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13-letter words containing s, e, v, r

  • self-reverent — feeling, exhibiting, or characterized by reverence; deeply respectful: a reverent greeting.
  • semi-vitreous — partially vitreous.
  • semievergreen — retaining green, unwithered leaves for part of the winter or through comparatively mild winters.
  • semioviparous — bearing young in an incomplete state of development, as a marsupial.
  • service break — an instance of a player winning a game against a server.
  • service clasp — clasp (def 4).
  • service court — the part of the court into which a player must serve in various games, as tennis, badminton, handball, or squash.
  • service dress — a khaki army uniform more formal than khakis but less formal than full army dress
  • service rifle — a rifle that is issued as standard to soldiers of an army or armed force
  • serviceperson — a person who is a member of the armed forces of a country.
  • serving hatch — a small hatch or opening in a kitchen wall used to serve food through to an adjoining room
  • serving spoon — utensil used to serve food
  • seventh chord — a chord formed by the superposition of three thirds.
  • seventh grade — school year: age 12-13
  • seventy-first — next after the seventieth; being the ordinal number for 71.
  • seventy-third — next after the seventy-second; being the ordinal number for 73.
  • seventy-three — a cardinal number, 70 plus 3.
  • severance pay — money, exclusive of wages, back pay, etc., paid to an employee who has tenure and who is dismissed because of lack of work or other reasons beyond the employee's control.
  • severance tax — a tax levied by a state on the extraction and use of a natural product, as coal, that is sold outside the state or during a certain period.
  • severodonetsk — a city in E Ukraine, NE of Donetsk.
  • shaver outlet — a point in a wall, esp in a bathroom, where you can connect an electric razor to the power supply
  • shaving cream — a preparation, as of soap and free fatty acid, that is lathered and applied to the face to soften and condition the beard for shaving.
  • shaving horse — a trestle for supporting and steadying a piece of work being shaved.
  • shirt-sleeves — not wearing a jacket; informally dressed: a shirt-sleeve mob.
  • shivering owl — screech owl.
  • short-sleeved — having short sleeves
  • shrove monday — the Monday before Ash Wednesday.
  • shrove sunday — the Sunday before Ash Wednesday; Quinquagesima.
  • sierra nevada — a mountain range in E California. Highest peak, Mt. Whitney, 14,495 feet (4420 meters).
  • silver bullet — direct or immediate solution
  • silver doctor — a type of artificial fly, used chiefly for trout and salmon.
  • silver dollar — A silver dollar is an American coin, worth one dollar, that is made of silver.
  • silver halide — a compound in which silver is combined with a halogen, as silver chloride, bromide, or iodide.
  • silver iodate — a white, crystalline, slightly water-soluble powder, AgIO 3 , used in medicine chiefly as an antiseptic and as an astringent.
  • silver iodide — a pale-yellow, water-insoluble solid, AgI, which darkens on exposure to light: used chiefly in medicine, photography, and artificial rainmaking.
  • silver lining — a sign of hope in an unfortunate or gloomy situation; a bright prospect: Every cloud has a silver lining.
  • silver polish — a type of polishing medium that is suitable for silver
  • silver poplar — white poplar (def 1).
  • silver salmon — coho salmon.
  • silver screen — motion pictures; the motion-picture industry: a star of the silver screen.
  • silver spring — a town in central Maryland, near Washington, D.C.
  • silver surfer — elderly internet user
  • silver tongue — the characteristic of being skilful at persuading people to believe what they say or to do what they want them to do
  • silver wattle — a tree, Acacia dealbata, of the legume family, native to Australia and Tasmania, having feathery, silver-gray foliage and fragrant yellow flowers.
  • silver-bullet — a quick solution to a difficult problem.
  • silver-haired — having silver coloured hair
  • silver-plated — Something that is silver-plated is covered with a very thin layer of silver.
  • silver-y moth — a brownish noctuid moth, Plusia gamma, having a light Y-shaped marking on each forewing; it migrates in large flocks
  • sir-reverence — (used as an expression of apology, as before unseemly or indelicate words.)
  • slasher movie — a film in which victims, often women, are slashed with knives, razors, etc
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