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

  • evaporated milk — concentrated dairy product
  • evening prayers — the daily evening service of Bible readings and prayers prescribed in the Book of Common Prayer
  • evens favourite — the favourite to win a race and on which the bookmakers are offering even odds.
  • everlastingness — The state or quality of being everlasting.
  • every which way — Every which way and any which way are used to emphasize that something happens, or might happen, in a lot of different ways, or using a lot of different methods.
  • ex-servicewoman — a woman who has served in the army, navy, or air force
  • executive board — administrative committee
  • executive order — An executive order is a regulation issued by a member of the executive branch of government. It has the same authority as a law.
  • experimentative — having a tendency to experiment; experimental; of the nature of an experiment
  • eye-level grill — a grill that is at eye level
  • fee-for-service — pertaining to the charging of fees for specific services rendered in health care, as distinguished from participating in a prepaid medical practice: fee-for-service medicine.
  • fire prevention — safety measures to decrease fire risk
  • first-day cover — a cover marked so as to indicate that it was mailed on the first day of issue of the stamp it bears and from one of the cities at which the stamp was issued on that day.
  • five-star hotel — a top-quality hotel offering exceptional luxury
  • foreign service — a division of the U.S. Department of State or of a foreign office that maintains diplomatic and consular posts and personnel in other countries.
  • fovea centralis — a small pit or depression at the back of the retina forming the point of sharpest vision.
  • free university — a school run informally by and for college students, organized to offer courses and approaches not usually offered in a college curriculum.
  • fringe festival — an unofficial, often unconventional, arts festival that is associated with another, larger festival
  • funeral service — ceremony at a burial or cremation
  • furniture mover — person: removal worker
  • galvanized iron — iron or steel, especially in sheets, coated with zinc to prevent rust.
  • gardening leave — If someone who leaves their job is given gardening leave, they continue to receive their salary and in return they agree not to work for anyone else for a period of time.
  • geodetic survey — a land area survey in which the curvature of the surface of the earth is taken into account.
  • girdle traverse — a climb that consists of a complete traverse of a face or crag
  • give it a whirl — If you decide to give an activity a whirl, you do it even though it is something that you have never tried before.
  • give me a break — to smash, split, or divide into parts violently; reduce to pieces or fragments: He broke a vase.
  • give sb a break — You can say 'give me a break' to show that you are annoyed by what someone has said or done.
  • give sth a rest — If someone tells you to give something a rest, they want you to stop doing it because it annoys them or because they think it is harming you.
  • give the finger — any of the terminal members of the hand, especially one other than the thumb.
  • governing class — the social class that holds the power in a country
  • governmentalism — the trend toward expansion of the government's role, range of activities, or power.
  • governmentalist — one who promotes the philosophy of governmentalism
  • governmentality — (sociology) The organized practices (mentalities, rationalities, and techniques) through which subjects are governed and influenced.
  • governmentalize — (US) To bring a private entity under government control; to nationalize.
  • gram equivalent — the combining power, especially in grams (gram equivalent) of an element or compound, equivalent to hydrogen as a standard of 1.00797 or oxygen as a standard of 8; the atomic weight divided by the valence.
  • graves' disease — a disease characterized by an enlarged thyroid, a rapid pulse, and increased basal metabolism due to excessive thyroid secretion; exophthalmic goiter.
  • graveyard shift — a work shift usually beginning at about midnight and continuing for about eight hours through the early morning hours.
  • gravimetrically — (chemistry) Using a gravimetric method.
  • graviperception — the perception of gravity by plants
  • green with envy — If you say that someone is green with envy, you mean that they are very envious indeed.
  • guadalupe river — a river in SE Texas, flowing SE to the San Antonio River. 250 miles (402 km) long.
  • hamiltonstovare — a large strong short-haired breed of hound with a black, brown, and white coat
  • hard disk drive — (storage)   (HDD) A disk drive used to read and write hard disks.
  • have a right to — be entitled to
  • have words with — to argue angrily with
  • haversian canal — a microscopic channel in bone, through which a blood vessel runs.
  • heaviside layer — E layer.
  • heavy artillery — guns and howitzers of large caliber.
  • heavy breathing — stertorous breathing or breathing done with difficulty
  • helicopter view — an overview of a situation without any details
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