13-letter words containing r, e, v, i, l, s
- lateroversion — abnormal lateral displacement of a bodily organ or part, esp of the uterus
- legal adviser — a lawyer who gives advice
- leonine verse — a form of verse, based upon an earlier Latin form, with a rhyme scheme that requires the last word in a line to rhyme with the word just before a caesura or with a word near the middle of the line.
- liver sausage — liverwurst.
- livery colors — the principal tinctures of a coat of arms, usually one color and one metal, used for liveries, standards, etc.
- livery stable — a stable where horses and vehicles are cared for or rented out for pay.
- love-stricken — If you describe someone as love-stricken, you mean that they are so much in love that they are behaving in a strange and foolish way.
- lucrativeness — profitable; moneymaking; remunerative: a lucrative business.
- naive realism — the theory that the world is perceived exactly as it is.
- nerve impulse — a progressive wave of electric and chemical activity along a nerve fiber that stimulates or inhibits the action of a muscle, gland, or other nerve cell.
- nickel silver — German silver.
- non-vesicular — of or relating to a vesicle or vesicles.
- nonreversible — capable of reversing or of being reversed.
- nowheresville — a remote or isolated town or village.
- observability — capable of being or liable to be observed; noticeable; visible; discernible: an observable change in attitude.
- observational — of, relating to, or founded on observation, especially founded on observation rather than experiment.
- obstructively — In an obstructive manner.
- overappraisal — An appraisal that overvalues something.
- overembellish — Make (something) too ornate or complicated.
- overseriously — in an excessively serious manner
- oversocialize — to make social; make fit for life in companionship with others.
- overstability — the state of being excessively stable
- overstimulate — to stimulate too much
- perseveringly — displaying perseverance; resolutely persistent; steadfast: a persevering student.
- perspectively — a technique of depicting volumes and spatial relationships on a flat surface. Compare aerial perspective, linear perspective.
- piss all over — to be far superior to
- pollice verso — with thumbs turned downward: the sign made by spectators calling for the death of a defeated gladiator in the ancient Roman circus.
- presumptively — affording ground for presumption: presumptive evidence.
- pretelevision — occurring before the arrival of television
- progressively — favoring or advocating progress, change, improvement, or reform, as opposed to wishing to maintain things as they are, especially in political matters: a progressive mayor.
- prospectively — of or in the future: prospective earnings.
- proverbialism — a proverbial expression
- proverbialist — a person who composes, records or uses proverbial expressions
- provincialise — to make provincial in character.
- reclusiveness — the state or quality of being reclusive
- reflexiveness — Grammar. (of a verb) taking a subject and object with identical referents, as shave in I shave myself. (of a pronoun) used as an object to refer to the subject of a verb, as myself in I shave myself.
- reserved list — a list of retired naval, army, or air-force officers available for recall to active service in an emergency
- restoratively — in a restorative manner
- restrictively — tending or serving to restrict.
- revascularize — to surgically improve the blood circulation of (an organ or area of the body).
- revelationist — a person who believes in divine revelation.
- reversal film — film developed by the reversal process.
- reversibility — capable of reversing or of being reversed.
- 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.
- rivalrousness — characterized by rivalry; competitive: the rivalrous aspect of their friendship.
- rosenkavalier — an opera (1911) by Richard Strauss.
- russian olive — oleaster.
- salary review — the, often annual, assessment or review of the salary or paid to an employee, where decisions are taken on whether the employee's pay should be increased, etc