10-letter words containing v, i, r
- revitalise — to give new life to.
- revitalize — to give new life to.
- revivalism — the form of religious activity that manifests itself in revivals.
- revivalist — a person, especially a member of the clergy, who promotes or holds religious revivals.
- revocation — the act of revoking; annulment.
- revolution — an overthrow or repudiation and the thorough replacement of an established government or political system by the people governed.
- rhinovirus — any of a varied and widespread group of picornaviruses responsible for many respiratory diseases, including the common cold.
- riaa curve — a graphical representation, adopted as a worldwide standard, of the amplitude in relation to frequency response required for correct reproduction of microgroove disc recordings, compensating for the characteristics of the recording process
- riboflavin — a vitamin B complex factor appearing as an orange-yellow, crystalline compound, C 1 7 H 2 0 N 4 O 6 , derived from ribose, essential for growth, found in milk, fresh meat, eggs, leafy vegetables, etc., or made synthetically, and used in enriching flour, in vitamin preparations, and in treating facial lesions.
- rise above — to get up from a lying, sitting, or kneeling posture; assume an upright position: She rose and walked over to greet me. With great effort he rose to his knees.
- river bank — land at edge of a river
- river edge — a borough in NE New Jersey.
- river fish — a freshwater fish
- river head — the source of a river
- rivercraft — a small vessel which is used to travel on rivers
- riverfront — the land or property along a river; the section of a city or town along a river.
- riverscape — a view, painting, etc., of a river and the land surrounding or adjacent to it.
- riverwards — towards a river
- rivetingly — in a riveting manner
- road movie — film in which story follows a journey
- romeoville — a town in NE Illinois.
- ruminative — to chew the cud, as a ruminant.
- salt river — a river flowing W from E Arizona to the Gila River near Phoenix: Roosevelt Dam. 200 miles (322 km) long.
- sand viper — hognose snake.
- savile row — a street in Mayfair, London, famous for expensive and fashionable clothes shops
- sayreville — a city in central New Jersey.
- scrivening — writing
- self-drive — of, for, designating, or providing a car that is rented for personal use, without a hired driver.
- semiquaver — a sixteenth note.
- separative — tending to separate.
- sergius iv — died 1012, pope 1009–12.
- serve time — be in prison
- serviceman — a member of the armed forces of a country.
- servicemen — a member of the armed forces of a country.
- servitress — a female servitor
- severities — harshness, sternness, or rigor: Their lives were marked by severity.
- shrievalty — the office, term, or jurisdiction of a sheriff.
- shrivelled — shrunken and withered
- shrovetide — the three days before Ash Wednesday, once a time of confession and absolution.
- silver age — Classical Mythology. the second of the four ages of humankind, inferior to the golden age but superior to the bronze age that followed: characterized by an increase of impiety and of human weakness.
- silver fir — a coniferous tree, Abies alba, native to Europe, the young branches of which are covered with grayish fuzz.
- silver fox — a red fox in the color phase in which the fur is black with silver-gray ends on the longer hairs.
- silver-eye — white-eye.
- silverback — an older male gorilla, usually the leader of a troop, whose hairs along the back turn gray with age.
- silverberg — Robert, born 1935, U.S. science-fiction writer.
- silverbill — a species of finch of the genus Munia
- silverfish — a white or silvery goldfish, Carassius auratus.
- silverhorn — any of various usually darkish caddis flies of the family Leptoceridae, characterized by very long pale antennae. The larvae are a favourite food of trout
- silverlike — Chemistry. a white, ductile metallic element, used for making mirrors, coins, ornaments, table utensils, photographic chemicals, conductors, etc. Symbol: Ag; atomic weight: 107.870; atomic number: 47; specific gravity: 10.5 at 20°C.
- silverling — a shekel or small silver coin