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12-letter words containing r, v, a

  • severna park — a city in central Maryland.
  • shevardnadze — Eduard A [ed-werd;; Russian ed-wahrt] /ˈɛd wərd;; Russian ɛdˈwɑrt/ (Show IPA), 1928–2014, Soviet foreign minister 1985–91; president of his native Georgian Republic 1995–2003.
  • shovel-ready — of or relating to a construction project that is ready to start immediately
  • sierra vista — a town in S Arizona.
  • silver bream — a type of ray-finned fish from the family Cyprinidae
  • silver maple — a maple, Acer saccharinum, having leaves that are light green above and silvery white beneath.
  • silver medal — a medal, traditionally of silver or silver in color, awarded to a person or team finishing second in a competition, meet, or tournament.
  • silver paper — silver foil.
  • silver plate — thin coat of silver
  • silver state — Nevada (used as a nickname).
  • silver-plate — to coat (base metal) with silver, especially by electroplating.
  • slave driver — an overseer of slaves.
  • slave labour — Slave labour refers to slaves or to work done by slaves.
  • slave trader — sb who traffics in people
  • slave-driver — an overseer of slaves.
  • sleeve board — a small-scale ironing board for pressing sleeves, especially a narrow board that fits inside a coat sleeve.
  • space travel — spaceflight of manned vehicles.
  • spar varnish — a durable, weather-resistant varnish applied to unpainted wooden areas, especially on ships.
  • spinal nerve — any of a series of paired nerves that originate in the nerve roots of the spinal cord and emerge from the vertebrae on both sides of the spinal column, each branching out to innervate a specific region of the neck, trunk, or limbs.
  • squaresville — a thing, place, etc., regarded as conventional, unfashionable, or conservative.
  • stage-driver — the driver of a stagecoach.
  • steam-driven — powered by steam
  • stirrup-vase — a Mycenaean vase having a spherical body, a spout on the shoulder, and a handle, curving across the top, supported by a solid conical neck.
  • stradivarius — a violin or other instrument made by Stradivari or his family.
  • stravinskian — of, relating to, or suggesting the composer Igor Stravinsky or his works.
  • street value — monetary worth
  • struma-river — a river in S Europe, flowing SE through SW Bulgaria and NE Greece into the Aegean. 225 miles (362 km) long.
  • subvertebral — located below a vertebra
  • superelevate — to raise above a normal level
  • supergravity — a hypothetical symmetry among groups of particles containing fermions and bosons, especially in theories of gravity (supergravity) that unify electromagnetism, the weak force, and the strong force with gravity into a single unified force.
  • supermassive — (of a black hole or star) having a mass in the range of millions or billions of times that of the sun
  • superovulate — to produce more than the normal number of ova at one time, as through hormone treatment.
  • supravitally — in a supravital manner
  • surface wave — a seismic wave that travels along or parallel to the earth's surface (distinguished from body wave).
  • surveillance — a watch kept over a person, group, etc., especially over a suspect, prisoner, or the like: The suspects were under police surveillance.
  • survival bag — a large plastic bag carried by climbers for use in an emergency as protection against exposure
  • survival kit — Military. a package containing medical supplies, rations, and other vital equipment for use by a person forced to land in or parachute into the ocean, jungle, or other isolated or hostile territory.
  • svga monitor — (hardware, graphics)   A monitor capable of displaying the output of an SVGA card.
  • swivel chair — a chair whose seat turns around horizontally on a swivel.
  • takeover bid — offer to buy a company
  • tavern table — a short table having a narrow, deep apron and legs connected by a box stretcher.
  • tergiversate — to change repeatedly one's attitude or opinions with respect to a cause, subject, etc.; equivocate.
  • tetravalence — the condition of having a valency of four
  • thames river — a river in S England, flowing E through London to the North Sea. 209 miles (336 km) long.
  • the bereaved — the survivors of a person who has died recently
  • the varletry — rabble; mob
  • the-overcoat — a short story (1842) by Gogol.
  • three-valued — of or relating to propositions having a value other than truth or falsity.
  • toaster oven — an electrical appliance that functions as both an oven and a toaster and is small enough to fit on a kitchen counter or table.
  • toga virilis — the white toga assumed by boys in ancient Rome at the end of their 14th year.
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