12-letter words containing s, e, r, v
- evening star — Venus as seen after sunset
- everlastings — Plural form of everlasting.
- every bit as — equally, just as
- everydayness — (uncountable) The quality or state of happening every day, or frequently.
- eviscerating — Present participle of eviscerate.
- evisceration — A disemboweling; the removal of viscera.
- exasperative — having an exasperating or irritating nature
- exclusive or — (logic) (XOR, EOR) /X or, E or/ A two-input function whose result is true if one input is true and the other is false. The truth table is A | B | A xor B --+---+-------- F | F | F F | T | T T | F | T T | T | F The output is thus true if the inputs are not equal. If one input is false, the other is passed unchanged whereas if one input is true, the other is inverted. In Boolean algebra, exclusive or is often written as a plus in a circle: "⊕". The circle may be omitted suggesting addition modulo two. In digital logic, an exclusive or logic gate is drawn like a normal inclusive or gate but with a curved line across both inputs: {exclusive or gate " />.
- expressively — In an expressive manner.
- expressivity — (uncountable) The quality of being expressive.
- extravasated — Simple past tense and past participle of extravasate.
- extravasates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of extravasate.
- extraversion — Alternative spelling of extroversion.
- extroversion — (psychology) Concern with or an orientation toward others or what is outside oneself; behavior expressing such an orientation; the definitive characteristic of an extrovert.
- extrovertish — Extroverted.
- faits divers — brief news stories, as those typically found in some French newspapers, that are sensational, lurid, etc.
- favorite son — (at a national political convention) a candidate nominated for office by delegates from his or her own state.
- favouredness — the quality of or extent to which something is favoured
- festivalgoer — A person attending a festival.
- feverishness — The quality of being feverish.
- fire service — The fire service is an organization which has the job of putting out fires.
- five fingers — any of certain species of potentilla having leaves of five leaflets, as Potentilla canadensis.
- flavorlessly — In a flavorless way.
- food service — the preparation, delivery, serving, etc., of ready-to-eat foods: The cafeteria employs over 20 people in food service.
- forest grove — a town in NW Oregon.
- full-service — offering or providing a wide range of services related to the basic line of business, as when a filling station changes tires or makes car repairs in addition to selling gasoline.
- gallivanters — Plural form of gallivanter.
- game reserve — wildlife park, safari park
- ganges river — a river flowing SE from the Himalayas in N India into the Bay of Bengal: sacred to Hindus. 1550 miles (2495 km) long.
- generativist — a person who follows or promotes the theories of generative grammar.
- geneva cross — a red Greek cross on a white background, displayed to distinguish ambulances, hospitals, and persons belonging to the Red Cross Society.
- give rise to — to get up from a lying, sitting, or kneeling posture; assume an upright position: She rose and walked over to greet me. With great effort he rose to his knees.
- gloversville — a city in E New York.
- gold reserve — the stock of gold held by a government or central bank to back its promissory notes or currency or to settle its international debts.
- governorates — Plural form of governorate.
- governorship — the duties, term in office, etc., of a governor.
- graminivores — Plural form of graminivore.
- gravediggers — Plural form of gravedigger.
- gravenhages' — a Dutch name of The Hague.
- great vassal — (in feudal society) a man who entered into a personal relationship with a king to whom he paid homage and fealty in return for protection and often a fief.
- grievousness — causing grief or great sorrow: grievous news.
- griseofulvin — an antibiotic, C 17 H 17 ClO 6 , obtained from a species of Penicillium, used in the treatment of ringworm and other fungous infections of the skin.
- gustav hertz — Gustav [goo s-tahf] /ˈgʊs tɑf/ (Show IPA), 1887–1975, German physicist: Nobel Prize 1925.
- gustave dore — (Paul) Gustave [pawl gy-stav] /pɔl güˈstav/ (Show IPA), 1832?–83, French painter, illustrator, and sculptor.
- gypsy driver — the driver of a gypsy cab
- half-starved — to die or perish from lack of food or nourishment.
- harvest home — the bringing home of the harvest.
- harvest mite — chigger (def 1).
- harvest moon — the moon at and about the period of fullness that is nearest to the autumnal equinox.
- harvest tick — chigger (def 1).