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

  • perceivability — capable of being perceived; perceptible.
  • peso boliviano — a nickel-clad steel coin, paper money, and monetary unit of Bolivia, equal to 100 centavos: replaced the boliviano in 1963.
  • private member — (sometimes lowercase) British. a member of a legislative body, especially of the House of Commons, who has no special duties and is not a member of the ministry.
  • public servant — a person holding a government office or job by election or appointment; person in public service.
  • rabies vaccine — substance that inoculates against rabies
  • rat-bite fever — either of two relapsing febrile diseases, widely distributed geographically, caused by infection with Streptobacillus moniliformis or Spirillum minor and transmitted by rats.
  • 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.
  • receivableness — the fact or condition of being receivable; receivability
  • recoverability — able to recover or be recovered: a patient now believed to be recoverable; recoverable losses on his investments.
  • rehabilitative — to restore to a condition of good health, ability to work, or the like.
  • removable disk — removable hard disk
  • retrievability — to recover or regain: to retrieve the stray ball.
  • reverberations — remote or indirect consequences of an action; repercussions
  • 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
  • root vegetable — edible starchy tuber
  • salvageability — the act of saving a ship or its cargo from perils of the seas.
  • savi's warbler — a type of warbler; Locustella luscinioides.
  • serviceability — capable of or being of service; useful.
  • sheva brachoth — the seven blessings said during the marriage service and repeated at the celebration thereafter
  • slave bracelet — a braceletlike, ornamental circlet or chain worn around the ankle.
  • 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.
  • tableau vivant — tableau (def 3).
  • the inevitable — something that is unavoidable
  • to break cover — If you break cover, you leave a place where you have been hiding or sheltering from attack, usually in order to run to another place.
  • unambivalently — in an unambivalent or clear manner
  • uncultivatable — unsuitable for cultivation
  • undiscoverable — unable to be discovered or found out
  • undiscoverably — in an undiscoverable manner
  • universal bank — A universal bank is a bank that offers both banking and stockbroking services to its clients.
  • universal beam — a broad-flanged rolled steel joist suitable for a stanchion (axial load) or beam (bending load)
  • unmaneuverable — capable of being steered or directed; easy to maneuver: The polyethylene craft remains as durable and maneuverable as any conventional high-performance kayak.
  • unvanquishable — not able to be vanquished or overcome; unconquerable; undefeatable
  • vaginal tablet — A vaginal tablet is a tablet inserted into the vagina to treat infection.
  • valve trombone — a trombone equipped with three or four valves in place of a slide.
  • van allen belt — either of two regions of high-energy-charged particles surrounding the earth, the inner region centered at an altitude of 2000 miles (3200 km) and the outer region at an altitude between 9000 and 12,000 miles (14,500 and 19,000 km).
  • variable costs — Variable costs are costs that vary depending on how much of a product is made.
  • variable-pitch — (of a propeller) controllable-pitch.
  • vegetable dish — a dish designed to serve vegetables from
  • vegetable silk — a fine, glossy fiber, similar to silk cotton, from the seeds of a spiny Brazilian tree, Chorisia speciosa.
  • vegetable soup — soup made with vegetables
  • vegetable wool — the fine, soft, curly hair that forms the fleece of sheep and certain other animals, characterized by minute, overlapping surface scales that give it its felting property.
  • vegetable-gold — Also called vegetable gold. a crocus, Crocus sativus, having showy purple flowers.
  • velasco ibarra — José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1893–1979, Ecuadorean political leader: president 1934–35, 1944–47, 1952–56, 1960–61, 1968–72.
  • venetian blind — a blind, as for a window, having overlapping horizontal slats that may be opened or closed, especially one in which the slats may be raised and drawn together above the window by pulling a cord.
  • verbena family — the plant family Verbenaceae, characterized by herbaceous plants, shrubs, and trees having opposite or whorled leaves, clusters of irregular, sometimes fragrant flowers, and fleshy or dry fruit, and including the beautyberry, lantana, teak, verbena, and vervain.
  • vesa local bus — (hardware, standard)   (VL, VLB) A local bus defined by the Video Electronics Standards Association, mostly used in personal computers based on the Intel 486. See also PCI.
  • viennese table — a dessert buffet, as at a reception, featuring a variety of fancy cakes, tarts, mousses, etc.
  • virginia beach — a town in SE Virginia.
  • warbling vireo — a grayish-green American vireo, Vireo gilvus, characterized by its melodious warble.
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