12-letter words containing v, a, l, e, r
- relief valve — a device that, when actuated by static pressure above a predetermined level, opens in proportion to the excess above this level and reduces the pressure to it. Compare safety valve (def 1).
- renal pelvis — a small funnel-shaped cavity of the kidney into which urine is discharged before passing into the ureter
- renovascular — of or relating to the blood vessels of the kidneys.
- replevisable — capable of being replevied.
- reputatively — according to reckoning; by repute; putatively
- resale value — the price which something can achieve when sold in the future
- retractively — in a retractive manner
- revalidation — to make valid; substantiate; confirm: Time validated our suspicions.
- revelational — the act of revealing or disclosing; disclosure.
- revictualled — victuals, food supplies; provisions.
- revitalizing — having the ability or tendency to restore strength
- ring-a-levio — a children's game in which members of one group try to find and capture hiding members of another group: a captured player is kept in a circle drawn on the ground and is set free when tagged by a teammate
- roman-fleuve — saga (def 3).
- roncesvalles — a village in N Spain, in the Pyrenees: defeat of part of Charlemagne's army and the death of Roland a.d.
- rooseveltian — of, pertaining to, advocating, or following the principles, views, or policies of Franklin Delano Roosevelt or of Theodore Roosevelt.
- rotary valve — a valve that rotates continuously or through an arc to open and close.
- sacral nerve — any of the nerves arising in five pairs from the spinal cord in the sacrum.
- salve regina — a prayer in the form of a hymn to the Virgin Mary.
- samuel lover — Samuel, 1797–1868, Irish novelist, painter, and songwriter.
- sb's travels — the journeys someone makes to places a long way from their home
- sea lavender — an Old World, maritime plant, Limonium vulgare, of the leadwort family, having one-sided spikes of small, lavender-colored flowers.
- self-starved — to die or perish from lack of food or nourishment.
- servant girl — a girl or woman employed as a servant who performs household duties
- service flat — an apartment with complete hotel services.
- severability — capability of being separated, as of a clause in an agreement
- several-fold — comprising several parts or members.
- shovel-ready — of or relating to a construction project that is ready to start immediately
- silver bream — a type of ray-finned fish from the family Cyprinidae
- silver maple — a maple, Acer saccharinum, having leaves that are light green above and silvery white beneath.
- silver medal — a medal, traditionally of silver or silver in color, awarded to a person or team finishing second in a competition, meet, or tournament.
- silver paper — silver foil.
- silver plate — thin coat of silver
- silver state — Nevada (used as a nickname).
- silver-plate — to coat (base metal) with silver, especially by electroplating.
- slave driver — an overseer of slaves.
- slave labour — Slave labour refers to slaves or to work done by slaves.
- slave trader — sb who traffics in people
- slave-driver — an overseer of slaves.
- sleeve board — a small-scale ironing board for pressing sleeves, especially a narrow board that fits inside a coat sleeve.
- space travel — spaceflight of manned vehicles.
- spinal nerve — any of a series of paired nerves that originate in the nerve roots of the spinal cord and emerge from the vertebrae on both sides of the spinal column, each branching out to innervate a specific region of the neck, trunk, or limbs.
- squaresville — a thing, place, etc., regarded as conventional, unfashionable, or conservative.
- street value — monetary worth
- subvertebral — located below a vertebra
- superelevate — to raise above a normal level
- superovulate — to produce more than the normal number of ova at one time, as through hormone treatment.
- surveillance — a watch kept over a person, group, etc., especially over a suspect, prisoner, or the like: The suspects were under police surveillance.
- swivel chair — a chair whose seat turns around horizontally on a swivel.
- tavern table — a short table having a narrow, deep apron and legs connected by a box stretcher.
- tetravalence — the condition of having a valency of four