13-letter words containing v, a, r, e
- severance tax — a tax levied by a state on the extraction and use of a natural product, as coal, that is sold outside the state or during a certain period.
- shaver outlet — a point in a wall, esp in a bathroom, where you can connect an electric razor to the power supply
- shaving cream — a preparation, as of soap and free fatty acid, that is lathered and applied to the face to soften and condition the beard for shaving.
- shaving horse — a trestle for supporting and steadying a piece of work being shaved.
- shrove monday — the Monday before Ash Wednesday.
- shrove sunday — the Sunday before Ash Wednesday; Quinquagesima.
- sierra nevada — a mountain range in E California. Highest peak, Mt. Whitney, 14,495 feet (4420 meters).
- silver dollar — A silver dollar is an American coin, worth one dollar, that is made of silver.
- silver halide — a compound in which silver is combined with a halogen, as silver chloride, bromide, or iodide.
- silver iodate — a white, crystalline, slightly water-soluble powder, AgIO 3 , used in medicine chiefly as an antiseptic and as an astringent.
- silver poplar — white poplar (def 1).
- silver salmon — coho salmon.
- silver wattle — a tree, Acacia dealbata, of the legume family, native to Australia and Tasmania, having feathery, silver-gray foliage and fragrant yellow flowers.
- silver-haired — having silver coloured hair
- silver-plated — Something that is silver-plated is covered with a very thin layer of silver.
- slasher movie — a film in which victims, often women, are slashed with knives, razors, etc
- slave trading — trafficking in people
- slave traffic — the traffic of slaves
- slieve donard — a mountain in SE Northern Ireland, in the Mourne Mountains: highest peak in Northern Ireland. Height: 853 m (2798 ft)
- sneak preview — a preview of a motion picture, often shown in addition to an announced film, in order to observe the reaction of the audience.
- solitary wave — a localized disturbance that propagates like a wave but resembles a particle in that it does not disperse, even if it collides with other such waves.
- soviet russia — a conventional name of the Soviet Union.
- spanish river — a river in S Ontario, Canada, flowing S into the North Channel of Lake Huron. 150 miles (241 km) long.
- sperry univac — (company) One of the divisions of Sperry Corporation at the time that company merged with the Burroughs Corporation to form Unisys Corporation.
- spring valley — a city in SW California, near San Diego.
- stain remover — a substance designed for removing stains or dirty marks, as from clothes, carpets, etc
- standover man — a person who extorts money by intimidation
- subderivative — a word derived from a derivative.
- subordinative — placed in or belonging to a lower order or rank.
- summer savory — See under savory2 .
- sunday driver — a person who drives a car inexpertly, especially slowly or overcautiously, in the manner of one who drives infrequently.
- suovetaurilia — (in ancient Rome) a sacrifice of a hog, a ram, and a bull.
- superachiever — someone who achieves more than most; high achiever
- superactivity — extreme activity; hyperactivity
- superelevated — (of a curve in a road, railroad track, etc.) banked.
- superlatively — of the highest kind, quality, or order; surpassing all else or others; supreme; extreme: superlative wisdom.
- surplus value — (in Marxian economics) the part of the value of a commodity that exceeds the cost of labor, regarded as the profit of the capitalist.
- tergiversator — to change repeatedly one's attitude or opinions with respect to a cause, subject, etc.; equivocate.
- terminatively — in a finalizing manner
- the adversary — Satan
- the civil war — the war between the North (the Union) and the South (the Confederacy) in the U.S. (1861-65)
- the narrative — the part of a literary work that relates events
- theatre lover — sb who enjoys going to plays
- throw a curve — a continuously bending line, without angles.
- time reversal — the mathematical operation of reversing the direction of time. Symbol: T.
- to break even — When a company or a person running a business breaks even, they make neither a profit nor a loss.
- to take cover — If you take cover, you shelter from gunfire, bombs, or the weather.
- toll traverse — a payment made for the right to cross privately owned property.
- touch a nerve — to mention or bring to mind a sensitive issue or subject
- tractor drive — a mechanism that feeds paper through a printer, using studs on a rotating wheel that engage with holes along the side of the paper