12-letter words containing v, i, r
- r.s.v.p.'ing — to reply to an invitation: Don't forget to RSVP before Thursday.
- rabbit fever — tularemia.
- radicivorous — feeding on the roots of plants
- rally driver — sports-car racer
- rarity value — if something has rarity value, it is valuable because there a few examples of it
- raven-haired — with glossy deep black hair
- ravioli code — (jargon, humour) Object-oriented code consisting of a number of small and loosely-coupled software components. Presumably, the term is a compliment, contrasting the code with spaghetti code.
- re-educative — of or relating to re-education
- reactivation — to render active again; revive.
- reactiveness — tending to react.
- reactivities — the quality or condition of being reactive.
- receivership — the condition of being in the hands of a receiver.
- recidivistic — repeated or habitual relapse, as into crime.
- reconceiving — to form (a notion, opinion, purpose, etc.): He conceived the project while he was on vacation.
- reconvention — an action brought by the defendant in pending litigation against the plaintiff: the defendant's claim must be connected in some way with the subject matter of the plaintiff's action.
- reconversion — to convert again.
- reconviction — a fixed or firm belief: No clever argument, no persuasive fact or theory could make a dent in his conviction in the rightness of his position.
- recreatively — to refresh by means of relaxation and enjoyment, as restore physically or mentally.
- recuperative — that recuperates.
- red valerian — a bushy valerian, Centranthus ruber, of Europe and southwestern Asia, having many fragrant red, crimson, or white flowers.
- redemptively — serving to redeem.
- rediscoverer — a person who rediscovers
- reevaluation — an act or instance of evaluating or appraising.
- reflectively — that reflects; reflecting.
- reflectivity — that reflects; reflecting.
- refractivity — the power to refract.
- regenerative — of, relating to, or characterized by regeneration.
- regressivity — regressing or tending to regress; retrogressive.
- reinvestment — putting money into sth again
- reinvigorate — to give vigor to; fill with life and energy; energize.
- reinvitation — the act of inviting.
- rejuvenating — making young again
- rejuvenation — to make young again; restore to youthful vigor, appearance, etc.: That vacation has certainly rejuvenated him.
- rejuvenative — to make young again; restore to youthful vigor, appearance, etc.: That vacation has certainly rejuvenated him.
- relativeness — the state or fact of being relative.
- relativistic — of or relating to relativity or relativism.
- relief valve — a device that, when actuated by static pressure above a predetermined level, opens in proportion to the excess above this level and reduces the pressure to it. Compare safety valve (def 1).
- remotivation — the act or an instance of motivating, or providing with a reason to act in a certain way: I don't understand what her motivation was for quitting her job. Synonyms: motive, inspiration, inducement, cause, impetus.
- remunerative — affording remuneration; profitable: remunerative work.
- renal pelvis — a small funnel-shaped cavity of the kidney into which urine is discharged before passing into the ureter
- repercussive — causing repercussion; reverberating.
- repetitively — pertaining to or characterized by repetition.
- replevisable — capable of being replevied.
- reprehensive — the act of reprehending; reproof; censure.
- repressively — tending or serving to repress: repressive laws.
- reproductive — serving to reproduce.
- reputatively — according to reckoning; by repute; putatively
- respectively — in precisely the order given; sequentially.
- responsively — responding especially readily and sympathetically to appeals, efforts, influences, etc.: a responsive government.
- responsivity — the quality or state of being responsive.