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14-letter words containing r, e, v

  • 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.
  • 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
  • seismic survey — A seismic survey is a method of investigating underground properties and rock patterns using induced shock wave reflections.
  • 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-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
  • self-governing — governed by itself or having self-government, as a state or community; independent.
  • self-interview — a formal meeting in which one or more persons question, consult, or evaluate another person: a job interview.
  • self-operative — automatic.
  • self-provision — a clause in a legal instrument, a law, etc., providing for a particular matter; stipulation; proviso.
  • self-reflexive — self-referential
  • self-revealing — displaying, exhibiting, or disclosing one's most private feelings, thoughts, etc.: an embarrassingly self-revealing autobiography.
  • self-reverence — a feeling or attitude of deep respect tinged with awe; veneration.
  • semi-evergreen — retaining green, unwithered leaves for part of the winter or through comparatively mild winters.
  • 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.
  • semivegetarian — a person who eats mostly plant foods, dairy products, and eggs, and occasionally chicken, fish, and red meat.
  • senior service — the Royal Navy
  • sensitive fern — a common, widely distributed fern, Onoclea sensibilis, having large, triangular leaves and beadlike spikes that contain the spores.
  • sergiyev posad — a city in the NW Russian Federation in Europe, NE of Moscow.
  • seroconversion — the process of producing antibodies in response to a specific antigen
  • seronegativity — the quality or state of being seronegative
  • seropositivity — the quality or state of being seropositive
  • servant church — the attitude or practices of a church whose avowed purpose is to serve the world.
  • serve sb right — If you say it serves someone right when something unpleasant happens to them, you mean that it is their own fault and you have no sympathy for them.
  • service a room — If you service a room, you clean it and change the towels and bed linen in it.
  • service center — an authorized commercial establishment for repairs and replacement parts for appliances or cars.
  • service charge — a fee charged for a service, sometimes in addition to a basic charge.
  • 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.
  • service sector — the sector of the economy that provides services rather than products, etc
  • service stripe — a stripe worn on the left sleeve by an enlisted person to indicate a specific period of time served on active duty.
  • service tunnel — a tunnel alongside another which is used for services such as maintenance, repairs, etc
  • serviceability — capable of or being of service; useful.
  • serviette ring — a ring used to hold a cloth serviette or napkin neatly in a cylinder
  • servomechanism — an electronic control system in which a hydraulic, pneumatic, or other type of controlling mechanism is actuated and controlled by a low-energy signal.
  • seven sleepers — seven Christian youths from Ephesus who were walled up in a cave by the Emperor Decius in 250 ad and, according to legend, slept for 187 years
  • seventh-grader — a student in the seventh year of school, usually 11 to 13 years old
  • seventy-fourth — next after the seventy-third; being the ordinal number for 74.
  • seville orange — a globose, reddish-yellow, bitter or sweet, edible citrus fruit.
  • share of voice — the proportion of the total audience or readership commanded by a media group across its full range of publishing and broadcasting activities
  • sherry vinegar — a gourmet wine vinegar produced in the Jerez region of S Spain
  • sheva brachoth — the seven blessings said during the marriage service and repeated at the celebration thereafter
  • shipping fever — a respiratory disease of cattle, caused by Pasteurella haemolytica, often spread during the shipment of livestock.
  • short covering — purchases that close out short sales on stocks or commodities.
  • shrove tuesday — the last day of Shrovetide, long observed as a season of merrymaking before Lent.
  • silent service — the submarine service (usually preceded by the).
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