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12-letter words containing v, a, r, s

  • provisionary — providing or serving for the time being only; existing only until permanently or properly replaced; temporary: a provisional government.
  • quacksalvers — Plural form of quacksalver.
  • quaquaversal — (of a geological formation) sloping downward from the center in all directions.
  • radicivorous — feeding on the roots of plants
  • reactiveness — tending to react.
  • reactivities — the quality or condition of being reactive.
  • reconvalesce — to convalesce again
  • relativeness — the state or fact of being relative.
  • relativistic — of or relating to relativity or relativism.
  • 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.
  • resale value — the price which something can achieve when sold in the future
  • reserve bank — one of the 12 principal banks of the U.S. Federal Reserve System.
  • reserve tank — the tank or part of a tank in a car engine that reserves fuel in case the main fuel supply runs out
  • reserve team — a second team of a sports club, such as a football club, made up of emerging and young players
  • reverse arms — to turn one's arms upside down, esp as a token of mourning
  • reverse gear — The reverse gear of a vehicle is the gear which you use in order to make the vehicle go backwards.
  • reversionary — of, relating to, or involving a reversion.
  • revisitation — the act of visiting.
  • 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.
  • 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 loverSamuel, 1797–1868, Irish novelist, painter, and songwriter.
  • san salvador — a republic in NW Central America. 13,176 sq. mi. (34,125 sq. km). Capital: San Salvador.
  • sand verbena — any of several low, mostly trailing plants of the genus Abronia, of the western U.S., having showy, verbenalike flowers.
  • sanguivorous — feeding on blood, as a bat or insect.
  • sao salvador — a former name of Salvador (def 2).
  • saving grace — a quality that makes up for other generally negative characteristics; redeeming feature.
  • savoir faire — knowledge of just what to do in any situation; tact.
  • savoir-faire — knowledge of just what to do in any situation; tact.
  • savoir-vivre — knowledge of the world and the ways or usages of polite society.
  • sb's travels — the journeys someone makes to places a long way from their home
  • scavengering — scavenging
  • screen saver — a program that displays a constantly shifting pattern on a screen when the computer is idle, originally used to prevent damage to the screen through continuous display of the same image but now used primarily for decoration.
  • scrieveboard — the drawing board of a shipbuilder
  • scrive board — a floorlike construction on which the lines of a vessel can be drawn or scribed at full size.
  • scurvy grass — a plant, Cochlearia officinalis, of the mustard family, purported to be a remedy for scurvy.
  • sea lavender — an Old World, maritime plant, Limonium vulgare, of the leadwort family, having one-sided spikes of small, lavender-colored flowers.
  • security van — an armoured van used to transport money or other valuables
  • self-starved — to die or perish from lack of food or nourishment.
  • sendai virus — a paramyxovirus that tends to cause cell fusion: in inactive form, used in biological research to produce cells with multiple nuclei of different genetic constitutions.
  • septemvirate — the ruling body of septemvirs.
  • seronegative — showing no significant level of serum antibodies, or other immunologic marker in the serum, that would indicate previous exposure to the infectious agent being tested.
  • servant girl — a girl or woman employed as a servant who performs household duties
  • service area — motorway facilities
  • service flat — an apartment with complete hotel services.
  • service game — a game in which a particular tennis player is the one who serves
  • service mark — a proprietary term, such as Blue Cross and Blue Shield, American Express, or Planned Parenthood, that is registered with the Patent and Trademark Office. Abbreviation: SM.
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