13-letter words containing r, i, v, e, n
- seventy-third — next after the seventy-second; being the ordinal number for 73.
- shaving cream — a preparation, as of soap and free fatty acid, that is lathered and applied to the face to soften and condition the beard for shaving.
- shaving horse — a trestle for supporting and steadying a piece of work being shaved.
- shivering owl — screech owl.
- sierra nevada — a mountain range in E California. Highest peak, Mt. Whitney, 14,495 feet (4420 meters).
- silver lining — a sign of hope in an unfortunate or gloomy situation; a bright prospect: Every cloud has a silver lining.
- silver salmon — coho salmon.
- silver screen — motion pictures; the motion-picture industry: a star of the silver screen.
- silver spring — a town in central Maryland, near Washington, D.C.
- silver tongue — the characteristic of being skilful at persuading people to believe what they say or to do what they want them to do
- sir-reverence — (used as an expression of apology, as before unseemly or indelicate words.)
- slave trading — trafficking in people
- slieve donard — a mountain in SE Northern Ireland, in the Mourne Mountains: highest peak in Northern Ireland. Height: 853 m (2798 ft)
- sneak preview — a preview of a motion picture, often shown in addition to an announced film, in order to observe the reaction of the audience.
- souvenir shop — a shop that sells trivial gift items, such as T-shirts, coffee mugs, keyrings etc, esp aimed at tourists
- sovereigntist — a supporter of sovereignty association
- spanish river — a river in S Ontario, Canada, flowing S into the North Channel of Lake Huron. 150 miles (241 km) long.
- sperry univac — (company) One of the divisions of Sperry Corporation at the time that company merged with the Burroughs Corporation to form Unisys Corporation.
- spring valley — a city in SW California, near San Diego.
- stain remover — a substance designed for removing stains or dirty marks, as from clothes, carpets, etc
- sub-sovereign — a monarch; a king, queen, or other supreme ruler.
- subordinative — placed in or belonging to a lower order or rank.
- subserviently — serving or acting in a subordinate capacity; subordinate.
- sunday driver — a person who drives a car inexpertly, especially slowly or overcautiously, in the manner of one who drives infrequently.
- supervirulent — extremely virulent
- terminatively — in a finalizing manner
- the narrative — the part of a literary work that relates events
- the provinces — those parts of a country lying outside the capital and other large cities and regarded as outside the mainstream of sophisticated culture
- train service — provision of railway transport
- transactivate — to activate the replication of (a viral gene) through the presence of a gene at another locus, especially following a viral infection.
- transfusively — in a transfusive manner
- transgressive — to violate a law, command, moral code, etc.; offend; sin.
- transmutative — the act or process of transmuting.
- traveling bag — a small bag, as a valise or suitcase, usually made of leather, having an oblong shape, and used chiefly to hold clothes.
- triple-nerved — noting a leaf in which two prominent nerves emerge from the middle nerve a little above its base.
- 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
- unabbreviated — shortened; made briefer: The rain led to an abbreviated picnic.
- unassertively — in an unassertive manner
- unconvertible — capable of being converted.
- uncooperative — working or acting together willingly for a common purpose or benefit.
- undeliverable — capable of delivery.
- underachiever — a student who performs less well in school than would be expected on the basis of abilities indicated by intelligence and aptitude tests, etc.
- underactivity — insufficient activity
- undescriptive — having the quality of describing; characterized by description: a descriptive passage in an essay.
- undeservingly — in an undeserving manner
- undiversified — distinguished by various forms or by a variety of objects: diversified activity.
- uninformative — not educational
- uninstructive — not conveying information or serving to instruct
- unintrusively — tending or apt to intrude; coming without invitation or welcome: intrusive memories of a lost love.