14-letter words containing c, i, v, u
- dialect survey — a survey carried out in order to ascertain which dialect forms are used in which area
- discovery club — a division of Camp Fire, Inc., for members who are 12 or 13 years of age.
- discursiveness — passing aimlessly from one subject to another; digressive; rambling.
- diverticulated — having diverticula
- diverticulitis — inflammation of one or more diverticula, characterized by abdominal pain, fever, and changes in bowel movements.
- diverticulosis — the presence of saclike herniations of the mucosal layer of the colon through the muscular wall, common among older persons and usually producing no symptoms except occasional rectal bleeding.
- duchamp-villon — Raymond [re-mawn] /rɛˈmɔ̃/ (Show IPA), 1876–1918, French sculptor (brother of Jacques Villon and Marcel Duchamp).
- elevator music — recorded popular music played in the background in public places such as elevators, variously regarded as being bland, monotonous, etc.
- executive park — a commercial complex consisting of an office building set in parklike surroundings, often with such facilities as parking lots, restaurants, and recreational areas.
- extravehicular — Of or relating to an activity performed in space outside a spacecraft.
- fructificative — having the ability to yield or produce fruit.
- gaussian curve — normal curve.
- georges cuvier — Georges Léopold Chrétien Frédéric Dagobert [zhawrzh ley-aw-pawld krey-tyan frey-dey-reek da-gaw-ber] /ʒɔrʒ leɪ ɔˈpɔld kreɪˈtyɛ̃ freɪ deɪˈrik da gɔˈbɛr/ (Show IPA), Baron, 1769–1832, French naturalist: pioneer in the fields of paleontology and comparative anatomy.
- group velocity — the velocity of finite numbers of waves undergoing simple harmonic motion, equal to the phase velocity when it does not vary with the wavelengths of the waves. The group velocity of the set of waves produced in water when a stone is dropped is less than the velocity of the individual waves.
- guest services — Guest services at a hotel are the services, amenities and help that the hotel provides for its guests.
- immunoreactive — Of, pertaining to, or causing an immune reaction.
- inconclusively — In an inconclusive manner.
- insusceptively — in an insusceptive manner
- integral curve — a curve that is a geometric representation of a functional solution to a given differential equation.
- juvenile court — a law court having jurisdiction over youths, generally of less than 18 years.
- lasciviousness — inclined to lustfulness; wanton; lewd: a lascivious, girl-chasing old man.
- launch vehicle — Aerospace. a rocket used to launch a spacecraft or satellite into orbit or a space probe into space.
- learning curve — Education. a graphic representation of progress in learning measured against the time required to achieve mastery.
- levulinic acid — a white or colorless, water-soluble solid, C 5 H 8 O 3 , produced by the hydrolysis of cane sugar, starch, or cellulose; used chiefly in the organic synthesis of nylon, plastics, and pharmaceuticals.
- liver chestnut — chestnut (def 9).
- living picture — tableau (def 3).
- logistic curve — a curve, shaped like a letter S , defined as an exponential function and used to model various forms of growth.
- macroevolution — major evolutionary transition from one type of organism to another occurring at the level of the species and higher taxa.
- microevolution — evolutionary change involving the gradual accumulation of mutations leading to new varieties within a species.
- misgovernaunce — misgovernment
- mount victoria — a mountain in SE Papua New Guinea: the highest peak of the Owen Stanley Range. Height: 4073 m (13 363 ft)
- moving picture — A moving picture is a film.
- mucoviscidosis — cystic fibrosis.
- multiplicative — tending to multiply or increase.
- musca volitans — floater (def 6).
- music festival — a festival, often an annual event, at which a lot of different performers play
- native country — the country someone is born in or native to
- neurocognitive — Pertaining to cognitive functions that are linked to a particular area, pathway or network of the brain.
- non-conclusive — serving to settle or decide a question; decisive; convincing: conclusive evidence.
- non-conductive — having the property or capability of conducting.
- non-cultivable — capable of being cultivated.
- non-cultivated — prepared and used for raising crops; tilled: cultivated land.
- non-subjective — existing in the mind; belonging to the thinking subject rather than to the object of thought (opposed to objective).
- non-successive — following in order or in uninterrupted sequence; consecutive: three successive days.
- nonacquisitive — not acquisitive
- noncausatively — In a noncausative manner.
- noncommutative — of or relating to commutation, exchange, substitution, or interchange.
- nonconsecutive — following one another in uninterrupted succession or order; successive: six consecutive numbers, such as 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10.
- nonconsumptive — not consumptive of a resource, product, or service
- noncultivation — the state of not cultivating