13-letter words containing v, a, r
- rocking valve — (on a steam engine) a valve mechanism oscillating through an arc to open and close.
- role reversal — Role reversal is a situation in which two people have chosen or been forced to exchange their duties and responsibilities, so that each is now doing what the other used to do.
- roll-over arm — an upholstered chair or sofa arm that curves outward and downward.
- romantic love — love characterized by romance and involving sexual attraction
- roosevelt dam — a dam on the Salt River, in central Arizona. 284 feet (87 meters) high; 1080 feet (329 meters) long.
- rose d'anvers — a gem having a rose cut of 12 or fewer facets.
- rosenkavalier — an opera (1911) by Richard Strauss.
- russian olive — oleaster.
- salad servers — kitchen utensils used as tongs to serve salad
- salary review — the, often annual, assessment or review of the salary or paid to an employee, where decisions are taken on whether the employee's pay should be increased, etc
- sales revenue — the gross income for a business derived from sales of its products or services
- sample survey — a survey of particular examples of sth, intended as representative of the whole category
- sandfly fever — a usually mild viral disease occurring in hot, dry areas, characterized by fever, eye pain, and sometimes a rash, transmitted by sandflies of the genus Phlebotomus.
- 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
- scarcely ever — almost never, seldom
- scarlet fever — a contagious febrile disease caused by streptococci and characterized by a scarlet eruption.
- school leaver — School leavers are young people who have just left school, because they have completed their time there.
- sciatic nerve — either of a pair of nerves, the largest in the body, that originate in the sacral plexus of the lower back and extend down the buttocks to the back of the knees, where they divide into other nerves: the sciatic nerve and its branches innervate large areas of the pelvis, leg, and foot.
- scratch video — the technique or practice of recycling images from films or television to make collages
- self-approval — the act of approving; approbation.
- self-depraved — corrupt, wicked, or perverted.
- semioviparous — bearing young in an incomplete state of development, as a marsupial.
- service break — an instance of a player winning a game against a server.
- service clasp — clasp (def 4).
- 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
- severance pay — money, exclusive of wages, back pay, etc., paid to an employee who has tenure and who is dismissed because of lack of work or other reasons beyond the employee's control.
- 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 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.
- 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.
- simon bolivar — Simón [sahy-muh n;; Spanish see-mawn] /ˈsaɪ mən;; Spanish siˈmɔn/ (Show IPA), ("El Libertador") 1783–1830, Venezuelan statesman: leader of revolt of South American colonies against Spanish rule.
- 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.