14-letter words containing r, e, s, v, d
- removable disk — removable hard disk
- reserved power — a political power that a constitution reserves exclusively to the jurisdiction of a particular political authority.
- revolutionised — to bring about a revolution in; effect a radical change in: to revolutionize petroleum refining methods.
- saavedra lamas — Carlos [kahr-laws] /ˈkɑr lɔs/ (Show IPA), 1878?–1959, Argentine statesman and diplomat: Nobel Peace Prize 1936.
- sand lovegrass — any grass of the genus Eragrostis, as E. curvula (weeping lovegrass) and E. trichodes (sand lovegrass) cultivated as forage and ground cover.
- scotch verdict — a verdict of not proven: acceptable in certain cases in Scottish criminal law.
- scrip dividend — a dividend issued in the form of a note entitling the holder to a cash payment at a specified later date.
- second service — the communion service: so called because it follows Morning Prayer.
- secondary wave — a transverse earthquake wave that travels through the interior of the earth and is usually the second conspicuous wave to reach a seismograph.
- security video — a video recording taken by a security camera
- self-deserving — qualified for or having a claim to reward, assistance, etc., because of one's actions, qualities, or situation: the deserving poor; a deserving applicant.
- self-directive — serving to direct; directing: a directive board.
- self-discovery — process of understanding oneself
- sergiyev posad — a city in the NW Russian Federation in Europe, NE of Moscow.
- service module — (often initial capital letters) U.S. Aerospace. the section of an Apollo spacecraft containing the principal propulsion system, electrical system, water, and other supplies.
- seventh-grader — a student in the seventh year of school, usually 11 to 13 years old
- shrove tuesday — the last day of Shrovetide, long observed as a season of merrymaking before Lent.
- silver bromide — a yellowish, water-insoluble powder, AgBr, which darkens on exposure to light, produced by the reaction of silver nitrate with a bromide: used chiefly in the manufacture of photographic emulsions.
- silver wedding — a twenty-fifth wedding anniversary.
- silver-spooned — born into, of, or relating to a wealthy upper-class family
- silver-tongued — persuasive; eloquent: a silver-tongued orator.
- slave cylinder — a small cylinder containing a piston that operates the brake shoes or pads in hydraulic brakes or the working part in any other hydraulically operated system
- sliding vector — a vector having specified magnitude and lying on a given line.
- sound archives — official records or files (as in a library) of sound recordings, broadcasts, or performances, esp those from radio programmes
- sovereign debt — the debt of a national government, esp debt that is issued in a foreign currency
- space invaders — a video or computer game, the object of which is to destroy attacking alien spacecraft
- spike lavender — a lavender, Lavandula latifolia, having spikes of pale-purple flowers, and yielding an oil used in painting.
- stirred vessel — A stirred vessel is a vessel in which a device moves to mix something.
- storage device — a device used to store digital data or information, as a hard disk or CD.
- student driver — someone who is learning to drive
- supercivilized — (of a person or society) highly or excessively civilized
- the everglades — a subtropical marshy region of Florida, south of Lake Okeechobee: contains the Everglades National Park established to preserve the flora and fauna of the swamps. Area: over 13 000 sq km (5000 sq miles)
- totidem verbis — with just so many words; in these words.
- travel-stained — dirty or soiled as a result of travelling
- undeservedness — the quality or state of being undeserved
- undiscoverable — unable to be discovered or found out
- undiscoverably — in an undiscoverable manner
- unresolvedness — the state of being unresolved or irresolute
- v-shaped curve — a curve on a graph that shows a sharp fall followed by a correspondingly sharp rise
- vacuum residue — Vacuum residue is the substance which is obtained by vacuum distillation (= a process of separating substances by reducing pressure to less than atmospheric pressure).
- vapour density — the ratio of the density of a gas or vapour to that of hydrogen at the same temperature and pressure
- vat-registered — (of a company or individual) registered as being liable to pay VAT
- venus's girdle — an iridescent blue-and-green comb jelly, Cestum veneris, having a ribbon-shaped, gelatinous body.
- venus's-girdle — an iridescent blue-and-green comb jelly, Cestum veneris, having a ribbon-shaped, gelatinous body.
- verisimilitude — the appearance or semblance of truth; likelihood; probability: The play lacked verisimilitude.
- vespertilionid — any of a large family (Vespertilionidae) of long-tailed bats that are widely distributed, esp. in temperate regions, including most of the small, insect-eating species
- vice president — an officer next in rank to a president who serves as president in the president's absence.
- vice-president — an officer next in rank to a president who serves as president in the president's absence.
- ville-de-paris — a department in N France. 41 sq. mi. (106 sq. km). Capital: Paris.
- volksdeutscher — a member of the German people, especially one of a community having its home outside of Germany, usually in central or eastern Europe.