14-letter words containing c, u, r, v, e, t
- overparticular — precise beyond necessity
- overproduction — excessive production; production in excess of need or stipulated amount.
- oversolicitous — too solicitous: oversolicitous concerning one's health.
- overstructured — excessively structured or organized.
- pleural cavity — a narrow, fluid-filled space between the pleural membranes of the lung and the inner chest wall.
- productiveness — having the power of producing; generative; creative: a productive effort.
- productivities — 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.
- proventriculus — the glandular portion of the stomach of birds, in which food is partially digested before passing to the ventriculus or gizzard.
- provident club — a hire-purchase system offered by some large retail organizations
- public servant — a person holding a government office or job by election or appointment; person in public service.
- recapitulative — the act of recapitulating or the state of being recapitulated.
- reconstitutive — to constitute again; reconstruct; recompose.
- reconstructive — tending to reconstruct.
- recursive type — A data type which contains itself. The commonest example is the list type, in Haskell: data List a = Nil | Cons a (List a) which says a list of a's is either an empty list or a cons cell containing an 'a' (the "head" of the list) and another list (the "tail"). Recursion is not allowed in Miranda or Haskell synonym types, so the following Haskell types are illegal: type Bad = (Int, Bad) type Evil = Bool -> Evil whereas the seeminly equivalent algebraic data types are acceptable:
- recurvirostral — with a beak which is bent upwards
- revenue cutter — cutter (def 4).
- scarcity value — increased value due to the inadequate supply of something
- scavenger hunt — a game in which individuals or teams are sent out to accumulate, without purchasing, a series of common, outlandish, or humorous objects, the winner being the person or team returning first with all the items.
- security video — a video recording taken by a security camera
- servant church — the attitude or practices of a church whose avowed purpose is to serve the world.
- service tunnel — a tunnel alongside another which is used for services such as maintenance, repairs, etc
- stock turnover — the rate at which stock is sold and replenished
- supereffective — very or extremely effective
- superstructive — built onto a structure
- surface-active — (of a substance, esp a detergent) capable of lowering the surface tension of a liquid, usually water
- the vernacular — the commonly spoken language or dialect of a particular people or place
- travel voucher — a voucher, usually bought from a travel agency or won in a competition, etc, which can be used to pay for travel costs such as flights, accommodation, etc
- ultracivilized — showing a high degree of cultural or social development
- ultraexclusive — extremely exclusive
- unappreciative — feeling or showing appreciation: an appreciative audience at the concert.
- unattractively — in an unattractive 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.
- uncontroverted — to argue against; dispute; deny; oppose.
- under-activity — insufficiently active: an underactive thyroid gland.
- universal city — a city in S central Texas.
- vector product — cross product.
- vertical union — industrial union.
- volksdeutscher — a member of the German people, especially one of a community having its home outside of Germany, usually in central or eastern Europe.
- volume control — switch used to adjust level of sound
- volumetrically — of or relating to measurement by volume.
- voucher system — Accounting. a procedure for controlling disbursements by means of vouchers.