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14-letter words containing a, u, v, e

  • overcautiously — in such a way as to be too cautious, wary, or careful
  • overenthusiasm — absorbing or controlling possession of the mind by any interest or pursuit; lively interest: He shows marked enthusiasm for his studies.
  • overevaluation — an act or instance of evaluating or appraising.
  • overfastidious — excessively particular, critical, or demanding; hard to please: a fastidious eater.
  • overmodulation — excessive amplitude modulation, resulting in distortion of a signal.
  • overparticular — precise beyond necessity
  • overpersuasion — the act or instance of overpersuading someone
  • overpopulation — to fill with an excessive number of people, straining available resources and facilities: Expanding industry has overpopulated the western suburbs.
  • overregulation — a law, rule, or other order prescribed by authority, especially to regulate conduct.
  • oversaturating — to cause (a substance) to unite with the greatest possible amount of another substance, through solution, chemical combination, or the like.
  • oversaturation — the act or process of saturating.
  • pauper's grave — a grave paid for at public expense because the deceased person's family could not afford one
  • persuasiveness — able, fitted, or intended to persuade: a very persuasive argument.
  • pleural cavity — a narrow, fluid-filled space between the pleural membranes of the lung and the inner chest wall.
  • predevaluation — of or pertaining to the period prior to devaluation of a given thing
  • presuppurative — noting or pertaining to the stage of inflammation before the formation of pus.
  • private equity — equity in a business that is raised from private sources, as opposed to shares that can be traded publicly
  • public servant — a person holding a government office or job by election or appointment; person in public service.
  • pulmonary vein — a vein conveying oxygenated blood from the lungs to the left atrium of the heart.
  • quadrumvirates — Plural form of quadrumvirate.
  • quantitatively — that is or may be estimated by quantity.
  • quaquaversally — in a quaquaversal manner
  • quasi-medieval — of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or in the style of the Middle Ages: medieval architecture. Compare Middle Ages.
  • quasi-negative — expressing or containing negation or denial: a negative response to the question.
  • rateable value — In Britain, the rateable value of a building was a value based on its size and facilities, which was used in calculating local taxes called rates.
  • recapitulative — the act of recapitulating or the state of being recapitulated.
  • recurvirostral — with a beak which is bent upwards
  • reserve clause — the clause in the contract of a professional player in some sports that binds the player to a team for a season beyond the expiration of the contract in the event a new contract has not been made meanwhile or the player has not been sent to another team.
  • revenue stream — method of income
  • revenue tariff — a tariff or duty imposed on imports primarily to produce public revenue.
  • rievaulx abbey — a ruined Cistercian abbey near Helmsley in Yorkshire: built in the 12th century and abandoned at the dissolution of the monasteries; landscaped in the 18th century
  • rural delivery — a mail service in a country area, often run by contractors for the Post Office
  • saphenous vein — either of two large veins near the surface of the foot, leg, and thigh, one on the inner side and the other on the outer and posterior sides.
  • sauve qui peut — a state of panic or disorder; rout
  • scarcity value — increased value due to the inadequate supply of something
  • scavenger hunt — a game in which individuals or teams are sent out to accumulate, without purchasing, a series of common, outlandish, or humorous objects, the winner being the person or team returning first with all the items.
  • self-valuation — an estimated value or worth.
  • servant church — the attitude or practices of a church whose avowed purpose is to serve the world.
  • seventh avenue — an avenue in the borough of Manhattan, in New York City.
  • shrove tuesday — the last day of Shrovetide, long observed as a season of merrymaking before Lent.
  • sound archives — official records or files (as in a library) of sound recordings, broadcasts, or performances, esp those from radio programmes
  • southern slavs — one of a group of peoples in eastern, southeastern, and central Europe, including the Russians and Ruthenians (Eastern Slavs) the Bulgars, Serbs, Croats, Slavonians, Slovenes, etc. (Southern Slavs) and the Poles, Czechs, Moravians, Slovaks, etc. (Western Slavs)
  • store of value — the function of money that enables goods and services to be paid for a considerable time after they have been acquired
  • substantiative — to establish by proof or competent evidence: to substantiate a charge.
  • substantivized — to use (an adjective, verb, etc.) as a substantive; convert into a substantive: a substantivized participle.
  • superelevation — bank1 (def 6).
  • superior ovary — Botany. an ovary positioned above a receptacle of a flower, as in members of the mint family.
  • superovulation — to produce more than the normal number of ova at one time, as through hormone treatment.
  • surface-active — (of a substance, esp a detergent) capable of lowering the surface tension of a liquid, usually water
  • survival curve — a line or curve plotted on a graph indicating survival rates of a specific population, as breast-cancer patients, over a period of time.
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