15-letter words containing c, i, v, l, s, o
- silver chloride — a white, granular, water-insoluble powder, AgCl, that darkens on exposure to light, produced by the reaction of silver nitrate with a chloride: used chiefly in the manufacture of photographic emulsions and in the making of antiseptic silver preparations.
- sled cultivator — go-devil (def 5).
- sleeve coupling — a cylinder joining the ends of two lengths of shafting or pipe.
- social movement — a group of diffusely organized people or organizations striving toward a common goal relating to human society or social change, or the organized activities of such a group: The push for civil rights was a social movement that peaked in the 1950s and 1960s.
- social services — organized welfare efforts carried on under professional auspices by trained personnel.
- specific volume — volume per unit mass; the reciprocal of density.
- subcivilization — a division of a civilization
- 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
- survival course — a course that teaches people how to survive in the wild and in other dangerous environments
- uncontroversial — of, relating to, or characteristic of controversy, or prolonged public dispute, debate, or contention; polemical: a controversial book.
- vascularization — (of a tissue or embryo) to develop or extend blood vessels or other fluid-bearing vessels or ducts; become vascular.
- vector analysis — the branch of calculus that deals with vectors and processes involving vectors.
- venetian school — any of various groups of artists identified with Venice throughout the history of Italian art but most notably the painters of the 18th century, as Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, Francesco Guardi, and Antonio Canaletto.
- 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.
- victoria island — an island off the coast of N Canada, in the Arctic Ocean. 80,340 sq. mi. (208,081 sq. km).
- violinistically — in a violinistic manner
- virtuous circle — a beneficial cycle of events or incidents, each having a positive effect on the next.
- vitreous silica — silica glass
- volcano islands — a group of three volcanic islands in the W Pacific, about 1100 km (700 miles) south of Japan: the largest is Iwo Jima, taken by US forces in 1945 and returned to Japan in 1968. Area: about 28 sq km (11 sq miles)
- volume discount — a reduced price for goods given by a seller on the basis that the buyer buys a large quantity
- voyeuristically — of, relating to, or characteristic of a voyeur or of voyeurism.