14-letter words containing s, e, v, r, a
- graveyard stew — milk toast.
- grease remover — a substance that removes grease
- half seas over — of, relating to, or adapted for use at sea.
- half sovereign — a gold coin of the United Kingdom, discontinued in 1917, equal to 10 shillings.
- half-seas over — drunk; intoxicated; inebriated.
- hand over fist — the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
- handkerchieves — Plural form of handkerchief.
- have hard ears — to be stubbornly disobedient
- health service — system of medical care
- health visitor — In Britain, a health visitor is a nurse whose job is to visit people in their homes and offer advice on matters such as how to look after very young babies or people with physical disabilities.
- heat reservoir — a hypothetical body of infinitely large mass capable of absorbing or rejecting unlimited quantities of heat without undergoing appreciable changes in temperature, pressure, or density.
- heavy industry — bulk materials manufacturing
- hertzian waves — radio waves or other electromagnetic radiation resulting from the oscillations of electricity in a conductor
- horse vaulting — gymnastics performed on horseback
- illustratively — In an illustrative manner.
- imperativeness — absolutely necessary or required; unavoidable: It is imperative that we leave.
- improvisatrice — Female improvisatore.
- improvvisatore — an improvisator, especially a person who extemporizes verse.
- in one's favor — something done or granted out of goodwill, rather than from justice or for remuneration; a kind act: to ask a favor.
- inapprehensive — not apprehensive (often followed by of).
- indiscoverable — not discoverable.
- intensive care — the use of specialized equipment and personnel for continuous monitoring and care of the critically ill.
- interrogatives — Plural form of interrogative.
- interval scale — a scale of measurement of data according to which the differences between values can be quantified in absolute but not relative terms and for which any zero is merely arbitrary: for instance, dates are measured on an interval scale since differences can be measured in years, but no sense can be given to a ratio of times
- intransitively — (grammar) In an intransitive manner; without an object following.
- invariableness — The state of being invariable; constancy of state, condition, or quality; immutability; unchangeableness.
- irreplevisable — not replevisable; not capable of being replevied.
- l-shaped curve — a curve on a graph that shows a sharp fall after which values remain low for a long period
- like a dervish — If you say that someone is like a dervish, you mean that they are turning round and round, waving their arms about, or working very quickly.
- mangrove swamp — a coastal marine swamp of tropical or subtropical regions that is dominated by mangrove trees.
- markov process — a process in which future values of a random variable are statistically determined by present events and dependent only on the event immediately preceding.
- marvellousness — The quality or state of being marvellous.
- mattress cover — a cover that can be put over a mattress before a bed sheet, providing further protection
- metanarratives — Plural form of metanarrative.
- misadventurous — (obsolete) unfortunate.
- misgovernaunce — misgovernment
- misinformative — to give false or misleading information to.
- mithridates vi — ("the Great") 132?–63 b.c, king of Pontus 120–63.
- monotransitive — In grammar, pertaining to a transitive verb that takes a single mandatory object, either a direct object or a primary object depending on the language.
- native speaker — sb: language is their mother tongue
- nature reserve — protected area for wildlife
- new year's eve — the night of December 31, often celebrated with merrymaking to usher in the new year at midnight.
- nizhnevartovsk — a city in W central Russia, an oil and gas center on the Ob River.
- non-aggressive — abstention from aggression, especially by a nation.
- non-conversant — familiar by use or study (usually followed by with): conversant with Spanish history.
- non-reservable — to keep back or save for future use, disposal, treatment, etc.
- nonassertively — In a nonassertive way.
- noncontrastive — not contrastive.
- nonrestorative — serving to restore; pertaining to restoration.
- nonsuppurative — Not suppurative.