13-letter words containing v, a, r, g
- reserve-grade — denoting a sporting team of the second rank in a club
- revenue agent — a government official who is responsible for the collection of revenue.
- revictualling — victuals, food supplies; provisions.
- ring-a-lievio — a game played usually between two teams in which the members of one team attempt to find, capture, and imprison the members of the other, who can be freed only by a teammate not yet captured.
- rocking valve — (on a steam engine) a valve mechanism oscillating through an arc to open and close.
- savings ratio — the ratio of personal savings to disposable income, esp using the difference between national figures for disposable income and consumer spending as a measure of savings
- serving hatch — a small hatch or opening in a kitchen wall used to serve food through to an adjoining room
- seventh grade — school year: age 12-13
- shaving brush — a short, cylindrical brush with long, soft, bristles, used in lathering the face before shaving.
- 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.
- slave trading — trafficking in people
- spring valley — a city in SW California, near San Diego.
- tergiversator — to change repeatedly one's attitude or opinions with respect to a cause, subject, etc.; equivocate.
- transgressive — to violate a law, command, moral code, etc.; offend; sin.
- travel agency — a business that accommodates travelers, as by securing tickets, arranging for reservations, and giving information.
- traveling bag — a small bag, as a valise or suitcase, usually made of leather, having an oblong shape, and used chiefly to hold clothes.
- unapprovingly — in an unapproving manner
- unscavengered — lacking the qualities of having been scavenged
- vacuum drying — the removal of liquid from a solution or mixture at reduced air pressure so that it dries at a lower temperature than would be required at full pressure.
- vaginal cream — A vaginal cream is cream for treating vaginal infections, applied with a special applicator.
- vaginal smear — a smear sample taken from vaginal mucous for cytological analysis
- vagodepressor — decreasing or mimicking the decrease of the activity of the vagus nerve.
- valet parking — a service offered by a hotel, restaurant, etc., by which patrons' cars are parked by an attendant.
- vanilla sugar — sugar which has been infused with vanilla
- vegetarianism — the beliefs or practices of a vegetarian.
- verbigeration — the condition or instances of repeating the same word or sentence against one's will as a symptom of a psychiatric disorder
- vestal virgin — (in ancient Rome) one of four, later six, virgins consecrated to Vesta and to the tending of the sacred fire on her altar.
- vicar general — Roman Catholic Church. a priest deputized by a bishop to assist him in the administration of a diocese.
- vicar-general — Roman Catholic Church. a priest deputized by a bishop to assist him in the administration of a diocese.
- village green — park or common in a village
- villeggiatura — a (country) holiday
- vindhya range — a mountain range in central India: separates the Ganges basin from the Deccan, marking the limits of northern and peninsular India. Greatest height: 1113 m (3651 ft)
- virginia city — a mining town in W Nevada: famous for the discovery of the rich Comstock silver lode 1859.
- virginia dare — Virginia, 1587–? first child born of English parents in the Western Hemisphere.
- virginia deer — the common white-tailed deer, Odocoileus virginianus, of eastern North America.
- virginia pine — a pine tree, Pinus virginiana, of the eastern U.S., that grows in poor soil and has needles in groups of two.
- virginia plan — a plan, unsuccessfully proposed at the Constitutional Convention, providing for a legislature of two houses with proportional representation in each house and executive and judicial branches to be chosen by the legislature.
- virginia rail — a long-billed American rail, Rallus limicola, having blackish and reddish-brown plumage.
- virginia reel — an American country dance in which the partners start by facing each other in two lines.
- virginiamycin — any of various antibacterial substances derived from the bacterium Streptomyces virginiae, used in antibiotics and in animal feed as a growth stimulant.
- virgo intacta — a girl or woman whose hymen has not been broken
- virologically — in a manner relating to virology
- virtual image — an optical image formed by the apparent divergence of rays from a point, rather than their actual divergence from a point
- visiting card — calling card (def 1).
- vulgarization — to make vulgar or coarse; lower; debase: to vulgarize standards of behavior.
- wallcoverings — Plural form of wallcovering.
- west virginia — a state in the E United States. 24,181 sq. mi. (62,629 sq. km). Capital: Charleston. Abbreviation: WV (for use with zip code), W.Va.
- yelizavetgrad — a former name of Kirovograd.