14-letter words containing r, e, v
- target vehicle — a spacecraft used to develop and practise orbital space rendezvous and docking techniques in preparation for the lunar missions
- tergiversation — to change repeatedly one's attitude or opinions with respect to a cause, subject, etc.; equivocate.
- tergiversatory — to change repeatedly one's attitude or opinions with respect to a cause, subject, etc.; equivocate.
- terminal leave — the final leave granted to a member of the armed forces just before discharge, equal to the total unused leave accumulated during active service.
- the everglades — a subtropical marshy region of Florida, south of Lake Okeechobee: contains the Everglades National Park established to preserve the flora and fauna of the swamps. Area: over 13 000 sq km (5000 sq miles)
- the ordovician — the Ordovician period or rock system
- the reverse of — emphatically not; not at all
- the vernacular — the commonly spoken language or dialect of a particular people or place
- the very devil — something very difficult or awkward
- the very idea! — that is preposterous, unreasonable, etc
- the world over — If you say that something happens or exists the world over, you mean that it happens or exists in every part of the world.
- thirty-seventh — next after the thirty-sixth; being the ordinal number for 37.
- throttle lever — throttle (def 1).
- throttle valve — a valve for throttling the working fluid of an engine, refrigerator, etc.
- to break cover — If you break cover, you leave a place where you have been hiding or sheltering from attack, usually in order to run to another place.
- to overflowing — If a place or container is filled to overflowing, it is so full of people or things that no more can fit in.
- totidem verbis — with just so many words; in these words.
- tractive force — the force measured in the drawbar of a locomotive or tractor
- tractor driver — a person who drives a motor vehicle used to pull heavy loads, esp farm machinery such as a plough or harvester
- transformative — to change in form, appearance, or structure; metamorphose.
- transversality — the state of being transversal
- travel trailer — trailer (def 2).
- travel voucher — a voucher, usually bought from a travel agency or won in a competition, etc, which can be used to pay for travel costs such as flights, accommodation, etc
- travel-stained — dirty or soiled as a result of travelling
- traveler's-joy — a woody vine, Clematis vitalba, of the buttercup family, native to Europe and northern Africa, having long-plumed fruit and slightly fragrant, white flowers.
- treasure trove — If you describe something or someone as a treasure trove of a particular thing, you mean that they are a very good or rich source of that thing.
- treasure-trove — anything of the nature of treasure or a treasury that one finds: Mother's attic was a treasure-trove of memorabilia.
- tree of heaven — an Asiatic tree, Ailanthus altissima, having large oblong leaves and rank-smelling flowers, often planted as a shade tree.
- trois-rivieres — French name of Three Rivers.
- turkey vulture — a blackish-brown vulture, Cathartes aura, from the southern U.S. to South America, having a bare, wrinkled, red head and neck.
- turn of events — If there is a particular turn of events, a particular series of things happen.
- ubv photometry — the photometric measurement of the color index of a star, using ultraviolet, blue, and visual (yellow) filters.
- ultracivilized — showing a high degree of cultural or social development
- ultraexclusive — extremely exclusive
- ultrasensitive — endowed with sensation; having perception through the senses.
- unappreciative — feeling or showing appreciation: an appreciative audience at the concert.
- unapprehensive — slow to understand; not intelligent
- unattractively — in an unattractive manner
- unconservative — disposed to preserve existing conditions, institutions, etc., or to restore traditional ones, and to limit change.
- unconstructive — helping to improve; promoting further development or advancement (opposed to destructive): constructive criticism.
- uncontroverted — to argue against; dispute; deny; oppose.
- under cover of — concealed
- under-achiever — a student who performs less well in school than would be expected on the basis of abilities indicated by intelligence and aptitude tests, etc.
- under-activity — insufficiently active: an underactive thyroid gland.
- underdeveloped — improperly or insufficiently developed.
- underleveraged — (of a business organization) having an excessively low ratio of debt capital to equity capital
- undeservedness — the quality or state of being undeserved
- undiscoverable — unable to be discovered or found out
- undiscoverably — in an undiscoverable manner
- undulant fever — brucellosis.