13-letter words containing s, r, i, v
- disrespective — (obsolete) Showing a lack of respect; disrespectful.
- distributives — Plural form of distributive.
- divarications — Plural form of divarication.
- diversifiable — to make diverse, as in form or character; give variety or diversity to; variegate.
- diversionists — Plural form of diversionist.
- divertisement — (archaic) diversion; amusement; recreation.
- division ring — a ring in which the set of nonzero elements is a group with the operation of multiplication.
- draft version — a preliminary version
- driver's seat — the seat from which a vehicle is operated.
- eavesdropping — to listen secretly to a private conversation.
- ebola (virus) — an RNA virus (family Filoviridae) that causes fever, internal bleeding, and, often, death
- energy saving — the fact of saving energy, or amount of energy saved
- enteroviruses — Plural form of enterovirus.
- evangelistary — a book containing passages from the gospels to be used as part of the liturgy
- evening dress — formal clothing
- everlastingly — In an everlasting manner; so as to be everlasting.
- ex-serviceman — An ex-serviceman is a man who used to be in a country's army, navy, or air force.
- excursiveness — The quality of being discursive.
- extravasating — Present participle of extravasate.
- extravasation — The exudation of blood, lymph or urine from a vessel into the tissues.
- extroversions — Plural form of extroversion.
- false vampire — any large, carnivorous bat of the families Megadermatidae and Phyllostomatidae, of Africa, Asia, and Australia, erroneously reputed to suck the blood of animals and humans.
- favrile glass — a type of iridescent glass developed by L.C. Tiffany
- festivalgoers — Plural form of festivalgoer.
- fever blister — cold sore.
- fibrovascular — composed of fibrous and conductive tissue, as in the vascular systems of higher plants: a fibrovascular bundle.
- field service — military service performed in the field
- field servoid — (jargon, abuse) /fee'ld ser'voyd/ A play on "android", a derogatory term for a representative of a field service organisation (see field circus), suggesting an unintelligent rule-driven approach to servicing computer hardware.
- flavoproteins — Plural form of flavoprotein.
- forgivingness — disposed to forgive; indicating forgiveness: a forgiving soul; a forgiving smile.
- formicivorous — ant-eating.
- fosamprenavir — (pharmaceutical drug) An anti-retroviral prodrug of the protease inhibitor amprenavir. It is used to treat HIV infected patients.
- friendsgiving — a gathering of friends to celebrate Thanksgiving with a feast, falling near or on Thanksgiving Day, in contrast to the traditional celebrations that typically involve family.
- frivolousness — characterized by lack of seriousness or sense: frivolous conduct.
- gas reversion — Gas reversion is a process which combines thermal cracking or reforming of naphtha with thermal polymerization or alkylation of hydrocarbon gases, which is carried out in the same reaction place.
- german silver — any of various alloys of copper, zinc, and nickel, usually white and used for utensils, drawing instruments, etc.; nickel silver.
- give sb heart — If something gives you heart, it makes you feel more confident or happy about something.
- goods service — a transport service in which goods are sent by train from one location to another
- gram-positive — (of bacteria) retaining the violet dye when stained by Gram's method.
- graminivorous — feeding or subsisting on grass: a graminivorous bird.
- gravity scale — a scale giving the relative density of fluids
- grimes graves — an area of Neolithic flint mines in Suffolk, England, comprising more than 300 mine shafts and galleries.
- half-silvered — (of a mirror) having an incomplete reflective coating, so that half the incident light is reflected and half transmitted: used in optical instruments and two-way mirrors
- harvest index — a measurement of crop yield: the weight of a harvested product as a percentage of the total plant weight of a crop.
- heavy cruiser — a naval cruiser having 8-inch (20.3-cm) guns as its main armament.
- herpesviruses — Plural form of herpesvirus.
- hypertensives — Plural form of hypertensive.
- immersiveness — The quality or degree of being immersive.
- imperfectives — Plural form of imperfective.
- imperseverant — lacking the power to perceive