11-letter words containing s, a, v, e
- overdosages — Plural form of overdosage.
- overearnest — Excessively earnest.
- overharvest — the harvesting of plants or animals in an unsustainable manner
- overhastily — in such a way as to be excessively hasty or done without enough consideration
- overmeasure — an excessive or surplus measure or amount: an overmeasure of exuberance.
- overstaffed — If you say that a place is overstaffed, you think there are more people working there than is necessary.
- overzealous — too zealous: overzealous for reform.
- painesville — a city in NE Ohio, on Lake Erie.
- palsgravine — the wife or widow of a palsgrave.
- passiveness — Also, passiveness [pas-iv-nis] /ˈpæs ɪv nɪs/ (Show IPA). the state or condition of being passive.
- perseverant — steady persistence in a course of action, a purpose, a state, etc., especially in spite of difficulties, obstacles, or discouragement.
- perseverate — to repeat something insistently or redundantly: to perseverate in reminding children of their responsibilities.
- pervasively — spread throughout: The corruption is so pervasive that it is accepted as the way to do business.
- pervouralsk — a city in the central RSFSR, in the Ural Mountains in Asia.
- postal vote — a voting slip that can be filled in at home and sent by post
- postharvest — Also, harvesting. the gathering of crops.
- preinvasion — occurring before an invasion
- preinvasive — of or relating to a stage preceding invasion of the tissues; in situ.
- preservable — to keep alive or in existence; make lasting: to preserve our liberties as free citizens.
- previsional — characteristic of prevision
- privateness — the quality of being private
- pro-slavery — favoring slavery.
- quacksalver — a quack doctor.
- quaver rest — a musical rest or silence that lasts for the equivalent of a quaver or eighth note
- radio waves — an electromagnetic wave having a wavelength between 1 millimeter and 30,000 meters, or a frequency between 10 kilohertz and 300,000 megahertz.
- readvertise — to advertise (something) again
- rear vassal — (in feudal society) a man who entered into a personal relationship with a great vassal to whom he paid homage and fealty in return for protection and often a fief.
- receivables — the part of the assets of a business represented by accounts due for payment
- reservation — the act of keeping back, withholding, or setting apart.
- reservatory — any place where reserves or stores are kept, esp of food and/or water; esp, a reservoir
- restorative — serving to restore; pertaining to restoration.
- resultative — (in grammar) a phrase which describes the state of a noun by completing the verb phrase
- resveratrol — a compound found in red grapes, mulberries, peanuts, and certain plants, used medicinally as an antioxidant and anti-inflammatory
- revelations — the last book of the New Testament, containing visionary descriptions of heaven, of conflicts between good and evil, and of the end of the world
- reverse arp — Reverse Address Resolution Protocol
- reverse bar — an angle iron having one leg welded or riveted to a leg of another angle iron to make a member similar to a Z -bar.
- revisionary — the act or work of revising.
- revisualize — to recall or form mental images or pictures.
- revitalised — to give new life to.
- revivalists — a person, especially a member of the clergy, who promotes or holds religious revivals.
- rhea silvia — a vestal virgin who became the mother, by Mars, of Romulus and Remus.
- risk-averse — reluctant to take risks; tending to avoid risks as much as possible: risk-averse entrepreneurs.
- river basin — the area of land drained by a river and its branches.
- sales drive — a period of events or activities aimed to promote sales of a particular product or services
- salsa verde — Mexican Cookery, Latin-American Cookery. a green sauce of tomatillos, chili peppers, cilantro, garlic, and onion.
- salvageable — the act of saving a ship or its cargo from perils of the seas.
- sansevieria — any plant belonging to the genus Sansevieria, of the agave family, grown as a houseplant for its stiff, sword-shaped leaves and white or yellow flowers.
- sao vicente — an island city in SE Brazil.
- satin weave — one of the basic weave structures in which the filling threads are interlaced with the warp at widely separated intervals, producing the effect of an unbroken surface.
- savannakhet — a city in S central Laos.