12-letter words containing s, u, r, v
- polyomavirus — any of a genus (Polyomavirus) of papovaviruses that naturally infect wild and laboratory mice, and that cause tumors when injected into newborn mice
- posteruptive — occurring after a volcanic eruption
- pseudovector — a variable quantity, such as angular momentum, that has magnitude and orientation with respect to an axis. The components are even functions of the coordinates
- quacksalvers — Plural form of quacksalver.
- quaquaversal — (of a geological formation) sloping downward from the center in all directions.
- quicksilvery — resembling quicksilver
- radicivorous — feeding on the roots of plants
- 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.
- repercussive — causing repercussion; reverberating.
- resale value — the price which something can achieve when sold in the future
- resurrective — of or relating to resurrection
- retropulsive — of or relating to retropulsion
- 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 turn — a manoeuvre which makes a vehicle move backwards and to the left or right
- route survey — a survey for determining the route, grades, etc., of a railroad, highway, or power line.
- russellville — a city in central Arkansas.
- samuel lover — Samuel, 1797–1868, Irish novelist, painter, and songwriter.
- sanguivorous — feeding on blood, as a bat or insect.
- scurvy grass — a plant, Cochlearia officinalis, of the mustard family, purported to be a remedy for scurvy.
- security van — an armoured van used to transport money or other valuables
- seminivorous — feeding on seeds: seminivorous birds.
- semivitreous — partially vitreous.
- sendai virus — a paramyxovirus that tends to cause cell fusion: in inactive form, used in biological research to produce cells with multiple nuclei of different genetic constitutions.
- service club — any of several organizations dedicated to the growth and general welfare of its members and the community.
- seventy-four — a cardinal number, 70 plus 4.
- silver mound — a perennial Japanese herb, Artemisia schmidtiana, having silver-green leaves forming a moundlike shape.
- silver trout — a variety of cutthroat trout, Salmo clarki henshawi, having silvery coloration, inhabiting Lake Tahoe.
- silviculture — the cultivation of forest trees; forestry.
- slave labour — Slave labour refers to slaves or to work done by slaves.
- squaresville — a thing, place, etc., regarded as conventional, unfashionable, or conservative.
- stirrup-vase — a Mycenaean vase having a spherical body, a spout on the shoulder, and a handle, curving across the top, supported by a solid conical neck.
- stradivarius — a violin or other instrument made by Stradivari or his family.
- street value — monetary worth
- street virus — a virus, as rabies, obtained from a naturally infected animal and usually virulent, as opposed to a laboratory-attenuated strain.
- struma-river — a river in S Europe, flowing SE through SW Bulgaria and NE Greece into the Aegean. 225 miles (362 km) long.
- subscriptive — a sum of money given or pledged as a contribution, payment, investment, etc.
- subservience — serving or acting in a subordinate capacity; subordinate.
- subserviency — serving or acting in a subordinate capacity; subordinate.
- subversively — Also, subversionary [suh b-vur-zhuh-ner-ee, -shuh-] /səbˈvɜr ʒəˌnɛr i, -ʃə-/ (Show IPA). tending or intending to subvert or overthrow, destroy, or undermine an established or existing system, especially a legally constituted government or a set of beliefs.
- subvertebral — located below a vertebra
- super twelve — an annual international southern hemisphere Rugby Union tournament between teams from South Africa, Australia, and New Zealand
- superelevate — to raise above a normal level
- superevident — extremely or very evident
- supergravity — a hypothetical symmetry among groups of particles containing fermions and bosons, especially in theories of gravity (supergravity) that unify electromagnetism, the weak force, and the strong force with gravity into a single unified force.
- supermassive — (of a black hole or star) having a mass in the range of millions or billions of times that of the sun
- superovulate — to produce more than the normal number of ova at one time, as through hormone treatment.
- supervenient — to take place or occur as something additional or extraneous (sometimes followed by on or upon).
- supervention — to take place or occur as something additional or extraneous (sometimes followed by on or upon).
- supravitally — in a supravital manner