11-letter words containing v, e, a
- revibration — the act of vibrating.
- revictualed — victuals, food supplies; provisions.
- revindicate — to clear, as from an accusation, imputation, suspicion, or the like: to vindicate someone's honor.
- revisionary — the act or work of revising.
- revisualize — to recall or form mental images or pictures.
- revitalised — to give new life to.
- revitalized — restored; active again
- revivalists — a person, especially a member of the clergy, who promotes or holds religious revivals.
- rh negative — See under Rh factor.
- rh-negative — See under Rh factor.
- rhea silvia — a vestal virgin who became the mother, by Mars, of Romulus and Remus.
- rift valley — graben.
- risk-averse — reluctant to take risks; tending to avoid risks as much as possible: risk-averse entrepreneurs.
- river basin — the area of land drained by a river and its branches.
- rotogravure — a photomechanical process by which pictures, typeset matter, etc., are printed from an intaglio copper cylinder.
- run a fever — have a high temperature
- sales drive — a period of events or activities aimed to promote sales of a particular product or services
- salsa verde — Mexican Cookery, Latin-American Cookery. a green sauce of tomatillos, chili peppers, cilantro, garlic, and onion.
- salvageable — the act of saving a ship or its cargo from perils of the seas.
- sansevieria — any plant belonging to the genus Sansevieria, of the agave family, grown as a houseplant for its stiff, sword-shaped leaves and white or yellow flowers.
- sao vicente — an island city in SE Brazil.
- satin weave — one of the basic weave structures in which the filling threads are interlaced with the warp at widely separated intervals, producing the effect of an unbroken surface.
- savannakhet — a city in S central Laos.
- scrap value — what sth is worth for recycling or reuse
- screensaver — 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.
- scuba diver — sb who dives underwater
- sea of azov — a shallow arm of the Black Sea, to which it is connected by the Kerch Strait: almost entirely landlocked; fed chiefly by the River Don. Area: about 37 500 sq km (14 500 sq miles)
- sealed move — the last move before an adjournment, which is written down by the player making it, sealed in an envelope, and kept secret from his opponent until play is resumed
- segregative — to separate or set apart from others or from the main body or group; isolate: to segregate exceptional children; to segregate hardened criminals.
- self-avowed — acknowledged; declared: an avowed enemy.
- semi-active — engaged in action; characterized by energetic work, participation, etc.; busy: an active life.
- semiprivate — having some degree of privacy but not fully private, as a hospital room with fewer beds than a ward.
- septavalent — having a valence of seven; heptavalent.
- septemviral — of or relating to septemvirs or a septemvirate.
- septivalent — having a valence of seven; heptavalent.
- servanthood — the condition of being a servant
- servantless — without servants; not having a servant or servants
- server farm — a collection of computer servers (usually in a business, organization, etc) used to accomplish tasks for which multiple machines are needed
- service ace — ace (def 3a).
- service cap — a saucer-shaped uniform cap with a visor, standard in the U.S. Army and Air Force.
- serviceable — capable of or being of service; useful.
- servitorial — of or pertaining to a servitor
- seventh-day — designating certain Christian denominations that make Saturday their chief day of rest and religious observance: Seventh-Day Adventists.
- severalfold — comprising several parts or members.
- sex-starved — deprived of sexual gratification
- shaft grave — a grave consisting of a deep, rectangular pit with vertical sides, roofed over with a stone slab.
- sharonville — a town in SW Ohio.
- sharpeville — a town in E South Africa: scene of riots in 1960 (when 69 demonstrators died), 1984, and 1985 (when 19 died)
- shaving gel — product that softens hair growth for shaving
- shcherbakov — a former name (1946–57) of Andropov.