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14-letter words containing c, o, r, v, i

  • recurvirostral — with a beak which is bent upwards
  • reservoir rock — rock that has sufficient porosity to contain accumulations of oil or gas.
  • retrodirective — (of a mirror, reflector, etc.) having three reflecting surfaces so oriented that a ray of light is reflected in a direction parallel but opposite to its original direction.
  • reverification — the act of verifying.
  • revivification — to restore to life; give new life to; revive; reanimate.
  • rhine province — a former province in W Germany, mostly W of the Rhine: now divided between Rhineland-Palatinate and North Rhine–Westphalia.
  • scotch verdict — a verdict of not proven: acceptable in certain cases in Scottish criminal law.
  • second service — the communion service: so called because it follows Morning Prayer.
  • security video — a video recording taken by a security camera
  • self-discovery — process of understanding oneself
  • senior service — the Royal Navy
  • seroconversion — the process of producing antibodies in response to a specific antigen
  • service a room — If you service a room, you clean it and change the towels and bed linen in it.
  • service module — (often initial capital letters) U.S. Aerospace. the section of an Apollo spacecraft containing the principal propulsion system, electrical system, water, and other supplies.
  • service sector — the sector of the economy that provides services rather than products, etc
  • servomechanism — an electronic control system in which a hydraulic, pneumatic, or other type of controlling mechanism is actuated and controlled by a low-energy signal.
  • share of voice — the proportion of the total audience or readership commanded by a media group across its full range of publishing and broadcasting activities
  • short covering — purchases that close out short sales on stocks or commodities.
  • sliding vector — a vector having specified magnitude and lying on a given line.
  • social service — organized welfare efforts carried on under professional auspices by trained personnel.
  • solar activity — the sum of all variable and short-lived disturbances on the sun, as sunspots, prominences, and solar flares.
  • sound archives — official records or files (as in a library) of sound recordings, broadcasts, or performances, esp those from radio programmes
  • storage device — a device used to store digital data or information, as a hard disk or CD.
  • the ordovician — the Ordovician period or rock system
  • tractive force — the force measured in the drawbar of a locomotive or tractor
  • tractor driver — a person who drives a motor vehicle used to pull heavy loads, esp farm machinery such as a plough or harvester
  • transactivator — to activate the replication of (a viral gene) through the presence of a gene at another locus, especially following a viral infection.
  • unchivalrously — in an unchivalrous manner
  • unconservative — disposed to preserve existing conditions, institutions, etc., or to restore traditional ones, and to limit change.
  • unconstructive — helping to improve; promoting further development or advancement (opposed to destructive): constructive criticism.
  • undiscoverable — unable to be discovered or found out
  • undiscoverably — in an undiscoverable manner
  • unproductivity — the quality, state, or fact of being able to generate, create, enhance, or bring forth goods and services: The productivity of the group's effort surprised everyone.
  • vacuum forming — a process in which a sheet of warmed thermoplastic is shaped by placing it in a mould and applying suction
  • valcour island — an island in NE New York, in Lake Champlain: battle 1776.
  • valerianaceous — belonging to the plant family Valerianaceae.
  • van conversion — van2 (def 4).
  • variable costs — Variable costs are costs that vary depending on how much of a product is made.
  • varicose veins — swollen blood vessels
  • vector graphic — a computer image that is stored in memory as lines rather than a series of dots, allowing it to be rotated or proportionally scaled.
  • 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.
  • vendor placing — a method of financing the purchase of one company by another in which the purchasing company pays for the target company in its own shares, on condition that the vendor places these shares with investors for cash payment
  • venereological — of or relating to the study of sexually transmitted diseases
  • vernier rocket — a small, low-thrust rocket engine for correcting the heading and velocity of a long-range ballistic missile.
  • vernix caseosa — the fatty matter, consisting chiefly of dead epidermal cells and sebaceous secretions, covering the skin of a fetus and newborn.
  • vertical union — industrial union.
  • vibropac block — a precast concrete building block
  • vicious circle — Logic. (in demonstration) the use of each of two propositions to establish the other. (in definition) the use of each of two terms to define the other.
  • victim support — Victim support is the giving of help and advice to people who are victims of crime.
  • victor charlie — a Vietcong or the Vietcong; the VC.
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