14-letter words containing d, e, v, o, r
- forehand drive — (in racket sports) a type of shot made on the forehand side
- friction drive — a power transmission system utilizing a set of friction gears so arranged that varying their positions relative to one another gives a wide range of speed ratios.
- full-flavoured — Full-flavoured food or wine has a pleasant fairly strong taste.
- give credit to — to have confidence or trust in; believe
- governing body — board, regulatory authority
- graveyard slot — the hours from late night until early morning when the number of people watching television is at its lowest
- hand over fist — the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
- hand over hand — grasping with alternate hands
- heavy hydrogen — either of the heavy isotopes of hydrogen, especially deuterium.
- hendersonville — a city in S Tennessee.
- hors d'oeuvres — a small bit of appetizing food, as spicy meat, fish, cheese, or a preparation of chopped or creamed foods, often served on crackers or small pieces of toast, for eating at cocktail parties or other gatherings where drinks are served with no other food.
- hradec kralove — a town in the N Czech Republic, on the Elbe River: Austrians defeated by Prussians in Battle of Sadowa 1866.
- indiscoverable — not discoverable.
- inter-division — the act or process of dividing; state of being divided.
- interconverted — Simple past tense and past participle of interconvert.
- into overdrive — into a state of intense activity
- inverted chord — a chord in which the notes are transposed such that the root, originally in the bass, is placed in an upper part.
- inverted comma — quotation mark.
- john davenport — John, 1597–1670, Puritan clergyman: one of the founders of New Haven.
- knotted clover — a British wildflower, Trifolium striatum, an annual clover with pale pink flowers
- late developer — someone, esp a teenager, who matures physically or emotionally at an older age than considered usual
- leave for dead — to abandon
- major delivery — (programming) A (chiefly British) synonym for major release. E.g, the ninth major release of a piece of software might be called MD9. The release notation would be "v9.0".
- misadventurous — (obsolete) unfortunate.
- monodispersive — Monodisperse.
- neurodivergent — Having an atypical neurological configuration.
- neurodiversity — the variation and differences in neurological structure and function that exist among human beings, especially when viewed as being normal and natural rather than pathological: recognizing autism as an example of neurodiversity.
- never you mind — You use never you mind to tell someone not to ask about something because it is not their concern or they should not know about it.
- new providence — an island in the N Bahamas. 58 sq. mi. (150 sq. km).
- non-dispersive — serving or tending to disperse.
- non-disruptive — causing, tending to cause, or caused by disruption; disrupting: the disruptive effect of their rioting.
- nondeclarative — serving to declare, make known, or explain: a declarative statement.
- nondescriptive — having the quality of describing; characterized by description: a descriptive passage in an essay.
- nondestructive — Not involving damage or destruction, especially of an object or material that is being tested.
- nondiffractive — Not diffractive.
- nondiversified — Not diversified.
- nonintroverted — Not introverted.
- nonradioactive — not radioactive
- northern dvina — Also called Western Dvina. Latvian Daugava. a river rising in the Valdai Hills in the W Russian Federation, flowing W through Byelorussia (Belarus) and Latvia to the Baltic Sea at Riga. About 640 miles (1030) long.
- objet de vertu — an object of virtu
- ovariectomized — Simple past tense and past participle of ovariectomize.
- over and above — above in place or position: the roof over one's head.
- over sb's head — If someone does something over another person's head, they do it without asking them or discussing it with them, especially when they should do so because the other person is in a position of authority.
- over-abundance — an excessive amount or abundance; surfeit: an overabundance of sugar in the diet.
- over-advertise — to advertise too much
- over-confident — too confident.
- over-demanding — to ask for with proper authority; claim as a right: He demanded payment of the debt.
- over-dignified — to confer honor or dignity upon; honor; ennoble.
- over-dramatize — to put into a form suitable for acting on a stage.
- over-fulfilled — to carry out, or bring to realization, as a prophecy or promise.