15-letter words containing a, t, r, i, o, v
- stationary wave — standing wave.
- steak au poivre — pepper steak (def 2).
- strait of dover — a strait between SE England and N France, linking the English Channel with the North Sea. Width: about 32 km (20 miles)
- total depravity — the Calvinist doctrine that humankind's entire nature, including its reason, is corrupt or sinful as a result of the Fall and that people are therefore completely dependent on God for regeneration.
- tractive effort — the force exerted by a locomotive or other powered vehicle on its driving wheels.
- traveling block — (in a hoisting tackle) the block hooked to and moving with the load.
- ultraconvenient — extremely convenient
- unauthoritative — having due authority; having the sanction or weight of authority: an authoritative opinion.
- uncontroversial — of, relating to, or characteristic of controversy, or prolonged public dispute, debate, or contention; polemical: a controversial book.
- uncooperatively — in an uncooperative or unhelpful manner
- undemonstrative — not given to open exhibition or expression of emotion, especially of affection.
- uninformatively — in an uninformative manner
- universal joint — piece that couples two rotating shafts
- universal motor — a series-wound motor, of one-half horsepower or less, using alternating or direct current.
- unrevolutionary — not revolutionary, progressive, or radical
- vacation course — a course of study undertaken during a vacation, usually combined with other activities
- varicocelectomy — the surgical removal or ligation of varicose veins in the scrotal sac.
- vascularization — (of a tissue or embryo) to develop or extend blood vessels or other fluid-bearing vessels or ducts; become vascular.
- vasoconstrictor — a nerve or drug that causes vasoconstriction.
- vector addition — the process of finding one vector that is equivalent to the result of the successive application of two or more given vectors.
- vector analysis — the branch of calculus that deals with vectors and processes involving vectors.
- vegetable ivory — ivory (def 9).
- venus hairstone — a variety of rutilated quartz, used as a gemstone.
- vermouth cassis — a mixed drink made with dry vermouth, crème de cassis, soda or mineral water, and cracked ice.
- vicar apostolic — Roman Catholic Church. a titular bishop serving either in a district where no episcopal see has been established, or in one where the succession of bishops has been interrupted.
- vicar of christ — the pope, with reference to his claim to stand in the place of Jesus Christ and possess His authority in the church.
- victor emmanuel — 1869–1947, king of Italy 1900–46.
- victoria island — an island off the coast of N Canada, in the Arctic Ocean. 80,340 sq. mi. (208,081 sq. km).
- victoria nyanza — Victoria (def 10).
- viral infection — disease caused by a virus
- virginian stock — a similar and related North American plant, Malcolmia maritima
- virtual storage — a system whereby addressable memory is extended beyond main storage through the use of secondary storage managed by system software in such a way that programs can treat all of the designated storage as addressable main storage.
- vitreous silica — silica glass
- volta river dam — a hydroelectric dam on the Volta river
- voltage divider — a resistor or series of resistors connected to a voltage source and used to provide voltages that are fractions of that of the source.
- voltaic battery — battery (def 1a).
- voyeuristically — of, relating to, or characteristic of a voyeur or of voyeurism.
- vulgar fraction — common fraction.
- wolverine state — Michigan (used as a nickname).