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15-letter words containing d, e, v, i, t

  • the devil's own — a very difficult or problematic (thing)
  • the living dead — dead people that have been brought back to life by a supernatural force
  • third ventricle — one of the four cavities of the brain, lying on the midline between the cerebral hemispheres
  • to have it made — If you say that someone has it made or has got it made, you mean that they are certain to be rich or successful.
  • total depravity — the Calvinist doctrine that humankind's entire nature, including its reason, is corrupt or sinful as a result of the Fall and that people are therefore completely dependent on God for regeneration.
  • tracking device — an electronic security device which allows you to monitor the location of a person or object, esp a vehicle
  • tricuspid valve — the valve, consisting of three triangular flaps of tissue between the right auricle and ventricle of the heart, that keeps blood from flowing back into the auricle.
  • undemonstrative — not given to open exhibition or expression of emotion, especially of affection.
  • underinvestment — insufficient investment or laying out of money with the expectation of profit
  • valentine's day — February 14, observed in honor of St. Valentine as a day for the exchange of valentines and other tokens of affection.
  • variant reading — an alternative interpretation of a word in a text to the one generally accepted
  • vatican swindle — Lafcadio's Adventures.
  • vector addition — the process of finding one vector that is equivalent to the result of the successive application of two or more given vectors.
  • venetian dentil — (on an archivolt or molding) one of a series of small rectangular blocks having chamfers at alternate edges.
  • venetian window — Palladian window.
  • vers de societe — humorous light verse dealing with fashions and foibles of the time.
  • vested interest — a special interest in an existing system, arrangement, or institution for particular personal reasons.
  • vincent de paulSaint, 1576–1660, French Roman Catholic priest noted for his work to aid the poor.
  • vindicativeness — the quality or state of being vindicative
  • viscosity index — an arbitrary scale for lubricating oils that indicates the extent of variation in viscosity with variation of temperature.
  • voice-activated — (of a telephone answering machine or other device) operationally responsive to a human voice.
  • volta river dam — a hydroelectric dam on the Volta river
  • voltage divider — a resistor or series of resistors connected to a voltage source and used to provide voltages that are fractions of that of the source.
  • volume discount — a reduced price for goods given by a seller on the basis that the buyer buys a large quantity
  • vortex shedding — the process by which vortices formed continuously by the aerodynamic conditions associated with a solid body in a gas or air stream are carried downstream by the flow in the form of a vortex street
  • well-advertised — to announce or praise (a product, service, etc.) in some public medium of communication in order to induce people to buy or use it: to advertise a new brand of toothpaste.
  • well-cultivated — prepared and used for raising crops; tilled: cultivated land.
  • well-ventilated — to provide (a room, mine, etc.) with fresh air in place of air that has been used or contaminated.
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