12-letter words containing o, r, v
- seropositive — showing a significant level of serum antibodies, or other immunologic marker in the serum, indicating previous exposure to the infectious agent being tested.
- serve notice — to give formal warning or information, as of intentions; announce
- service book — a book containing the forms of worship used in divine services.
- service road — frontage road.
- servicewoman — a woman who is a member of the armed forces of a country.
- servile work — work of a physical nature that is forbidden on Sundays and on certain holidays
- servitorship — the office or position of a servitor; the condition of being a servitor
- servo system — a system using a servomechanism.
- servocontrol — control by means of a servomechanism.
- seventy-four — a cardinal number, 70 plus 4.
- several-fold — comprising several parts or members.
- severodvinsk — a city in the N Russian Federation in Europe, on Dvina Gulf, E of Archangel.
- shovel-ready — of or relating to a construction project that is ready to start immediately
- silver frost — glaze (def 17).
- silver mound — a perennial Japanese herb, Artemisia schmidtiana, having silver-green leaves forming a moundlike shape.
- silver point — the melting point of silver, equal to 960.8°C, used as a fixed point on the international temperature scale.
- silver spoon — spoon (def 16).
- silver trout — a variety of cutthroat trout, Salmo clarki henshawi, having silvery coloration, inhabiting Lake Tahoe.
- slave labour — Slave labour refers to slaves or to work done by slaves.
- sleeve board — a small-scale ironing board for pressing sleeves, especially a narrow board that fits inside a coat sleeve.
- smother-love — a relationship between a parent and child in which the parent is over-protective to the extent that the child's normal psychological development is inhibited
- snow-covered — Snow-covered places and things are covered over with snow.
- snowy plover — a small plover, Charadrius alexandrinus, mainly of the U.S. and Mexico, having a white breast and sand-colored upper parts.
- spot remover — a concentrated cleaning fluid used to remove small areas of staining, such as on a carpet
- stereovision — visual perception in three dimensions.
- stones river — river in central Tenn., flowing into the Cumberland: c. 60 mi (97 km)
- strongsville — a town in N Ohio.
- superovulate — to produce more than the normal number of ova at one time, as through hormone treatment.
- supervention — to take place or occur as something additional or extraneous (sometimes followed by on or upon).
- survivorship — the state of being a survivor.
- svga monitor — (hardware, graphics) A monitor capable of displaying the output of an SVGA card.
- sweet clover — melilot.
- takeover bid — offer to buy a company
- the-overcoat — a short story (1842) by Gogol.
- thermomotive — pertaining to motion produced by heat.
- thortveitite — a scandium yttrium silicate mineral occurring in grayish-green orthorhombic crystals.
- toaster oven — an electrical appliance that functions as both an oven and a toaster and is small enough to fit on a kitchen counter or table.
- toga virilis — the white toga assumed by boys in ancient Rome at the end of their 14th year.
- tongue cover — a loose-leaf binding having a flap of the cover concealing the binding posts.
- transportive — to carry, move, or convey from one place to another.
- transversion — a turning across, or into, something else
- traverse rod — a horizontal rod upon which drapes slide to open or close when pulled by cords.
- tree-covered — covered by or having many trees
- trevor-roper — Hugh (Redwald) [red-wawld] /ˈrɛd wɔld/ (Show IPA), 1914–2003, British historian.
- triple voile — a lightweight, sheer voile of silk or synthetic fibers constructed in plain or novelty weaves.
- turacoverdin — a green pigment found in certain feathers of the touraco
- turn over to — If you turn something over to a different function or use, you change its function or use.
- ultraviolent — characterized by or pertaining to extreme acts of violence
- un-revocable — that may be revoked.
- unapprovable — capable of being approved.