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13-letter words containing v, i, s, o, r

  • proverbialism — a proverbial expression
  • proverbialist — a person who composes, records or uses proverbial expressions
  • provincialise — to make provincial in character.
  • provincialism — narrowness of mind, ignorance, or the like, considered as resulting from lack of exposure to cultural or intellectual activity.
  • provincialist — a native or inhabitant of a province.
  • provisionally — providing or serving for the time being only; existing only until permanently or properly replaced; temporary: a provisional government.
  • radius vector — Mathematics. the length of the line segment joining a fixed point or origin to a given point.
  • recovery ship — a naval vessel designed to participate in the retrieval of a satellite, instrument package, or spaceship after it has re-entered the atmosphere and landed in the ocean
  • remonstrative — to say or plead in protest, objection, or disapproval.
  • rendezvousing — an agreement between two or more persons to meet at a certain time and place.
  • restoratively — in a restorative manner
  • retrogressive — characterized by retrogression; degenerating.
  • retrospective — directed to the past; contemplative of past situations, events, etc.
  • revelationist — a person who believes in divine revelation.
  • reverse video — a mode on the display screen of a computer in which the colors normally used for characters and background are reversed.
  • revolutionise — to bring about a revolution in; effect a radical change in: to revolutionize petroleum refining methods.
  • revolutionism — a belief in revolution or revolutionary ideas
  • revolutionist — a person who advocates or takes part in a revolution.
  • risk aversion — a strong disinclination to take risks
  • rivalrousness — characterized by rivalry; competitive: the rivalrous aspect of their friendship.
  • root division — the act or process of reproducing plants by a division of roots or crowns.
  • rosenkavalier — an opera (1911) by Richard Strauss.
  • russian olive — oleaster.
  • savings ratio — the ratio of personal savings to disposable income, esp using the difference between national figures for disposable income and consumer spending as a measure of savings
  • scratch video — the technique or practice of recycling images from films or television to make collages
  • self-improver — improvement of one's mind, character, etc., through one's own efforts.
  • semi-vitreous — partially vitreous.
  • semioviparous — bearing young in an incomplete state of development, as a marsupial.
  • service court — the part of the court into which a player must serve in various games, as tennis, badminton, handball, or squash.
  • serviceperson — a person who is a member of the armed forces of a country.
  • serving spoon — utensil used to serve food
  • shaving horse — a trestle for supporting and steadying a piece of work being shaved.
  • shivering owl — screech owl.
  • silver doctor — a type of artificial fly, used chiefly for trout and salmon.
  • silver dollar — A silver dollar is an American coin, worth one dollar, that is made of silver.
  • silver iodate — a white, crystalline, slightly water-soluble powder, AgIO 3 , used in medicine chiefly as an antiseptic and as an astringent.
  • silver iodide — a pale-yellow, water-insoluble solid, AgI, which darkens on exposure to light: used chiefly in medicine, photography, and artificial rainmaking.
  • silver polish — a type of polishing medium that is suitable for silver
  • silver poplar — white poplar (def 1).
  • silver salmon — coho salmon.
  • silver tongue — the characteristic of being skilful at persuading people to believe what they say or to do what they want them to do
  • silver-y moth — a brownish noctuid moth, Plusia gamma, having a light Y-shaped marking on each forewing; it migrates in large flocks
  • simon bolivar — Simón [sahy-muh n;; Spanish see-mawn] /ˈsaɪ mən;; Spanish siˈmɔn/ (Show IPA), ("El Libertador") 1783–1830, Venezuelan statesman: leader of revolt of South American colonies against Spanish rule.
  • slasher movie — a film in which victims, often women, are slashed with knives, razors, etc
  • slieve donard — a mountain in SE Northern Ireland, in the Mourne Mountains: highest peak in Northern Ireland. Height: 853 m (2798 ft)
  • society verse — light, graceful, entertaining poetry considered as appealing to polite society.
  • solitary wave — a localized disturbance that propagates like a wave but resembles a particle in that it does not disperse, even if it collides with other such waves.
  • souvenir shop — a shop that sells trivial gift items, such as T-shirts, coffee mugs, keyrings etc, esp aimed at tourists
  • sovereigntist — a supporter of sovereignty association
  • soviet russia — a conventional name of the Soviet Union.
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