15-letter words containing c, o, v, e, s
- second division — the half of a league comprising the teams having the poorest records at a particular time.
- semi-conductive — Semi-conductive describes a component which conducts electricity less well than a good conductor but better than an insulator.
- service economy — an economy which is dominated by the provision or importance of services (as opposed to products)
- service history — information concerning all of a car's services (ie overhauls, checks, or repairs)
- service station — Also called gas station. a place equipped for servicing automobiles, as by selling gasoline and oil, making repairs, etc.
- service uniform — a uniform for routine duties and service, as distinguished from work, dress, or full-dress uniforms.
- servo-mechanism — A servo-mechanism is a system or device that provides increased power to operate a control.
- shockwave flash — flash
- shoshone cavern — a large cave in NW Wyoming: a national monument.
- 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.
- stick-to-it-ive — tenaciously resolute; persevering: Stick-to-it-ive people get ahead in life.
- store detective — A store detective is someone who is employed by a shop to walk around the shop looking for people who are secretly stealing goods.
- subcontraoctave — the octave below the contraoctave, which is three octaves below the middle C octave on a standard keyboard
- superconvenient — highly convenient
- survival course — a course that teaches people how to survive in the wild and in other dangerous environments
- touch-sensitive — Touch-sensitive equipment is operated by the user touching it.
- uncomprehensive — of large scope; covering or involving much; inclusive: a comprehensive study of world affairs.
- uncontroversial — of, relating to, or characteristic of controversy, or prolonged public dispute, debate, or contention; polemical: a controversial book.
- vacation course — a course of study undertaken during a vacation, usually combined with other activities
- vector analysis — the branch of calculus that deals with vectors and processes involving vectors.
- velcro fastener — a fastener made of Velcro
- 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.
- vermouth cassis — a mixed drink made with dry vermouth, crème de cassis, soda or mineral water, and cracked ice.
- vernier compass — a compass on a transit (vernier transit) having a vernier for adjusting magnetic bearings to read as true bearings.
- vers de societe — humorous light verse dealing with fashions and foibles of the time.
- virtuous circle — a beneficial cycle of events or incidents, each having a positive effect on the next.
- viscosity index — an arbitrary scale for lubricating oils that indicates the extent of variation in viscosity with variation of temperature.
- vitreous silica — silica glass
- voice synthesis — the artificial production of the human voice
- 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.