15-letter words containing b, i, l, v
- omnibenevolence — unlimited kindness and generosity
- over-publicized — to give publicity to; bring to public notice; advertise: They publicized the meeting as best they could.
- peruvian balsam — Peru balsam.
- problem-solving — skills, process: of finding solutions
- public lavatory — a public toilet
- publicity event — an event designed to generate publicity
- random variable — a quantity that takes any of a set of values with specified probabilities.
- retrievableness — the state or quality of being retrievable
- river blindness — onchocerciasis.
- sauvignon blanc — a white grape grown primarily in France and California.
- saviour sibling — a child conceived through IVF and screened for compatibility with a terminally or seriously ill sibling in order to provide organ or cell donations as a form of treatment
- self-subversive — Also, subversionary [suh b-vur-zhuh-ner-ee, -shuh-] /səbˈvɜr ʒəˌnɛr i, -ʃə-/ (Show IPA). tending or intending to subvert or overthrow, destroy, or undermine an established or existing system, especially a legally constituted government or a set of beliefs.
- sibling rivalry — the feeling of competitiveness that often exists between brothers and sisters
- slavonian grebe — a N Eurasian or N American grebe with reddish underside and a black and gold crest; Podiceps auritus
- sliver building — a very narrow skyscraper designed in response to restriction of the building site or zoning, frequently containing only a single apartment per floor or comparably limited office space.
- string variable — data on which arithmetical operations will not be performed
- subcivilization — a division of a civilization
- subclavian vein — either of a pair of veins, one on each side of the body, that return blood from the arms to the heart.
- subconjunctival — the mucous membrane that lines the exposed portion of the eyeball and inner surface of the eyelids.
- subvocalization — the act or process of producing subvocal speech
- television tube — a cathode-ray tube designed for the reproduction of television pictures
- traveling block — (in a hoisting tackle) the block hooked to and moving with the load.
- unadvisableness — the quality of being imprudent or not advisable
- unavailableness — the state of being useless or ineffectual
- unverifiability — the quality or state of being unverifiable
- variable region — a configuration in the upper branches of the Y of an antibody molecule, unique in each antibody type, that binds with the determinant of a specific antigen.
- vegetable ivory — ivory (def 9).
- vegetable knife — a knife designed to cut up vegetables
- viper's bugloss — the blueweed.
- visible exports — goods sold to a foreign country or countries
- visible horizon — horizon (def 1).
- visible imports — products that a company or country buys from other countries
- voltaic battery — battery (def 1a).
- vulnerabilities — capable of or susceptible to being wounded or hurt, as by a weapon: a vulnerable part of the body.