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15-letter words containing t, r, a, v, e

  • representatives — a person or thing that represents another or others.
  • reprivatization — the action or process of reprivatizing, or an instance thereof
  • reserve tranche — the quota of 25 per cent to which a member of the IMF has unconditional access. Prior to 1978 it was paid in gold and known as the gold tranche
  • reservoir patch — A reservoir patch is an adhesive patch enclosing an amount of medicine. The patch is applied to the skin, and the medicine in it is delivered through a membrane into the skin and into the bloodstream.
  • retrievableness — the state or quality of being retrievable
  • retro-operative — affecting or operating on past events; retroactive
  • reverse transom — a surface forming the stern of a vessel, canted forwards at the upper side
  • reviewing stand — A reviewing stand is a special raised platform from which military and political leaders watch military parades.
  • revisualization — the act of visualizing or picturing something again
  • revolutionarily — of, pertaining to, characterized by, or of the nature of a revolution, or a sudden, complete, or marked change: a revolutionary junta.
  • revolving stage — a circular platform divided into segments enabling multiple theater sets to be put in place in advance and in turn rotated into view of the audience.
  • rhesus negative — relating to blood not containing Rhesus antigen D
  • rheumatic fever — a serious disease, associated with streptococcal infections, usually affecting children, characterized by fever, swelling and pain in the joints, sore throat, and cardiac involvement.
  • saturated vapor — a vapor whose temperature and pressure are such that any compression of its volume at constant temperature causes it to condense to liquid at a rate sufficient to maintain a constant pressure.
  • scavenge stroke — (in a reciprocating engine) the stroke of a piston in a four-stroke cycle that pushes the burnt gases out as exhaust
  • self-regulative — used for or capable of controlling or adjusting oneself or itself: a self-regulative device.
  • self-revelation — disclosure of one's private feelings, thoughts, etc., especially when unintentional.
  • self-revelatory — displaying, exhibiting, or disclosing one's most private feelings, thoughts, etc.: an embarrassingly self-revealing autobiography.
  • semi-figurative — of the nature of or involving a figure of speech, especially a metaphor; metaphorical and not literal: The word “head” has several figurative senses, as in “She's the head of the company.”. Synonyms: metaphorical, not literal, symbolic.
  • semi-vegetarian — a person who eats mostly plant foods, dairy products, and eggs, and occasionally chicken, fish, and red meat.
  • sentence adverb — an adverb modifying or commenting upon the content of a sentence as a whole or upon the conditions under which it is uttered, as frankly in Frankly, he can't be trusted.
  • service station — Also called gas station. a place equipped for servicing automobiles, as by selling gasoline and oil, making repairs, etc.
  • seven-card stud — a variety of poker in which each player is dealt one card face down in each of the first two rounds, one card face up in each of the next four rounds, and one card face down in the last round, each of the last five rounds being followed by a betting interval. Compare stud poker (def 1).
  • seven-year itch — scabies.
  • shortwave radio — a radio that transmits or receives shortwaves.
  • silver standard — a monetary standard or system using silver of specified weight and fineness to define the basic unit of currency.
  • simple interval — an interval of an octave or less.
  • sled cultivator — go-devil (def 5).
  • starvation diet — insufficient food to stay alive
  • stationary wave — standing wave.
  • steak au poivre — pepper steak (def 2).
  • steel engraving — a method of incising letters, designs, etc., on steel.
  • strait of dover — a strait between SE England and N France, linking the English Channel with the North Sea. Width: about 32 km (20 miles)
  • string variable — data on which arithmetical operations will not be performed
  • subcontraoctave — the octave below the contraoctave, which is three octaves below the middle C octave on a standard keyboard
  • the affirmative — the side in a debate that supports the proposition
  • the everlasting — God
  • throw overboard — to reject or abandon
  • total depravity — the Calvinist doctrine that humankind's entire nature, including its reason, is corrupt or sinful as a result of the Fall and that people are therefore completely dependent on God for regeneration.
  • tracking device — an electronic security device which allows you to monitor the location of a person or object, esp a vehicle
  • tractive effort — the force exerted by a locomotive or other powered vehicle on its driving wheels.
  • transitive verb — a verb accompanied by a direct object and from which a passive can be formed, as deny, rectify, elect.
  • transverse arch — a supporting arch or rib that runs across a vault from side to side, dividing the bays.
  • transverse axis — the axis of a hyperbola that passes through the two foci.
  • transverse wave — a wave in which the direction of displacement is perpendicular to the direction of propagation, as a surface wave of water.
  • travel brochure — a brochure, often from a travel agency, which advertises holidays, hotels, etc
  • travel sickness — nausea caused by motion
  • traveler's-tree — a bananalike tree, Ravenala madagascariensis, of Madagascar, having large leaves, the petioles of which contain a clear, watery sap.
  • traveling block — (in a hoisting tackle) the block hooked to and moving with the load.
  • traveller's joy — a ranunculaceous Old World climbing plant, Clematis vitalba, having white flowers and heads of feathery plumed fruits
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