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12-letter words containing s, e, v, n

  • preservation — to keep alive or in existence; make lasting: to preserve our liberties as free citizens.
  • previsionary — having foresight
  • print server — (printer)   A server device that is set up on a network to route print requests and status information between computers and printers connected by a network. A typical print server routes print requests for multiple computers and printers on a network. For example, a networked workstation user submits a print command that includes a print file and information about the printer to be used, usually a nearby printer for convenience. The print server sends the print file to the requested printer. The printer spools the print file and provides job status. The print server relays the status of the printer back to the workstation and makes this status information available to other devices on the network.
  • prison fever — typhus.
  • protensively — in the manner of duration
  • provableness — the quality of being provable
  • pseudo-event — an event that is staged primarily so that it can be reported in the media.
  • reactiveness — tending to react.
  • reconvalesce — to convalesce again
  • reconversion — to convert again.
  • reinvestment — putting money into sth again
  • relativeness — the state or fact of being relative.
  • renal pelvis — a small funnel-shaped cavity of the kidney into which urine is discharged before passing into the ureter
  • rendezvouses — an agreement between two or more persons to meet at a certain time and place.
  • renovascular — of or relating to the blood vessels of the kidneys.
  • renversement — a reversal, an inversion, the act of reversing
  • reprehensive — the act of reprehending; reproof; censure.
  • reserve bank — one of the 12 principal banks of the U.S. Federal Reserve System.
  • reserve tank — the tank or part of a tank in a car engine that reserves fuel in case the main fuel supply runs out
  • reservedness — kept or set apart for some particular use or purpose.
  • responsively — responding especially readily and sympathetically to appeals, efforts, influences, etc.: a responsive government.
  • responsivity — the quality or state of being responsive.
  • retroversion — a looking or turning back.
  • return visit — If you make a return visit, you visit someone who has already visited you, or you go back to a place where you have already been once.
  • reverse snob — a person overly proud of being one of or sympathetic to the common people, and who denigrates or shuns those of superior ability, education, social standing, etc.
  • reverse turn — a manoeuvre which makes a vehicle move backwards and to the left or right
  • reversionary — of, relating to, or involving a reversion.
  • reversionist — a person who advocates reverting to the conditions, customs, ideals, etc., of an earlier era.
  • revisitation — the act of visiting.
  • reviviscence — the act or state of being revived; revival; reanimation.
  • river nelson — a river in central Canada, in N central Manitoba, flowing from Lake Winnipeg northeast to Hudson Bay. Length: about 650 km (400 miles)
  • roncesvalles — a village in N Spain, in the Pyrenees: defeat of part of Charlemagne's army and the death of Roland a.d.
  • rooseveltian — of, pertaining to, advocating, or following the principles, views, or policies of Franklin Delano Roosevelt or of Theodore Roosevelt.
  • root version — The initial value of an object in a change management system.
  • sacral nerve — any of the nerves arising in five pairs from the spinal cord in the sacrum.
  • sainte-beuve — Charles Augustin [sharl oh-gy-stan] /ʃarl oʊ güˈstɛ̃/ (Show IPA), 1804–69, French literary critic.
  • salk vaccine — a vaccine that contains three types of inactivated poliomyelitis viruses and induces immunity against the disease.
  • salve regina — a prayer in the form of a hymn to the Virgin Mary.
  • sand verbena — any of several low, mostly trailing plants of the genus Abronia, of the western U.S., having showy, verbenalike flowers.
  • saving grace — a quality that makes up for other generally negative characteristics; redeeming feature.
  • scavengering — scavenging
  • scheveningen — a town in the W Netherlands, near The Hague: seaside resort.
  • screen saver — a program that displays a constantly shifting pattern on a screen when the computer is idle, originally used to prevent damage to the screen through continuous display of the same image but now used primarily for decoration.
  • sea lavender — an Old World, maritime plant, Limonium vulgare, of the leadwort family, having one-sided spikes of small, lavender-colored flowers.
  • security van — an armoured van used to transport money or other valuables
  • self-driving — (of a machine) operating without the guidance of a human.
  • self-evident — evident in itself without proof or demonstration; axiomatic.
  • self-proving — to establish the truth or genuineness of, as by evidence or argument: to prove one's claim.
  • self-serving — preoccupied with one's own interests, often disregarding the truth or the interests, well-being, etc., of others.
  • semi-invalid — a person who is partially disabled or somewhat infirm
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