13-letter words containing v, e, r
- river estuary — a river mouth
- river fishing — the sport of fishing in rivers
- river lamprey — Lampetra fluviatilis; a jawless fish
- river red gum — a large Australian red gum tree, Eucalyptus camaldulensis, growing along river banks
- river traffic — the boats that sail on a river
- riviera beach — a town in SE Florida.
- road surveyor — a person who does surveying work for road building
- 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.
- rubber gloves — gloves made of rubber, worn to protect the hands while washing up, gardening, etc
- 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.
- 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.
- schuylerville — a village in E New York, on the Hudson: scene of Burgoyne's defeat and surrender in the Battle of Saratoga 1777.
- 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
- screen server — (spelling) Do you mean "screen saver"?
- scrivenership — the position of being a scrivener or scribe; scribing
- secure server — a web server that uses Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) or another security protocol to protect transmitted personal data from unauthorized access.
- self-approval — the act of approving; approbation.
- self-depraved — corrupt, wicked, or perverted.
- self-governed — governed by itself or having self-government, as a state or community; independent.
- self-improver — improvement of one's mind, character, etc., through one's own efforts.
- self-observed — to see, watch, perceive, or notice: He observed the passersby in the street.
- self-reverent — feeling, exhibiting, or characterized by reverence; deeply respectful: a reverent greeting.
- semi-vitreous — partially vitreous.
- semievergreen — retaining green, unwithered leaves for part of the winter or through comparatively mild winters.
- 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).
- service court — the part of the court into which a player must serve in various games, as tennis, badminton, handball, or squash.
- service dress — a khaki army uniform more formal than khakis but less formal than full army dress
- service rifle — a rifle that is issued as standard to soldiers of an army or armed force
- serviceperson — a person who is a member of the armed forces of a country.
- serving hatch — a small hatch or opening in a kitchen wall used to serve food through to an adjoining room
- serving spoon — utensil used to serve food
- seventh chord — a chord formed by the superposition of three thirds.
- seventh grade — school year: age 12-13
- seventy-first — next after the seventieth; being the ordinal number for 71.