11-letter words containing s, r, i, v, a
- rhea silvia — a vestal virgin who became the mother, by Mars, of Romulus and Remus.
- risk-averse — reluctant to take risks; tending to avoid risks as much as possible: risk-averse entrepreneurs.
- river basin — the area of land drained by a river and its branches.
- sales drive — a period of events or activities aimed to promote sales of a particular product or services
- salvadorian — El Salvador.
- sansevieria — any plant belonging to the genus Sansevieria, of the agave family, grown as a houseplant for its stiff, sword-shaped leaves and white or yellow flowers.
- scuba diver — sb who dives underwater
- segregative — to separate or set apart from others or from the main body or group; isolate: to segregate exceptional children; to segregate hardened criminals.
- semiprivate — having some degree of privacy but not fully private, as a hospital room with fewer beds than a ward.
- septemviral — of or relating to septemvirs or a septemvirate.
- service ace — ace (def 3a).
- service cap — a saucer-shaped uniform cap with a visor, standard in the U.S. Army and Air Force.
- serviceable — capable of or being of service; useful.
- servitorial — of or pertaining to a servitor
- sharonville — a town in SW Ohio.
- sharpeville — a town in E South Africa: scene of riots in 1960 (when 69 demonstrators died), 1984, and 1985 (when 19 died)
- silver bass — white bass.
- silver goal — (in certain competitions) a goal scored in a full half of extra time that is played if a match is drawn. This goal counts as the winner if it is the only goal scored in the full half or full period of extra time
- silver gray — a light brownish-gray.
- silver hake — a common hake, Merluccius bilinearis, occurring off the Atlantic coast of North America and popular as a food fish.
- silver leaf — silver in the form of very thin foil.
- silver star — a bronze star with a small silver star at the center, awarded to a soldier who has been cited in orders for gallantry in action, when the citation does not warrant the award of a Medal of Honor or the Distinguished Service Cross.
- silver thaw — glaze (def 17).
- silver-gray — gray with a silvery luster
- silverchair — Australian rock group (formed 1994): comprising Daniel Johns (born 1979; vocals, guitar), Ben Gillies (born 1979, drums) and Chris Joannou (born 1979, bass guitar); their albums include Frogstomp (1995) and Young Modern (2007)
- silverwares — articles, especially eating and serving utensils, made of silver, silver-plated metals, stainless steel, etc.
- silvestrian — of or relating to woodland
- slave river — a river in NE Alberta and the Northwest Territories, in Canada: flowing from Lake Athabasca NW to Great Slave Lake. 258 miles (415 km) long.
- slaveringly — in a slavering manner
- snail fever — schistosomiasis.
- snake river — a river flowing from NW Wyoming through S Idaho into the Columbia River in SE Washington: Shoshone Falls. 1038 miles (1670 km) long.
- spirit cave — an archaeological site in Thailand that has produced evidence of very early plant domestication in Southeast Asia, dated c7000 b.c.
- sporulative — involving or relating to sporulation
- stravaiging — Scot., Irish, and North England. to wander aimlessly.
- subcurative — of a dosage which is not strong enough to have a curing effect
- subinterval — an interval that is a subset of a given interval.
- subtractive — tending to subtract; having power to subtract.
- subvertical — being in a position or direction perpendicular to the plane of the horizon; upright; plumb.
- superactive — engaged in action; characterized by energetic work, participation, etc.; busy: an active life.
- superlative — of the highest kind, quality, or order; surpassing all else or others; supreme; extreme: superlative wisdom.
- supervisual — of or relating to seeing or sight: a visual image.
- suppurative — suppurating; characterized by suppuration.
- surveillant — exercising surveillance.
- survivalist — a person who makes preparations to survive a widespread catastrophe, as an atomic war or anarchy, especially by storing food and weapons in a safe place.
- svarabhakti — the process of inserting vowel sounds into a consonant cluster, as in a loanword to make it conform to the pattern of the speaker's language and, hence, more easily pronounceable, as in the Italian pronunciation [lahn-tsee-ke-nek-kaw] /ˌlɑn tsi kɛˈnɛk kɔ/ (Show IPA) for German Landsknecht [lahnts-knekht] /ˈlɑntsˌknɛxt/ (Show IPA).
- sylvestrian — living in the woods; sylvan
- tea service — a set of chinaware for preparing and drinking hot beverages, especially tea.
- thanksgiver — a person who gives thanks.
- transceiver — a transmitter and receiver combined in one unit.
- transit van — A Transit van is a type of van that is used for carrying goods.