11-letter words containing v, r, a
- rift valley — graben.
- risk-averse — reluctant to take risks; tending to avoid risks as much as possible: risk-averse entrepreneurs.
- river basin — the area of land drained by a river and its branches.
- rotogravure — a photomechanical process by which pictures, typeset matter, etc., are printed from an intaglio copper cylinder.
- run a fever — have a high temperature
- sales drive — a period of events or activities aimed to promote sales of a particular product or services
- salsa verde — Mexican Cookery, Latin-American Cookery. a green sauce of tomatillos, chili peppers, cilantro, garlic, and onion.
- salvadorian — El Salvador.
- sansevieria — any plant belonging to the genus Sansevieria, of the agave family, grown as a houseplant for its stiff, sword-shaped leaves and white or yellow flowers.
- scrap value — what sth is worth for recycling or reuse
- screensaver — a program that displays a constantly shifting pattern on a screen when the computer is idle, originally used to prevent damage to the screen through continuous display of the same image but now used primarily for decoration.
- scuba diver — sb who dives underwater
- segregative — to separate or set apart from others or from the main body or group; isolate: to segregate exceptional children; to segregate hardened criminals.
- semiprivate — having some degree of privacy but not fully private, as a hospital room with fewer beds than a ward.
- septemviral — of or relating to septemvirs or a septemvirate.
- servanthood — the condition of being a servant
- servantless — without servants; not having a servant or servants
- server farm — a collection of computer servers (usually in a business, organization, etc) used to accomplish tasks for which multiple machines are needed
- service ace — ace (def 3a).
- service cap — a saucer-shaped uniform cap with a visor, standard in the U.S. Army and Air Force.
- serviceable — capable of or being of service; useful.
- servitorial — of or pertaining to a servitor
- severalfold — comprising several parts or members.
- sex-starved — deprived of sexual gratification
- shaft grave — a grave consisting of a deep, rectangular pit with vertical sides, roofed over with a stone slab.
- sharonville — a town in SW Ohio.
- sharpeville — a town in E South Africa: scene of riots in 1960 (when 69 demonstrators died), 1984, and 1985 (when 19 died)
- shcherbakov — a former name (1946–57) of Andropov.
- shore leave — permission to spend time ashore, usually 48 hours or more, granted a member of a ship's company.
- shovelboard — the game of shuffleboard.
- silver bass — white bass.
- silver goal — (in certain competitions) a goal scored in a full half of extra time that is played if a match is drawn. This goal counts as the winner if it is the only goal scored in the full half or full period of extra time
- silver gray — a light brownish-gray.
- silver hake — a common hake, Merluccius bilinearis, occurring off the Atlantic coast of North America and popular as a food fish.
- silver leaf — silver in the form of very thin foil.
- silver star — a bronze star with a small silver star at the center, awarded to a soldier who has been cited in orders for gallantry in action, when the citation does not warrant the award of a Medal of Honor or the Distinguished Service Cross.
- silver thaw — glaze (def 17).
- silver-gray — gray with a silvery luster
- silverchair — Australian rock group (formed 1994): comprising Daniel Johns (born 1979; vocals, guitar), Ben Gillies (born 1979, drums) and Chris Joannou (born 1979, bass guitar); their albums include Frogstomp (1995) and Young Modern (2007)
- silverwares — articles, especially eating and serving utensils, made of silver, silver-plated metals, stainless steel, etc.
- silvestrian — of or relating to woodland
- sky cavalry — air cavalry.
- slave labor — persons, especially a large group, performing labor under duress or threats, as prisoners in a concentration camp; a labor force of slaves or slavelike prisoners.
- slave river — a river in NE Alberta and the Northwest Territories, in Canada: flowing from Lake Athabasca NW to Great Slave Lake. 258 miles (415 km) long.
- slave trade — the business or process of procuring, transporting, and selling slaves, especially black Africans to the New World prior to the mid-19th century.
- slaveholder — an owner of slaves.
- slaveringly — in a slavering manner
- sleeveboard — a small-scale ironing board for pressing sleeves, especially a narrow board that fits inside a coat sleeve.
- snail fever — schistosomiasis.
- snake river — a river flowing from NW Wyoming through S Idaho into the Columbia River in SE Washington: Shoshone Falls. 1038 miles (1670 km) long.