13-letter words containing s, e, r, v
- restoratively — in a restorative manner
- restrictively — tending or serving to restrict.
- retributivism — a policy or theory of criminal justice that advocates the punishment of criminals in retribution for the harm they have inflicted.
- retributivist — a policy or theory of criminal justice that advocates the punishment of criminals in retribution for the harm they have inflicted.
- retrogressive — characterized by retrogression; degenerating.
- retrospective — directed to the past; contemplative of past situations, events, etc.
- revascularize — to surgically improve the blood circulation of (an organ or area of the body).
- revelationist — a person who believes in divine revelation.
- revenue stamp — a stamp showing that a governmental tax has been paid.
- reversal film — film developed by the reversal process.
- reverse bevel — the bevel of a bolt or lock on a door opening outward from the building, room, closet, etc., to which the doorway leads (opposed to regular bevel).
- reverse curve — an S -shaped curve, as on highways and railroad tracks, produced by the joining of two curves that turn in opposite directions.
- reverse fault — a fault in which the rock above the fault plane is displaced upward relative to the rock below the fault plane (opposed to gravity fault).
- reverse plate — a plate for printing a reverse.
- reverse swing — a type of swing in which a ball that has been scuffed on one side will move in the opposite direction to that of a new ball
- reverse video — a mode on the display screen of a computer in which the colors normally used for characters and background are reversed.
- reversibility — capable of reversing or of being reversed.
- revolutionise — to bring about a revolution in; effect a radical change in: to revolutionize petroleum refining methods.
- revolutionism — a belief in revolution or revolutionary ideas
- revolutionist — a person who advocates or takes part in a revolution.
- risk aversion — a strong disinclination to take risks
- rivalrousness — characterized by rivalry; competitive: the rivalrous aspect of their friendship.
- river estuary — a river mouth
- river fishing — the sport of fishing in rivers
- road surveyor — a person who does surveying work for road building
- role reversal — Role reversal is a situation in which two people have chosen or been forced to exchange their duties and responsibilities, so that each is now doing what the other used to do.
- roosevelt dam — a dam on the Salt River, in central Arizona. 284 feet (87 meters) high; 1080 feet (329 meters) long.
- rose d'anvers — a gem having a rose cut of 12 or fewer facets.
- rosenkavalier — an opera (1911) by Richard Strauss.
- rubber gloves — gloves made of rubber, worn to protect the hands while washing up, gardening, etc
- russian olive — oleaster.
- salad servers — kitchen utensils used as tongs to serve salad
- salary review — the, often annual, assessment or review of the salary or paid to an employee, where decisions are taken on whether the employee's pay should be increased, etc
- sales revenue — the gross income for a business derived from sales of its products or services
- sample survey — a survey of particular examples of sth, intended as representative of the whole category
- sandfly fever — a usually mild viral disease occurring in hot, dry areas, characterized by fever, eye pain, and sometimes a rash, transmitted by sandflies of the genus Phlebotomus.
- scarcely ever — almost never, seldom
- scarlet fever — a contagious febrile disease caused by streptococci and characterized by a scarlet eruption.
- school leaver — School leavers are young people who have just left school, because they have completed their time there.
- schuylerville — a village in E New York, on the Hudson: scene of Burgoyne's defeat and surrender in the Battle of Saratoga 1777.
- sciatic nerve — either of a pair of nerves, the largest in the body, that originate in the sacral plexus of the lower back and extend down the buttocks to the back of the knees, where they divide into other nerves: the sciatic nerve and its branches innervate large areas of the pelvis, leg, and foot.
- scratch video — the technique or practice of recycling images from films or television to make collages
- screen server — (spelling) Do you mean "screen saver"?
- scrivenership — the position of being a scrivener or scribe; scribing
- secure server — a web server that uses Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) or another security protocol to protect transmitted personal data from unauthorized access.
- self-approval — the act of approving; approbation.
- self-depraved — corrupt, wicked, or perverted.
- self-governed — governed by itself or having self-government, as a state or community; independent.
- self-improver — improvement of one's mind, character, etc., through one's own efforts.
- self-observed — to see, watch, perceive, or notice: He observed the passersby in the street.