14-letter words containing c, i, v, s
- vickers number — a numerical expression of the hardness of a metal as determined by a test (Vickers test) in which the sample is indented under a known pressure by the point of a diamond and the surface area of the indentation is divided into the amount of pressure applied.
- victim support — Victim support is the giving of help and advice to people who are victims of crime.
- victoria cross — a British decoration awarded to soldiers and sailors for acts of conspicuous bravery in the presence of the enemy. Abbreviation: V.C.
- victoria falls — a major waterfall on the border between Zimbabwe and Zambia, on the Zambezi River. Height: about 108 m (355 ft). Width: about 1400 m (4500 ft)
- video cassette — a cassette enclosing a length of tape for video recording or reproduction.
- villa cisneros — former name of Dakhla (def 2).
- village school — a school in a village
- villein socage — land held by a tenant who rendered to a lord specified duties of a servile nature.
- vincennes lisp — (language) (VLISP) A dialect of Lisp resulting from development, starting in 1971, of Lisp interpreters and compilers at the University of Paris VIII - Vincennes. VLISP interpreters and compilers were designed to run on small computers.
- vindictiveness — disposed or inclined to revenge; vengeful: a vindictive person.
- virginia stock — a plant, Malcolmia maritima, of the mustard family, native to the Mediterranean region, having oblong leaves on a weak, often reclining stem and reddish or white flowers.
- visceral cleft — branchial cleft.
- visible speech — the representation in graphic or pictorial form of characteristics of speech, as by means of sound spectrograms.
- vitalistically — from a vitalistic point of view
- vitrescibility — the ability to be vitrified
- vivisectionist — a person who vivisects.
- voice response — output of information from a computer system in the form of speech rather than displayed text
- volcanic glass — a natural glass produced when molten lava cools very rapidly; obsidian.
- volcaniclastic — pyroclastic.
- volcanoclastic — pyroclastic.
- wave mechanics — a form of quantum mechanics formulated in terms of a wave equation, as the Schrödinger equation.
- weaver's hitch — sheet bend.
- whiplash-curve — the lash of a whip.
- yeoman service — excellent service