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15-letter words containing n, e, r, v

  • refinery revamp — A refinery revamp is a change in the technology or processes used in a refinery.
  • reflexivization — to make (a verb or pronoun) reflexive.
  • relapsing fever — one of a group of fevers characterized by relapses, occurring in many tropical countries, and caused by several species of spirochetes transmitted by several species of lice and ticks.
  • relieve oneself — to ease or alleviate (pain, distress, anxiety, need, etc.).
  • remonstratively — in a remonstrative or expostulatory manner
  • representatives — a person or thing that represents another or others.
  • reprivatization — the action or process of reprivatizing, or an instance thereof
  • reserve tranche — the quota of 25 per cent to which a member of the IMF has unconditional access. Prior to 1978 it was paid in gold and known as the gold tranche
  • resolving power — Optics. the ability of an optical device to produce separate images of close objects.
  • retrievableness — the state or quality of being retrievable
  • revenue officer — a government agent responsible for administering and collecting taxes
  • revenue sharing — the system of disbursing part of federal tax revenues to state and local governments for their use.
  • reverend mother — a title of respect or form of address for the Mother Superior of a convent
  • reverse english — Also called reverse side. Billiards. a spinning motion imparted to a cue ball in such a manner as to prevent it from moving in a certain direction. Compare running English.
  • reverse transom — a surface forming the stern of a vessel, canted forwards at the upper side
  • reversing falls — a series of rapids in the Saint John River, New Brunswick, Canada, the flow of which regularly reverses itself owing to the force an incoming tide
  • reversing light — Reversing lights are the white lights on the back of a motor vehicle which shine when the vehicle is in reverse gear.
  • reviewing stand — A reviewing stand is a special raised platform from which military and political leaders watch military parades.
  • revised version — a recension of the Authorized Version, prepared by British and American scholars, the Old Testament being published in 1885, and the New Testament in 1881.
  • revisualization — the act of visualizing or picturing something again
  • revolutionarily — of, pertaining to, characterized by, or of the nature of a revolution, or a sudden, complete, or marked change: a revolutionary junta.
  • revolving stage — a circular platform divided into segments enabling multiple theater sets to be put in place in advance and in turn rotated into view of the audience.
  • rhesus negative — relating to blood not containing Rhesus antigen D
  • richard neville — Earl of (Richard Neville, Earl of Salisbury"the Kingmaker") 1428–71, English military leader and statesman.
  • river blindness — onchocerciasis.
  • riverbank grape — a high-climbing vine, Vitis riparia, of eastern North America, having fragrant flowers and nearly black fruit.
  • riverworthiness — (of a boat) the quality or state of being riverworthy
  • roving reporter — a reporter who travels around, rather than staying in a fixed place
  • scavenge stroke — (in a reciprocating engine) the stroke of a piston in a four-stroke cycle that pushes the burnt gases out as exhaust
  • self-government — control of the government of a state, community, or other body by its own members; democratic government.
  • self-preserving — preservation of oneself from harm or destruction.
  • self-revelation — disclosure of one's private feelings, thoughts, etc., especially when unintentional.
  • semi-vegetarian — a person who eats mostly plant foods, dairy products, and eggs, and occasionally chicken, fish, and red meat.
  • semilunar valve — either of two valves, one in the aorta and one in the pulmonary artery, consisting of a set of three crescent-shaped flaps of tissue and serving to prevent blood from flowing back into the heart after contraction.
  • sentence adverb — an adverb modifying or commenting upon the content of a sentence as a whole or upon the conditions under which it is uttered, as frankly in Frankly, he can't be trusted.
  • serve one right — to act as a servant.
  • service ceiling — the height above sea level, measured under standard conditions, at which the rate of climb of an aircraft has fallen to a specified amount
  • service economy — an economy which is dominated by the provision or importance of services (as opposed to products)
  • service station — Also called gas station. a place equipped for servicing automobiles, as by selling gasoline and oil, making repairs, etc.
  • service uniform — a uniform for routine duties and service, as distinguished from work, dress, or full-dress uniforms.
  • servo-mechanism — A servo-mechanism is a system or device that provides increased power to operate a control.
  • seven-card stud — a variety of poker in which each player is dealt one card face down in each of the first two rounds, one card face up in each of the next four rounds, and one card face down in the last round, each of the last five rounds being followed by a betting interval. Compare stud poker (def 1).
  • seven-year itch — scabies.
  • shoshone cavern — a large cave in NW Wyoming: a national monument.
  • silver quandong — an Australian tree, Elaeocarpus grandis: family Elaeocarpaceae
  • silver standard — a monetary standard or system using silver of specified weight and fineness to define the basic unit of currency.
  • simple interval — an interval of an octave or less.
  • sinclair, clive — Clive Sinclair
  • slavonian grebe — a N Eurasian or N American grebe with reddish underside and a black and gold crest; Podiceps auritus
  • sliver building — a very narrow skyscraper designed in response to restriction of the building site or zoning, frequently containing only a single apartment per floor or comparably limited office space.
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