14-letter words containing a, v, e, r, u
- exposure value — the quantity of light hitting a photographic film, as determined by aperture values and shutter speed
- extravehicular — Of or relating to an activity performed in space outside a spacecraft.
- favourableness — The state or condition of being favourable.
- figurativeness — The property of being figurative.
- fructificative — having the ability to yield or produce fruit.
- full-flavoured — Full-flavoured food or wine has a pleasant fairly strong taste.
- galvanocautery — a cautery heated by a galvanic current.
- gaussian curve — normal curve.
- heavy industry — bulk materials manufacturing
- horse vaulting — gymnastics performed on horseback
- illustratively — In an illustrative manner.
- immunoreactive — Of, pertaining to, or causing an immune reaction.
- inland revenue — UK tax collection agency
- integral curve — a curve that is a geometric representation of a functional solution to a given differential equation.
- interbehaviour — interaction between multiple individuals
- irregular verb — verb with non-standard past tense
- l-shaped curve — a curve on a graph that shows a sharp fall after which values remain low for a long period
- labour of love — If you do something as a labour of love, you do it because you really want to and not because of any reward you might get for it, even though it involves hard work.
- learning curve — Education. a graphic representation of progress in learning measured against the time required to achieve mastery.
- macroevolution — major evolutionary transition from one type of organism to another occurring at the level of the species and higher taxa.
- marvel-of-peru — the four-o'clock, Mirabilis jalapa.
- marvellousness — The quality or state of being marvellous.
- maturity value — The maturity value of a life insurance policy is the amount of money that is paid out when it matures.
- misadventurous — (obsolete) unfortunate.
- misgovernaunce — misgovernment
- much-travelled — A much-travelled person has travelled a lot in foreign countries.
- native country — the country someone is born in or native to
- natural virtue — (especially among the scholastics) any moral virtue of which humankind is capable, especially the cardinal virtues: justice, temperance, prudence, and fortitude.
- nature reserve — protected area for wildlife
- non-vernacular — (of language) native or indigenous (opposed to literary or learned).
- nonbehavioural — not related to or concerned with behaviour
- nonsuppurative — Not suppurative.
- nouveau pauvre — a newly poor person.
- octave coupler — a mechanism on an organ and on some harpsichords that enables keys or pedals an octave apart to be played simultaneously
- oncornaviruses — Plural form of oncornavirus.
- outmaneuvering — Present participle of outmaneuver.
- outmanoeuvring — Present participle of outmanoeuvre.
- over-abundance — an excessive amount or abundance; surfeit: an overabundance of sugar in the diet.
- over-ambitious — having ambition; eagerly desirous of achieving or obtaining success, power, wealth, a specific goal, etc.: ambitious students.
- over-stimulate — to rouse to action or effort, as by encouragement or pressure; spur on; incite: to stimulate his interest in mathematics.
- overaccentuate — to accentuate too much
- overadjustment — an adjustment that is too great
- 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.