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13-letter words containing r, e, v, o, l

  • self-approval — the act of approving; approbation.
  • self-governed — governed by itself or having self-government, as a state or community; independent.
  • self-improver — improvement of one's mind, character, etc., through one's own efforts.
  • self-observed — to see, watch, perceive, or notice: He observed the passersby in the street.
  • shaver outlet — a point in a wall, esp in a bathroom, where you can connect an electric razor to the power supply
  • shivering owl — screech owl.
  • short-sleeved — having short sleeves
  • silver doctor — a type of artificial fly, used chiefly for trout and salmon.
  • silver dollar — A silver dollar is an American coin, worth one dollar, that is made of silver.
  • silver iodate — a white, crystalline, slightly water-soluble powder, AgIO 3 , used in medicine chiefly as an antiseptic and as an astringent.
  • silver iodide — a pale-yellow, water-insoluble solid, AgI, which darkens on exposure to light: used chiefly in medicine, photography, and artificial rainmaking.
  • silver polish — a type of polishing medium that is suitable for silver
  • silver poplar — white poplar (def 1).
  • silver salmon — coho salmon.
  • silver tongue — the characteristic of being skilful at persuading people to believe what they say or to do what they want them to do
  • silver-y moth — a brownish noctuid moth, Plusia gamma, having a light Y-shaped marking on each forewing; it migrates in large flocks
  • slasher movie — a film in which victims, often women, are slashed with knives, razors, etc
  • slieve donard — a mountain in SE Northern Ireland, in the Mourne Mountains: highest peak in Northern Ireland. Height: 853 m (2798 ft)
  • solitary wave — a localized disturbance that propagates like a wave but resembles a particle in that it does not disperse, even if it collides with other such waves.
  • suovetaurilia — (in ancient Rome) a sacrifice of a hog, a ram, and a bull.
  • support level — a minimum price below which a specific stock is not supposed to fall, as because of the stock's inherent worth.
  • teleconverter — a person or thing that converts.
  • theatre lover — sb who enjoys going to plays
  • toll traverse — a payment made for the right to cross privately owned property.
  • trophic level — any class of organisms that occupy the same position in a food chain, as primary consumers, secondary consumers, and tertiary consumers.
  • truelove knot — a complicated ornamental knot, especially a double knot having two interlacing bows, regarded as an emblem of true love or interwoven affections.
  • ultra-violent — acting with or characterized by uncontrolled, strong, rough force: a violent earthquake.
  • ultraviolence — acts of extreme violence, esp those shown on television or film
  • unconversable — inappropriate for conversation
  • unconvertible — capable of being converted.
  • unobtrusively — not obtrusive; inconspicuous, unassertive, or reticent.
  • unrecoverable — able to recover or be recovered: a patient now believed to be recoverable; recoverable losses on his investments.
  • unrecoverably — in an unrecoverable or irrecoverable manner
  • upland plover — a large, field-inhabiting sandpiper, Bartramia longicauda, of eastern North America, resembling a plover: now protected and increasing in numbers.
  • valedictorian — a student, usually the one ranking highest academically in a school graduating class, who delivers the valedictory at the commencement exercises.
  • variable cost — a cost that varies with a change in the volume of output while remaining uniform on a per-unit basis, as cost of labor (distinguished from fixed cost).
  • velvet scoter — a European sea duck, Melanitta fusca, the male of which has a black plumage with white patches below the eyes and on the wings
  • venereologist — the branch of medicine dealing with the study and treatment of venereal, or sexually transmitted, disease.
  • ventriloquial — of, relating to, or using ventriloquism.
  • ventriloquism — the art or practice of speaking, with little or no lip movement, in such a manner that the voice does not appear to come from the speaker but from another source, as from a wooden dummy.
  • ventriloquist — a person who performs or is skilled in ventriloquism.
  • ventriloquize — to produce (sounds) in the manner of a ventriloquist
  • ventriloquous — of or relating to ventriloquism or a ventriloquist
  • ventrolateral — of, relating to, or affecting the front and side.
  • venturesomely — in a venturesome manner
  • verbalization — to express in words: He couldn't verbalize his feelings.
  • vercelli book — a codex of Old English poems and sermons found in the chapter house at Vercelli.
  • vermiculation — to work or ornament with wavy lines or markings resembling the form or tracks of a worm.
  • vernalization — to shorten the growth period of (a plant) by chilling or other special treatment of it, its seeds, or its bulbs.
  • versicoloured — of variable or various colours
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