14-letter words containing r, s, v
- reserve player — a member of a sports team who plays in place of another player if they are injured, etc
- reserved power — a political power that a constitution reserves exclusively to the jurisdiction of a particular political authority.
- reservoir rock — rock that has sufficient porosity to contain accumulations of oil or gas.
- responsiveness — the quality or state of being responsive.
- revenue stream — method of income
- reverberations — remote or indirect consequences of an action; repercussions
- reversal plate — a plate developed by the reversal process.
- reverse racism — a perceived discrimination against a dominant group or political majority
- reverse-charge — (of a telephone call) made at the recipient's expense
- reverse-racism — intolerance or prejudice directed at members of historically dominant racial groups.
- revolutionised — to bring about a revolution in; effect a radical change in: to revolutionize petroleum refining methods.
- rose of heaven — a plant, Lychnis coeli-rosa, of the pink family, native to the Mediterranean region, having solitary terminal, rose-pink flowers.
- saavedra lamas — Carlos [kahr-laws] /ˈkɑr lɔs/ (Show IPA), 1878?–1959, Argentine statesman and diplomat: Nobel Peace Prize 1936.
- salivary gland — any of several glands, as the submaxillary glands, that secrete saliva.
- salva veritate — without affecting truth-value
- salvation army — an international Christian organization founded in England in 1865 by William Booth, organized along quasi-military lines and devoted chiefly to evangelism and to providing social services, especially to the poor.
- sand lovegrass — any grass of the genus Eragrostis, as E. curvula (weeping lovegrass) and E. trichodes (sand lovegrass) cultivated as forage and ground cover.
- savi's warbler — a type of warbler; Locustella luscinioides.
- 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.
- scenic reserve — an area of natural beauty, set aside for public recreation
- school voucher — a government cash grant or tax credit for parents, equal to all or part of the cost of educating their child at an elementary or secondary school of their choice.
- scotch verdict — a verdict of not proven: acceptable in certain cases in Scottish criminal law.
- screw conveyor — a device for moving loose materials, consisting of a shaft with a broad, helically wound blade rotating in a tube or trough.
- scrip dividend — a dividend issued in the form of a note entitling the holder to a cash payment at a specified later date.
- second service — the communion service: so called because it follows Morning Prayer.
- 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.