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15-letter words containing t, v, r, o

  • put one over on — to get (someone) to accept or believe a claim, excuse, etc, by deception
  • pyrrhic victory — a victory or goal achieved at too great a cost.
  • quartz movement — an extremely accurate electronic movement utilizing the natural frequency of vibrations of a quartz crystal to regulate the operation of the timepiece (quartz clock or quartz watch)
  • radial velocity — the component of the motion of a star away from or toward the earth along its line of sight, expressed in miles or kilometers per second and determined by the shift in the wavelength of light emitted by the star.
  • radioprotective — giving protection against the effects of radiation
  • recycle solvent — A recycle solvent is a solvent (= a substance that can dissolve another substance) which is used in a recovery system.
  • reflexivization — to make (a verb or pronoun) reflexive.
  • relative to sth — Relative to something means with reference to it or in comparison with it.
  • remonstratively — in a remonstrative or expostulatory manner
  • reprivatization — the action or process of reprivatizing, or an instance thereof
  • 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.
  • retro-operative — affecting or operating on past events; retroactive
  • retroreflective — of or relating to a surface, material, or device (retroreflector) that reflects light or other radiation back to its source; reflective.
  • retrospectively — with contemplation of past situations, events, etc.: You should examine your relationship retrospectively.
  • reverend mother — a title of respect or form of address for the Mother Superior of a convent
  • reverse transom — a surface forming the stern of a vessel, canted forwards at the upper side
  • 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 positive — relating to blood containing Rhesus antigen D
  • riverworthiness — (of a boat) the quality or state of being riverworthy
  • roving reporter — a reporter who travels around, rather than staying in a fixed place
  • 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-government — control of the government of a state, community, or other body by its own members; democratic government.
  • 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.
  • serve one right — to act as a servant.
  • service history — information concerning all of a car's services (ie overhauls, checks, or repairs)
  • service station — Also called gas station. a place equipped for servicing automobiles, as by selling gasoline and oil, making repairs, etc.
  • shortwave radio — a radio that transmits or receives shortwaves.
  • sled cultivator — go-devil (def 5).
  • starvation diet — insufficient food to stay alive
  • stationary wave — standing wave.
  • steak au poivre — pepper steak (def 2).
  • store detective — A store detective is someone who is employed by a shop to walk around the shop looking for people who are secretly stealing goods.
  • 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)
  • subcontraoctave — the octave below the contraoctave, which is three octaves below the middle C octave on a standard keyboard
  • superconvenient — highly convenient
  • supergovernment — a centralized organization formed by a group of governments to enforce justice or maintain peace.
  • superinvolution — an act or instance of involving or entangling; involvement.
  • the prime mover — God, esp when considered as a first cause
  • thermosensitive — readily affected by heat or a change in temperature.
  • throw overboard — to reject or abandon
  • to give rise to — If something gives rise to an event or situation, it causes that event or situation to happen.
  • 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.
  • tractive effort — the force exerted by a locomotive or other powered vehicle on its driving wheels.
  • travel brochure — a brochure, often from a travel agency, which advertises holidays, hotels, etc
  • 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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