure of savings
- savings stamp — a stamp which can be bought (for example at a machine in a supermarket), saved, and then redeemed against the cost of goods later (for example at Christmas)
- sciatic nerve — either of a pair of nerves, the largest in the body, that originate in the sacral plexus of the lower back and extend down the buttocks to the back of the knees, where they divide into other nerves: the sciatic nerve and its branches innervate large areas of the pelvis, leg, and foot.
- scratch video — the technique or practice of recycling images from films or television to make collages
- seductiveness — tending to seduce; enticing; beguiling; captivating: a seductive smile.
- self-devotion — intense devotion of oneself to an activity or to a field or profession, as art or science.
- self-punitive — serving for, concerned with, or inflicting punishment: punitive laws; punitive action.
- semi-vitreous — partially vitreous.
- sensitiveness — the state or quality of being sensitive.
- sensitivities — a tendency to have a strong emotional reaction, esp to be offended or upset
- service court — the part of the court into which a player must serve in various games, as tennis, badminton, handball, or squash.
- serving hatch — a small hatch or opening in a kitchen wall used to serve food through to an adjoining room