10-letter words containing v, i, s, e, r
- retrovirus — any of a family of single-stranded RNA viruses having a helical envelope and containing an enzyme that allows for a reversal of genetic transcription, from RNA to DNA rather than the usual DNA to RNA, the newly transcribed viral DNA being incorporated into the host cell's DNA strand for the production of new RNA retroviruses: the family includes the AIDS virus and certain oncogene-carrying viruses implicated in various cancers.
- revanchism — an advocate or supporter of a political policy of revanche, especially in order to seek vengeance for a previous military defeat.
- revanchist — an advocate or supporter of a political policy of revanche, especially in order to seek vengeance for a previous military defeat.
- reversible — capable of reversing or of being reversed.
- reversibly — capable of reversing or of being reversed.
- revestiary — the part of a church or temple where the clergy's gowns and other articles are kept; vestry
- revisional — the act or work of revising.
- revisitant — revisiting or returning to a place
- revitalise — 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.
- 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 fish — a freshwater fish
- riverscape — a view, painting, etc., of a river and the land surrounding or adjacent to it.
- riverwards — towards a river
- 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
- silverside — Chiefly British. a rump roast of beef, especially one taken from the crown of the rump.
- silverskin — the inner skin of a coffee bean
- silvertail — a person of affluence or influence.
- silvertone — made to resemble silver in color, sheen, etc.
- silverware — articles, especially eating and serving utensils, made of silver, silver-plated metals, stainless steel, etc.
- silverweed — a plant, Potentilla anserina, of the rose family, the leaves of which have a silvery pubescence on the underside.
- silverwork — fine or decorative work executed in silver.