11-letter words containing r, s, v
- semiprivate — having some degree of privacy but not fully private, as a hospital room with fewer beds than a ward.
- sempervivum — any of various succulent plants belonging to the genus Sempervivum, of the stonecrop family, having leaves in dense basal rosettes and a compact, flat-topped cluster of flowers, and including the houseleek, S. tectorum, and other commonly cultivated species.
- septemviral — of or relating to septemvirs or a septemvirate.
- seroconvert — (of an individual) to produce antibodies specific to, and in response to the presence in the blood of, a particular antigen, such as a virus or vaccine
- servanthood — the condition of being a servant
- servantless — without servants; not having a servant or servants
- server farm — a collection of computer servers (usually in a business, organization, etc) used to accomplish tasks for which multiple machines are needed
- service ace — ace (def 3a).
- service bus — a public bus with a regular route
- service cap — a saucer-shaped uniform cap with a visor, standard in the U.S. Army and Air Force.
- service dog — a dog trained to assist a person with a disability that is not related to vision or hearing.
- serviceable — capable of or being of service; useful.
- serviceless — not providing service; useless
- servitorial — of or pertaining to a servitor
- severalfold — comprising several parts or members.
- sex-starved — deprived of sexual gratification
- shaft grave — a grave consisting of a deep, rectangular pit with vertical sides, roofed over with a stone slab.
- sharonville — a town in SW Ohio.
- sharpeville — a town in E South Africa: scene of riots in 1960 (when 69 demonstrators died), 1984, and 1985 (when 19 died)
- shcherbakov — a former name (1946–57) of Andropov.
- shift lever — the lever mounted on the steering column or floor of a vehicle that enables the driver to shift gears.
- shirtsleeve — not wearing a jacket; informally dressed: a shirt-sleeve mob.
- shiveringly — in a shivering manner, usually from cold or fright
- shore leave — permission to spend time ashore, usually 48 hours or more, granted a member of a ship's company.
- short novel — a prose narrative midway between the novel and the short story in length and scope
- short-lived — living or lasting only a little while.
- shovelboard — the game of shuffleboard.
- silver bass — white bass.
- silver beet — a variety of beet, Beta vulgaris cicla, having large firm green leaves: staple cooked green vegetable in Australia and New Zealand
- silver bell — any North American shrub or small tree belonging to the genus Halesia, of the storax family, having toothed leaves and drooping white, bell-shaped flowers.
- silver book — (publication) Jensen and Wirth's infamous "Pascal User Manual and Report", so called because of the silver cover of the widely distributed Springer-Verlag second edition of 1978 (ISBN 0-387-90144-2). See also book titles, Pascal.
- silver disc — (in Britain) an album certified to have sold 60 000 copies or a single certified to have sold 200 000 copies
- silver fern — a formalized spray of fern leaf, silver on a black background: the symbol of New Zealand sporting teams, esp the All Blacks
- silver fizz — an alcoholic drink made with gin, lemon juice, sugar, and egg white.
- silver foil — silver or silver-colored metal in foil form.
- silver gilt — an ornamental coating of silver, silver leaf, or a silver-colored substance.
- silver goal — (in certain competitions) a goal scored in a full half of extra time that is played if a match is drawn. This goal counts as the winner if it is the only goal scored in the full half or full period of extra time
- silver gray — a light brownish-gray.
- silver hake — a common hake, Merluccius bilinearis, occurring off the Atlantic coast of North America and popular as a food fish.
- silver leaf — silver in the form of very thin foil.
- silver orfe — one of the two varieties of orfe, an aquarium fish
- silver star — a bronze star with a small silver star at the center, awarded to a soldier who has been cited in orders for gallantry in action, when the citation does not warrant the award of a Medal of Honor or the Distinguished Service Cross.
- silver thaw — glaze (def 17).
- silver vine — a vine, Actinidia polygama, of eastern Asia, having fragrant, white flowers and yellow, edible fruit and, in the male plant, leaves with silvery-white markings.
- silver-gilt — an ornamental coating of silver, silver leaf, or a silver-colored substance.
- silver-gray — gray with a silvery luster
- silver-grey — light grey that resembles silver
- silverberry — a shrub, Elaeagnus commutata (or E. argentea), of north-central North America, having silvery leaves and flowers and silvery, drupelike edible fruit.
- silverchair — Australian rock group (formed 1994): comprising Daniel Johns (born 1979; vocals, guitar), Ben Gillies (born 1979, drums) and Chris Joannou (born 1979, bass guitar); their albums include Frogstomp (1995) and Young Modern (2007)
- silverpoint — a technique of drawing with a silver stylus on specially prepared paper.