14-letter words containing r, e, v, t
- reconstitutive — to constitute again; reconstruct; recompose.
- reconstructive — tending to reconstruct.
- recoverability — able to recover or be recovered: a patient now believed to be recoverable; recoverable losses on his investments.
- recovery stock — a security that has fallen in price but is believed to have the ability to recover
- recursive type — A data type which contains itself. The commonest example is the list type, in Haskell: data List a = Nil | Cons a (List a) which says a list of a's is either an empty list or a cons cell containing an 'a' (the "head" of the list) and another list (the "tail"). Recursion is not allowed in Miranda or Haskell synonym types, so the following Haskell types are illegal: type Bad = (Int, Bad) type Evil = Bool -> Evil whereas the seeminly equivalent algebraic data types are acceptable:
- recurvirostral — with a beak which is bent upwards
- redintegrative — to make whole again; restore to a perfect state; renew; reestablish.
- redistributive — favoring, supporting, or practicing income redistribution: the redistributive effects of public spending.
- reflectiveness — that reflects; reflecting.
- regressive tax — a tax which is levied or graduated so that the rate decreases as the amount taxed increases
- rehabilitative — to restore to a condition of good health, ability to work, or the like.
- reintervention — the act or fact of intervening.
- reinvigorating — to give vigor to; fill with life and energy; energize.
- reinvigoration — to give vigor to; fill with life and energy; energize.
- relative major — the major key whose tonic is the third degree of a given minor key.
- relative minor — the minor key whose tonic is the sixth degree of a given major key.
- relative pitch — the pitch of a tone as determined by its relationship to other tones in a scale.
- relativization — to regard as or make relative.
- repetitiveness — pertaining to or characterized by repetition.
- representative — a person or thing that represents another or others.
- reservationist — a person who makes or takes reservations, as at an airline office; reservation clerk.
- retrievability — to recover or regain: to retrieve the stray ball.
- retrodirective — (of a mirror, reflector, etc.) having three reflecting surfaces so oriented that a ray of light is reflected in a direction parallel but opposite to its original direction.
- revenue cutter — cutter (def 4).
- revenue stream — method of income
- revenue tariff — a tariff or duty imposed on imports primarily to produce public revenue.
- reverberations — remote or indirect consequences of an action; repercussions
- reverification — the act of verifying.
- reversal plate — a plate developed by the reversal process.
- revert to type — go back to one's usual behaviour
- revitalization — to give new life to.
- revivification — to restore to life; give new life to; revive; reanimate.
- revolutionised — to bring about a revolution in; effect a radical change in: to revolutionize petroleum refining methods.
- revolutionizer — to bring about a revolution in; effect a radical change in: to revolutionize petroleum refining methods.
- right reverend — an official form of address for abbots, abbesses, Anglican bishops, and other prelates.
- root vegetable — edible starchy tuber
- salva veritate — without affecting truth-value
- scarcity value — increased value due to the inadequate supply of something
- scavenger hunt — a game in which individuals or teams are sent out to accumulate, without purchasing, a series of common, outlandish, or humorous objects, the winner being the person or team returning first with all the items.
- scotch verdict — a verdict of not proven: acceptable in certain cases in Scottish criminal law.
- secret service — the branch of governmental service that conducts secret investigations, especially investigations into the military strength of other nations.
- security video — a video recording taken by a security camera
- self assertive — insistence on or an expression of one's own importance, wishes, needs, opinions, or the like.
- self-assertive — insistence on or an expression of one's own importance, wishes, needs, opinions, or the like.
- self-directive — serving to direct; directing: a directive board.
- self-interview — a formal meeting in which one or more persons question, consult, or evaluate another person: a job interview.
- self-operative — automatic.
- semi-narrative — a story or account of events, experiences, or the like, whether true or fictitious.
- semibreve rest — the longest musical rest in common use, equal in length to a semibreve
- semistarvation — the state of being nearly starved.